This was a Christmas gift to my best friend, based on his favorite quote from Over the Garden Wall. I wanted to try something new, so I tried to make it look somewhat like a painting.
10", thousands of stitches, 8 skeins of thread + some, ~ 30 hours of work, and 7 stab wounds. I wish I’d had time to add more leafy stuff to fill in the background. Very pleased with it overall, though. Will not be doing this painterly style of embroidery this big again anytime soon!
Oh my word, this is unreal! I am trying to learn how to do that sort of thread sketching but it eludes me. You did such an incredible job, I couldn’t possibly get close enough to satisfy my eyes.
Honestly I couldn’t find any tutorials on how to do this… I’m not a frequent embroiderer so it’s possible I didn’t know how to even search for what I was looking for. I just jumped in feet first and if I didn’t like something, I just stitched over it. I guess that’s the beauty of tiny stitches.
I love that show, and this embroidery hoop is so beautiful. Great job, he better appreciate the time it took:P and while it’s possible to add more I think this looks great, it looks complete.
wow! that looks so cool! I have been collecting images of wildflowers that I want to ‘embroidery paint’ but haven’t had the guts to give it a go! You have nudged up my motivation to give it a go!