mercurial crafts

just a queer artist making things

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still growing

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back is mostly done. on to mapping out the front

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seam stitches on the skirt panels are done, with vines coming from the pockets. and the lining fabric arrived yesterday! time to start assembling...

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behold! my cute lil box.

ive been working on a prototype to store my embroidery floss

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love when you try something and it pays off. this herringbone was helpful for adding interest and drawing the eye to the top of the back, but it was really stark and a little bit distracting. what a difference wrapping the stitches in a bit of the green makes.

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i finished knitting my first ever sock!

[fuzzbby]

Sarah Conti, Long-Billed Curlew Poaching 2023.

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sometimes i think im terrible at pottery and then i open a new bag of clay

[theprofessional-amateur]

Oh hey, do you know what time it is? It is highly specific resource time!

Today we have the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank! There are HUNDREDS of stitch types in the RSN Stitch Bank.

And more added regularly, let’s look at a recent addition

I picked the first one in the 25 recently added Elizabethan stitches, the Elizabethan French Stitch

The stitch bank provides written and photo tutorials as well as a video option to learn to do it yourself. There are examples of the stitch in use, resources, references, everything but a needle and thread!

RSN Stitchbank

rsnstitchbank.org

[vincentbriggs]

I looked at some of the tutorials last night and holy shit I'm so impressed! They're SO thorough! Not only do they have written and video instructions, but there are photo and illustration options for each image AND a "flip view" button so that left handed people can see all the images in reverse!

[theprofessional-amateur]

I am going to jump in and add, as you said they are very detailed in their directions, something that takes a lot of time and money.

If anyone who has enjoyed this resource has the means, I encourage you to adopt or sponsor a stitch to help keep this free to access. I know not everyone has the means to (fair, been there) but if you can, check out their sponsor options

RSN Stitch Bank Progress

And one other resource I have shared before, The Lady's Magazine. Embroidery patterns from 1770-1819. In case anyone wants some historic ideas for using all these new embroidery stitches

The Lady's Magazine: Patterns of Perfection

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This is one of the more ambitious pieces I've done for a bit, and I did it on an absurd deadline, but my trans dragon back patch is done! The project ended up taking 130 hours of working time to finish, using two strands of cotton floss for both fills and outlines. The base pattern was from my own collection and was originally from 1936.

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shoutout to everyone I talked to at the NYC Autoheart concert because of my vest, including the people that asked me where I bought my vest and then squawked involuntarily when i explained i made it

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More photos of my finished Bee Dress (2026)

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replica by alessio carnevali // st. mary magdalene from the santa lucia triptych, painted c1470 by carlo crivelli

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still growing

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back is mostly done. on to mapping out the front

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that moment when you realise the next steps in your project need to be completed in a specific order and it's not the one you planned

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After 322 hours, Mollymauk's embroidered partlet is complete! I'll start on his doublet after my other current project (that has an actual deadline lol) is complete.

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ya win some, ya lose some

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[mmgceramics]

This is a pomegranate jar in the kurinuki technique! It was a fun exercise, and I think I’ll play around with it again in the future. Explanation of kurinuki under the cut.

I started by slapping a solid ball of clay into a sphere-ish shape with a nub on top (all one piece, no additions). After I let it dry out just a touch, I took a chisel and started making those facets on the surface, going for decoration but also to shape the piece itself. I then very carefully carved into the nub at the top to make the pointy calyx bit. Again, no attachments, just carving away.

After it was allowed to dry a bit more, I took a wire and cut it in half to hollow it out.

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still growing

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back is mostly done. on to mapping out the front

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