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WIP Wednesday is here! Share your progress 🪡 (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by IoSapsai@lemm.ee to c/lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works

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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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[–] drudoo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Currently working on halfstiches before finishing up the pattern with backstitch.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The shading and detail on this are amazing! I can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done!

[–] drudoo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! I’m working with about 45 colors and 15 blends! Got a good session done today so now I just have back stitch left. Hoping to finish this weekend and I’ll be sure to post the result.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That is astounding to me lol! I can keep track of about 6 colors at a time before I get overwhelmed!

[–] IoSapsai@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

This is so lovely! Look at all the details 💕

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I decided to try another blackwork pattern! I found a bunch of tarot card patterns over at circlecross.net so I will be working on that for a while. I managed to get most of the border done so far!

[–] IoSapsai@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ohh this looks amazing, keep us posted!

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I may have picked one that is overly ambitious for my second time doing this kind of stitching, but that seems to be a theme with me lol

I will definitely post updates!

[–] 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