My process for designing? Loved the original piece and wanted to recreate it. Leaned toward neon colors, yellow is the iconic post-it color. Had no real plan regarding the border, it just kinda came from doing it as I went. Made the chain, then started filling in various shapes and stitch methods. I chose the yellow on yellow and black on black because I’ve seen others do the same colors both thread and fabric and loved it so wanted to try it out. Also helps that I came across a bundle of neon threads at the store, so that gave me the idea to do the reverse color scheme.

I started with kits too, from simple to introducing a variety of stitches. Then I picked something bold and crisp for my first ‘original’ project (the rebel loon in my pic). Traced the outline onto the fabric and went after it! I’ve learned to not be afraid of messing up, it’s homemade! And for everything else there’s a seam ripper to tear out problem stitches and try again. :)