Embroidery fans, assemble! We’re huge fans of creativity, art, and making things with your hands. We wouldn’t be Bored Panda if we weren’t. And the r/Embroidery subreddit never fails to impress us!
An online community of nearly 703k ‘stitchers,’ it’s a space that’s dedicated to hand and machine embroiderers to exchange tips, techniques, resources, and ideas. Not to mention share their incredibly impressive creations!
We’ve collected some of the most impressive recent projects that were shared and praised on the r/Embroidery subreddit to inspire you Pandas to give embroidery a shot. So scroll down and upvote the works that wowed you the most. And if you’re ever in need of some additional inspiration, check out Bored Panda’s previous features about r/Embroidery here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
#1 I Think This Is The Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Stitched
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#2 Fox For My Housemate On Her Jacket
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#3 Sophie From Howls Moving Castle In A 12 Inch Hoop!
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Truth time, Pandas. Yours truly is absolutely horrible with a needle and thread. I’ve certainly tried embroidery in the past, but I was pretty darn bad at it. I was impatient, clumsy, and the furthest you can get away from neatness without leaving Planet Earth. You should see me trying to sew in a button.
Embroidery certainly isn’t my go-to hobby (it’s painting and drawing!), but I really appreciate quality crafts with all of my heart. Especially when they demonstrate amazing results that I myself couldn’t aspire to without putting in years and years of dedication.
#4 Whats The Best Quality Embroidery You’ve Ever Seen? This Cat Embroidery Is By Hiroko Kubota And The Attention To Detail Is Amazing
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#5 For The Past 4 Years I’ve Designed A Halloween Hoop, Here Is This Years! The Colors Are All Darker And More Muted Irl (My Phone Camera Apparently Hates Orange). Stitching This Was A Fun Time
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#6 And It’s
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Like all skills and hobbies, embroidery requires a lot of patience, the ability to adapt on the fly, and the willingness to embrace your mistakes and move past them.
Learning any new thing or skill will certainly have its frustrating moments. Nobody truly enjoys failing. But developing a different perspective and seeing failure as an opportunity for growth is well worth it. In all aspects of life.
#7 First Embroidery Piece
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#8 Pocket Full Of Posies
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#9 Spooky Embroidery. Charcoal Accents
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Founded all the way back in early 2010, the r/Embroidery subreddit has enjoyed 12+ years of moderate success. It’s seen massive growth the past two years. The online community is slowly on its way to getting a solid million members. Since Bored Panda’s last feature about the sub, in June, the group has grown from 628k to almost 703k members.
#10 It Took Me Several Months To Finish This 8" Pet Portrait - I Even Ombré Dyed The Fabric Myself!
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#11 Peony And Butterfly
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#12 Coral Reef Day/Night
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A lot of the subreddit’s growth is down to the current moderator team, running the entire show. Previously, one of the moderators, u/kallisti_gold explained to Bored Panda that they asked to take over the online community via r/RedditRequest. Originally, the sub was created by a spam bot.
After clearing out all of the spam and doing a bit of spring cleaning, the new mod let the community grow organically. "I wanted a place to talk about embroidery, and I've tried to foster that kind of environment for the community to flourish in,” they told Bored Panda earlier.
#13 I Like To Take Photographs Of Plants After It Rains. So I Decided To Try And Make An Embroidery Mimicking Those Photographs. Here's My First Sample
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#14 Velociraptor Piece I Am Working On!
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#15 After Having Many Conflicted Thoughts About This Piece, It Is Finally Finished And I Am Quite Happy With How It Turned Out!!
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“[The] community is full of passionate hobbyists and enthusiasts, always ready with a compliment, constructive suggestions for improvement, or to answer any questions for folks who need some guidance,” the moderator said.
"We've seen huge growth in the community since early 2020. Being cooped up inside will make anyone frustrated enough to stab something a couple of thousand times, I guess,” u/kallisti_gold quipped, referring to the subreddit’s tagline, “Embroidery: When you don't know whether to make art or stab something.”
#16 Bleached Out Coral Reef Embroidery This Has Been A Stop, Start Piece Of Work. I Have Found It A Conflicting Piece To Work On. I Have Made Some Good Progress This Week And Am Determined To Finish It
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#17 A Tale As Old As Time…
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#18 Another ~ Spooky ~ Design!
