One of the projects I fi ished at my mom's for christmas. Its a pillowcase that her mom painted probably 50 years ago (a number that is softly exploding my brain) that I embroidered over to add texture. I am super pleased with how it came out!
There was a tiny hole on the girl's hair, so I used a satin stitch overtop and stem stitched the longer ends. The jacket is chain stitched for the yellow body and stem stitched with a larger, looser thread for the cuffs. My grandmother had just drawn in brown edge fluffs, so I filled in the middle with an off-white and let the brown paint show through underneath. I'm very happy with the way I was able to add dimension to the torso with the chain fill changing direction! For the igloo, I just backstitched the outline, and I think it looks a bit melt-shiny.
I got bored with the trees, but stitched some boughs so that they weren't left out entirely. I think if I had stitched the full tree I wpuld have lost my mind and it would have been a bit too much anyway.
I'm definitely in the mood right now to avoid designing my own stuff. I feel a bit like the dog with a ball in its mouth, going "embroider. No design, only embroider!"
