#stitchery

[captain-habit]

It's been nearly two weeks (somehow) since this monstrosity of a quilt was finally finished, and I wasn't able to get the BEST photos of it (it was too big and too heavy to hang up how I'd planned...) but here are the fullest and best examples of the final result..!

In regular light, with blacklight on, and the glow charged with the lights OFF!

This thing was... a journey, and one hell of a learning experience, but I'm overall happy with how it turned out. I am also very, VERY glad to be done with it lol

[ravelingbolero]

3-in-1 demo project for my friend’s art class: Indigo dyeing, fabric pastels, and embroidery stitch sampler.

Stitches include: outline stitch, running stitch, backstitch, whipped backstitch, threaded backstitch, pekinese backstitch, split stitch, chain stitch, stem stitch, couching, fishbone stitch, crow’s foot, and colonial knots.

Details under the cut:

[ladyvhyde]

All most finished my ghibli inspired granny squares - just Calcifer to go...

[kieraoonadiy]

Just a short little sewing tutorial for you all. I present, the Felling Stitch!

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

lip-syncing and dancing along to the dunmeshi theme song at 3:30 am, while hand-stitching the lining/decor for a medieval carry/camping basket...

[glitchingicarus]

With all the hype Rusty Quill has been drumming up again, is it a good time to remind y’all of this quilt I made around this time last year? 

The quilt is comprised of thirty 8x8in digital illustrations (15 Fears and 15 of my favorite episodes, 3 from each season) that I had printed on cotton, a layer of batting in the middle, backed and lined with black cotton and a green cotton bias tape border, with a little tag stitched onto the back corner with a quote from MAG 086 Tucked In, “The blanket never did anything”.  The finished blanket is about 43x50 inches, give or take a bit, and was the work of about 3 to 4 months (from start on the illustrations, to printing, to assembly, all done in and around work and other projects).  

This was my first every quilting project, and has certainly not been my last! I actually have a few more TMA themed pieces I’ve been meaning to share, which I should actually do at some point. It’s a little rough, as it was a learning experience and my first quilt, but I’m still really proud of it! (Though I’d like to make another, as there are other favorite episodes I’d like to include that didn’t make it on to this one). The weather has turned cold here, so the quilt has come out once more to keep me nice and toasty!

[whatdoyoumeanitsnotawesome]

there should be a ravelry, but for embroidery and cross-stitching and needlepoint. like,,, threadery. or countery. sunnink.

[gatalentan]

Realised I quit tumblr in the void where I was consumed by cross stitching so these never got posted. Here's some recent-ish completed pieces, of a large stocking for myself, and a portrait of a family friends' dog.