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One of the other moderators, redditor u/Zesparia, created a fantastic FAQ page 10 months ago for new members and embroidery enthusiasts both new and veteran alike. In it, the moderator shares tips and tricks that any beginner will find useful. Meanwhile, it’s a nice refresher even for those embroidery enthusiasts who already have years or even decades of experience under their belts.
#19 Don’t Believe Everything You Think
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#20 My First Embroidery Project!
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#21 My Beautiful Octopus Ready To Go Back To The Ocean
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The subreddit only has three rules. First of all—don’t be a jerk. That one’s pretty straightforward. Just treat others like you’d expect to be treated. Follow the Golden Rule and suddenly the internet becomes a far friendlier place.
Secondly, you should always strive to give credit where it’s due. If you aren’t the original embroiderer of a particular project, you have to mention the original artist. And finally, self-promotion ought to be limited to mod-posted mega threads.
#22 New Finished Embroidery
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#23 [oc] The Window Seat
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#24 Finished This Gift For A Dear Friend!
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The best way to start embroidering is to get some supplies. The basics include a hoop, a needle, some fabric, and some 6-stranded embroidery floss. A pair of scissors is also useful.
The FAQ notes that “a very good way to start from the absolute beginning is to order an embroidery kit. It will have your thread, a needle, a hoop, and a design already worked onto the fabric provided. No analysis paralysis as you stare at the 60+ shades of red, wondering which one might be the best.”
#25 My First Project!
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#26 The Difference A Few Years Of Practice Make
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#27 First Time Embroidering A Sweater! It's Far From Perfect, But I'm V Proud
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What’s more, these embroidery kits also explain what stitches you should be using in what section. “Once you complete your kit you then have a hoop and needle to use for other projects as well. When finding a kit, it's a good idea to buy from and support a small business rather than purchasing off of Amazon. Almost all of the embroidery kits on Amazon contain stolen patterns from other embroidery artists,” moderator u/Zesparia writes.
#28 Thread Painting On 8” Hoop. This One Is Challenging, I Struggle A Lot On The Body
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#29 Giant Jungle Update! Come A Long Way Since Last Post
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#30 All The French Knots In The World Haha
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Have you ever given embroidery a shot, dear Pandas? How did you enjoy it? Perhaps you’re an embroidery grandmaster with tons of experience? We’d love to hear your thoughts about the hobby as a whole, as well as the works we’re featuring in this list, so drop by the comments and share your two cents. Meanwhile, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a couple of buttons to try and sew on… Go on without me, this might take a while.
#31 Patty And Selma
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#32 The Powerpuff Girls! A Fun Mixed Media Piece Made By Me
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#33 Portrait For A Friend Who Lost A Child. This Was His Favorite Hiking Trail
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#34 Saw This Last Night In The Bathroom Of A Mexican Restaurant. Probably The Most Amazing Embroidery I've Ever Seen
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#35 Good But Not The Best
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#36 A "Controversial" Embroidery I Made A While Back
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#37 Remade My Original Design Using Brighter Colors!
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#38 First Time Entering A Competition
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#39 Embroidered My Country's National Flower
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#40 Mixed Material Embroidery. What Do You Think?
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#41 Here's A Piece I Created A While Back
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#42 I Gifted My Religious Grandma With This Embroidery And She Loved It!
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#43 Today Is World Mental Health Day And I Just Want To Say To Each And Every Person That Reads This, You Are Magical & Deserve To Be Here, Hold On And Always Have Hope
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#44 A Made Up "Lily Tarot Card" For My Beloved Cousin Lilian That Is Studying This Art
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#45 My Fruity Embroidered Brooch Collection !
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#46 Designed And Embroidered Name Favors For Our Wedding Guests. Over Fifty Names, It Was So Worth It!
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#47 "Grasses Of Great Britain" - A Winner From The Designer Bookbinders Competition
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#48 Design I Did On My Daughter’s Jeans
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#49 I Embroidered Haku From Spirited Away. Tell Me What You Think!
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#50 This Was A Fun Hoop To Stitch Because I Was Able To Incorporate One Strand French Knot Detailing— His Hair & Sherpa Lined Jacket Made For The Perfect Opportunity To Bring Texture To The Hoop!
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#51 Progress Update - Almost Complete
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#52 I Give You My First Embroidering Project! Made This As A Cotton Anniversary Present For My Husband. (Clearly) I Didn’t Know About Pre-Planning My Space Or Design But I Made Due With Several Different Hoops And Mixed Techniques. Feeling Pretty Psyched To Learn More!
