Inspired by the August Stitch Along Let’s Stitch Along to the End of Time! , I finally tried silk ribbon embroidery. Turns out, it only has one new stitch, the ribbon stitch, so I learned that, and also used lazy daisy, pistil, and straight stitches, as well as making floppy loops that probably have a name.
The skelly is cotton embroidery floss, and I learned a new stitch in that, too; Mountmellick, which makes the spine. It is very fussy at this scale (3 threads, and that’s a 4" hoop), but I’ll try it again in a larger size, and maybe won’t get so frustrated.
I drew the skelly, paint-dyed the background and most of the ribbons, and even tinted the hoop with a pink sharpie. All from stash!
How wonderful! Love the hand-dyed background fabric — the swirls look like they are coming out of the fingers… or look like hair coming off of the head. All your new stitches are really nice ones.
I love the color combo on this. Normally skeleton stuff is so dark. I like how you made this feel fresh and bright. The skeleton is fantastic and so are your flowers! Lovely job.
It would make a neat wire sculpture. Or couched gold thread outline! Or, ooh, what’s that technique called where you stitch over a padded shape? Like couch a cording outlike then lay satin fabric overtop & stitch around the cording. Does anybody know the name of that? I forget…
Wow! This awesome project is featured this week! 
