I made this for the recent Abstract hoopla swap which was a lot of fun.
In addition to using all colors of threads and stiches and additional elements such as buttons, beads and ribbon I tried a new technique I saw on a reddit post, Embroidering around rings to make sunbursts. I didn’t have wooden rings like the original so I hunted around for small ring-like objects I could use and ended up using grommets, a couple of keyrings and some hoops off an old necklace.
This is so dang cool! I bet I could spend quite a bit of/too much time looking at all the details in the stitches and embellishments. It reminds me of a microscopic look at something teaming with invisible-to-the-naked-eye life.
I love, love, love this. You have such a way of making this effect look effortless. I am obsessed with the painted circles and x’s in the background. They are the excellent peek-a-boo contrast to all that explosion of awesome! I love the starburst rings.
This is fantastic! I love the effect of going around the ring. It adds so much interest and dimension.
Really love the color story you’ve got going here along with all the details. My eyes keep moving around and seeing new fun details.
This is REALLY cool!
I love the way you used paint to fill in some of the background space! Also, cool technique…the various starbursts are fun and nicely done with the rings you already had.
