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Cross stitch and embroidery

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This week I managed to finish another page from the Greenhouse of Oddities. We have some deadly plants like the Angel's trumpet and Doll's eyes in there. The skull moth looks better in person, I swear..

Also my secret project for November is way ahead of schedule. I have another 700 or so stitches to go but it's already gaining shape!

I'm eager to see your progress!

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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is super cool! I've been playing this game that has some really pretty tarot cards and I was thinking about maybe embroidering some, but the blackwork really works for this.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks! I've been working on it here and there throughout the day and I'm thinking I may start over and do single strand instead. The double strand looks good on the borders but now that I'm stitching the figure it's starting to look too cartoony

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could always leave the border as is and switch for the figure. What you have here looks great, and there's nothing wrong with different strands for different parts of the design, I don't think.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Since I posted the picture I've already done a lot of the main figure with two strands, so for now I'm going to keep it going and see if it looks better once I fill in more details. I think I may start a second one with two strands just on the borders and see which one looks better