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Cross stitch and embroidery

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Embroidered a bee onto my jeans ๐Ÿ (imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by radix@lemm.ee to c/lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works
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I free-handed a bee and some honeycombs on some jeans with the last of my yellow embroidery floss, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

I'm not a professional, and I certainly don't do things the way you're "supposed to" (planning things out, sketching them with water-soluble ink/chalk), but I had fun making this and I'm excited to wear it :D

One thing I learned is that denim requires a thicker needle and not necessarily a sharper tinier one. I was using a thinner one previously and it kept getting stuck between threads and bending when I tried to pull it through. It's way easier with a small embroidery hoop and a big needle!

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[โ€“] radix@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you!! The bee is maybe one square inch:

https://i.imgur.com/RbkJ1cb.jpg

[โ€“] catsdoingcatstuff@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the placement! Was it tricky to sew around the pocket on the inside?

[โ€“] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Not too bad with my embroidery hoop. I chose one that was only about five or six inches in diameter.