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#53 Just Finished This Jean Jacket!
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#54 “Lovebirds” I Coped With The Passing Of My Aunt And Uncle Through This Embroidery, They Were Married For Over 50 Years
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#55 A Gift For My Friend Who Recently Received A Heart Transplant
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#56 I Call It, “Bold And Brash”
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#57 My Latest Hoop
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#58 A Chonky Tiger
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#59 My First Embroidery Project! Made On The Inside Of My Tote Bag. Tips/Tricks/Constructive Criticism Welcome :)
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#60 First Attempt Shoe Embroidery - Regretting Choosing * White *, Dirty Way Too Easily
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#61 Morning On Mt. Sanitas, 8" Landscape. This Took Absolutely Forever!
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#62 First Post, Make It Count
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#63 Honeycomb Chunk I Made
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#64 Beaded Pomegranate! Wondering If I Should Make It Into A Patch
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#65 A Silly Idea, An Embroidered Pokémon Card! 25x16, 14 Colors
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#66 Embroidered Bone Boi
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#67 Just Finished! Any Advice On How To Keep Definition When Working On Small Details?
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#68 My Wife Just Finished This Woodland Scene With The Cutest Little Sleeping Fox Hidden Away In It. It's Her First Mix Of Embroidery And Acrylic On Linen. I Think It's Stunning, But I Might Be Just A Little Biased!
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#69 Lil Mushy Skull! Based Off A Tattoo Design. Starting To Get The Hang Of This :)
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#70 No Creative Signal. So I Made This
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#71 I Had Some Break Of My Hobby, But Now I Can Show You My New Embroidery. I Started It In April And Finish It Today! I Missed This Feeling So Much…
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#72 My Stitch Of William Morris’s, “The Strawberry Thief”
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#73 The Four Seasons Of Homer Disappearing Into A Bush. What Do You Think- Are The Fabric Choices Ok?
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#74 Transformation
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#75 Birthday/Christmas Present For My Grandma
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#76 My 2-Year-Old’s First Embroidery Piece! She Calls It “Sprinkles”
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#77 Guys, We Got First Place!
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#78 I Had My Frame Zoomed In On The Hands, Lost Sight Of The Big Picture. And Now I Can’t Stop Laughing
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#79 Gift For The Vet Who Spent Four Hours With An Endoscope Extracting Embroidery Needles And Bits Of Pincushion From My Idiot Dog's Stomach
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#80 I Won A First Place Ribbon For This Embroidery At My State Fair!
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#81 Lots Of French Knots On 9” Hoop
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#82 My 9 Year Old Son Did This Free Hand And Wanted To Share
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#83 Finished My Very First Embroidery
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#84 My Progress In Just Over A Year!
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#85 I Just Really Like Embroidering Hands
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#86 This Was My Friend Tiffany. Tiff Died In A Car Accident 17 Years Ago, When We Were Both 15 Years Old. She Was An Awesome Tennis Player, Loved Ice Cream With Rainbow Sprinkles And Playing The Guitar, And Had A Terrible Singing Voice. I Miss Her, So I Stitched Her
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#87 Canadian Prairies
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#88 114 Colors, Each Line Is From A Different Thread
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#89 Pregnancy Loss. On May 25th Our Daughter, Sophie, Was Stillborn. As A Way To Cope, I've Started Embroidering Hoops For Other Families Who Have Lost Babies In Her Honor (All Completely Free Of Charge). Here's My First Batch We Well As The Original Hoop That I Made For Her
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#90 First Piece Ever. I Wanted To Share With Y’all Since I Have Nobody In Real Life To Share It With! This Thing Was So Frustrating
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#91 As Many Of You Suggested, I've Decided The Continue The Project. Here I Present The Stretch
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#92 First Project For Myself In Over A Year. I Love It!
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#93 My Take On The Spongebob Window Trend! It’s A Little Wonky Since The Hoop Was Cheap And It’s My First Time Completely Filling In A Piece
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#94 My Grandpa Wrote This To Me On My Wedding Day (To Be Read On Our First Anniversary). He Passed Away Suddenly Two Months Later So I Embroidered This Note To Memorialize Him
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#95 Birthday Present For My Younger Cousin
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#96 I’m Really Enjoying Stitching My Children’s Artwork. This Friendly Snack Was Created By My 5yo ?
