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If the colours look meh I am blaming the office lighting. I will take more pictures at the exhibition that I finished this for, metaphorically kicking and screaming about it.

Hot take, beading lace SUCKS. 0/10 would not recommend.

For anyone interested, the (poorly) beaded words on the back are 'peace' in different languages (from left to right, Latin, Mandarin Chinese, Ukrainian and Korean).

I was going to do two more words but lost the will to live on the third word so that didn't happen.

#this took me forever #I literally wouldn't have finished it if I hadn't entered it in the exhibition #I will bead again but NOT ON LACE #beading #head piece #original design #because no one else would be this silly

starlit-meadow

Blinged up lotus flower, done entirely using stuff I already had in the house (thus the fairly limited variety of sequins compared to the fancy peacock)

My aunt's best friend used to make costumes for calisthenics and gave me a HUGENORMOUS pile of beads and sequins. This is the first of probably eleventybillion projects which will use them.

#beading #bling #lotus flower #my design

jinxviolets

girl help i’m having creation ideas above my skill level

#me with all my goldwork plans

onesomewhatpeevedwasp

When you learn how to crochet/ knit or really any type of fiber arts, there will be a voice in your head that tells you that you should make something for everyone for the holidays.

Do not listen to that voice, for it is the devil.

voidsentprinces

#real #i make one (1) thing each year #for the embroidery guild Christmas gift swap #i give one thing and i get something equally nice and handmade in return #it's perfect #no one else gets my things they are mine dammit i worked for HOURS

Crewel work Chaffinch, 2024. Design and class by Helen Richman.

My first attempt at crewel work, in fact the first embroidery I did that wasn't cross stitch! I turned it into a cute pillow because it's fun to touch and I wanted to encourage people to touch it.

#crewel work #in hindsight i would have made the pillow bigger #it's so smol #but it's also very cute because of that so whatever

"Bollywood Bling" style peacock, 2025.

#yes one of the dealies doesn't have all the beads around it #don't @me #i ran out #but there's so much going on i figure if anyone notices it means they're really looking #and hopefully appreciate all the other stuff i did on it too #beading #indian style beading

Japanese Butterfly Pin Cushion, design by Jane Nicholson.

Beading, leather, goldwork on silk.

Started April 2024, finished (with much wailing and gnashing of teeth) August 2024.

#it's beautiful but holy fucking shit it was a lot of work for something so small #no pins will ever touch it #no people really get it touch it either tbh #goldwork #beading

Oriental Fan, from Dimensions. Started March 2023, finished December 2023.

#this was really fun to complete #though i only did it this fast because i was sick a LOT that year #my first exhibited piece #Cross stitch

This took me twenty years to finish. I am not exaggerating. It's never too late! Also if you don't know what to do with a piece of embroidery, a cushion is always a good option (that realisation is what for me to finally finish the damn thing)

#skaffen stitches #cross stitch #Sun and Moon

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