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#97 Some Mushroom Girls
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#98 My First Thread Painting Style Embroidery And My First Detailed Face
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#99 I Just Really Like Elyse Myers And Her Wild Stories And Wilder Hair
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#100 I Made This As A Wedding Present For The Couple Pictured Based On One Of Their Engagement Photos. The Plaid Shirts Were Fun But Took Forever! Swipe For Closeups And Reference Picture
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#101 I Stitched Alexis Nikole Nelson, Aka Blackforager, Holding A Tiny Juniper Sprig. Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!
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#102 I Think Cartoons Look Best In A Hoop
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#103 Detailed Pet Embroidery Portrait. It’s Really Challenging Fo Do A Such Realistic Portrait
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#104 Finished My Hoops For My Friends’ Booked Themed Nursery!
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#105 Indicative That I Am A Foolish Human Being, But It’ll Be Amazing If I Ever Finish
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#106 Another Landscape Thread Painting 9” Hoop
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#107 My Best Work So Far :d
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#108 I’ve Never Had A Comic Speak To Me So Profoundly
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#109 Made A 9” Thread Painting Landscape. Can’t Tell Which One Is More Time Consuming, French Knot Flowers Or Tiny Stitches Trees
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#110 Uncle Iroh Is Finally Finished! He Was The Only Thing I Worked On For A Year And I'm So Proud Of How He Came Out
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#111 Recent Projects
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#112 I Finally Finished It My Wizard Of Oz Piece With A Sparkly Silver Trim
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#113 Cool Water On A Hot Day!
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#114 I’ve Been Working On This For A While And I’m Happy To Finally Be Able To Put It Out There. The Last 1.5 Years Have Been Rough, With Multiple Life Changing Events, And Stitching Kept Me Sane. Worked On The Back Looking Better Too. Design By Trish Burr
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#115 Finished This Beautiful Mushroom Pattern By Emilie Ferris
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#116 A Snoopy Hoop I Made
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#117 I Saw Someone Post Their “Double Vision” That Reminded Me Of This Quarantine Project I Did
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#118 A While Ago I Panic Posted About My Sister's Wedding Veil. Here's The Result! I'll Comment With Process + Advice (Short Answer: Don't)
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#119 Bob’s House
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#120 What Am I Doing Wrong With My Split Stitch?
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#121 My New Mixed Media Embroidery
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#122 A Little Stack Of Happiness
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#123 Back In 2020, During Lockdown, This Was My First Embroidery Project! Not Perfect But I Really Love It!
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#124 It's Not Perfect, But It's My Favorite Piece So Far :)
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#125 4” Lightning Hoop Made With Felt And Embroidery!
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#126 Starling Work In Progress
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#127 Witnessed This Lady Working On Some Amazing Embroidery In Bilbao - Spain
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#128 My First Realistic Piece
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#129 Day 3
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#130 Him! Embroidery, Ink, And Acrylic
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#131 Knocked Up A Sign For My Bathroom For Something To Do :)
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#132 First Proper Embroidery - 8 Months Late For My Moms Birthday But I Got There!
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#133 Cross Posting This Citrus And Sunflower Sugar Skull
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#134 So, After A While I Made A Post Asking For Help Here, And I Finally Finished My First Embroidery, What Do You Guys Think? I Need Some Feedbacks
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#135 On A Whim I Wanted To See If I Could Make Felt Patches To Stitch On Felt Hats And Embroider/Ribbon Work Over Them. It Was A Successful Experiment!
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#136 I Like Swords So Embroidered One
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#137 My Hand Embroidery Work And First Post Here
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#138 My Third Attempt- Very Much A Beginner So Please Be Kind!
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#139 Two Years And A Billion French Knots Later, She's Finally Done
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#140 Pardon My Bad Handwriting. My Dad Passed Suddenly. I Wanted Him To Have This And Sent It To Be Cremated With Him. My Very First Embroidery, Done Through Many Tears, Helped Me A Lot
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#141 I Made This Custom Made Wedding Hoop For Couples.. Personalised
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#142 A Sunday Afternoon, 6” Hoop
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#143 Practice Makes Something
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#144 Something A Little Different. My Mom Wanted A Beta Fish Embroidery So Here’s The Wip (Based On A Kit). The Beads *really* Slow Down The Back Stitch
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