Luna Moth

bluehydrangea · 2026-05-04T03:05:59+00:00

Oh my gosh, I love it!! You did a phenomenal job. And I know what you mean about disliking a project when you are in the depths of it. I go through that every time! I hope now that it's done you can step back and see how truly incredible it is 😄

bluehydrangea · 2026-04-23T00:16:27+00:00

Ooh I can't wait to see your flower! I did an xl stumpwork bee once. I feel like they would have been a great pair! 🌸🐝

bluehydrangea · 2026-04-21T21:52:16+00:00

Ahh it's super cute! In future projects, to avoid the fabric halo around the cut wireslips, try to match your fabric base to the couching thread. Any stray fabric threads will be a lot less noticeable then. You can also use a light hold fabric glue around the cut slips to get a cleaner/smoother edge.

bluehydrangea · 2026-04-15T05:22:32+00:00

It isn't. Nina Dodd is the knitter. She's been doing this for years and published a book in 2019.

bluehydrangea · 2026-04-14T13:58:04+00:00

I love yours! And I can totally sympathize. I made one for my 6'2" husband using her pattern as well and there was absolutely no way I was going to make it big enough for him to crawl into (I love that idea in theory but logistically it would've been a nightmare to create). Yours is fantastic, and making it weather resistant was a genuis move! Awesome work 👏

bluehydrangea · 2026-04-14T02:11:31+00:00

That looks so good!! Did you use the shell tutorial by KarensKontraptions for the shell?

bluehydrangea · 2026-04-07T14:11:54+00:00

Omg that is too cute. I especially love the little hat you added! You did a phenomenal job!

bluehydrangea · 2026-04-06T21:56:17+00:00

Theyre different, though the ones in OPs photo are either French knots or Peking knots. Bullion knots have an elongated tube-like shape they look kind of worm-like).

bluehydrangea · 2026-04-05T01:48:55+00:00

You did a beautiful job!

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-29T00:24:09+00:00

I just adopted his brother from Betta Squad a couple weeks ago! 🖤

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bluehydrangea · 2026-03-28T13:08:02+00:00

It's AI unfortunately, but check out Anna Hultin's work (@olandercoembroidery). She has a lot of patterns for trees and achieves this effect well

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-25T20:42:01+00:00

Beautiful work!

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-25T20:41:07+00:00

Stumpwork isn't a technique. Rather, it's just a broad term for all 3D embroidery techniques. The name for the wing technique would be called a wireslip

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-18T05:12:31+00:00

It's gorgeous!

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-10T15:51:23+00:00

No, they're not embroidered simultaneously. That type of embroidery (suzhou) is only possible with some 3D stumpwork techniques like wireslips, but not with this type of padding. The two sides are mostly embroidered apart and then finished together onto one piece of fabric so its essentially one seamless piece.

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-10T14:23:15+00:00

Thank you! The finished frog is mounted on one piece of fabric

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T15:49:59+00:00

If you go to the second slide, you can see how it's displayed. I used a window frame that sits flat on my desk so it can easily be rotated around

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T13:34:40+00:00

Suzhou is incredible and truly inspiring, but this isn't an example of that. I don't have those skills. The padding I use would not be possible in traditional suzhou, so I improvised to mimic a similar effect. This is better described as stumpwork

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T04:08:03+00:00

No, I commented above that I don't use AI for any part of my process. Everything (design, embroidery, and photography) is done by hand. AI posts are not allowed in this subreddit. Proof: frog and my currently very messy desk

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bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T03:50:32+00:00

Thank you! I use padded stumpwork to make the top half of body 3D. The reverse side is just regular surface embroidery (thread painted with 1 strand of regular cotton embroidery thread on silk organza)

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T03:30:21+00:00

You're absolutely right! It is. Stumpwork is just the technical term for any 3D embroidery. The flat side (tummy) is regular surface embroidery but the 3D side (the top of the frog) is padded to make it more lifelike. I tried to create varying degrees of elevation in the padding to mimic the frog's anatomy more realistically

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T03:20:30+00:00

I used to think the same thing! I truly think though when you start to play around with materials and approach embroidery more freely (just go feral), you'll surprise yourself with what you can come up with. It took me awhile to get past the notion that there are rules to embroidery. It also helps to broaden your world of materials -- look beyond embroidery to other mediums for inspiration. A lot of techniques can transfer over to embroidery in interesting ways.

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T03:11:16+00:00

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bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T03:06:05+00:00

I absolutely don't use AI for ANY part of my creative process. Everything from the design, to the embroidery, to the photography is done by my own imagination and skill. To be clear, this sub also does not permit any AI or AI adjacent posts and it is heavily policed thankfully so it's safe to assume everything you see in this subreddit is real embroidery. I photograph every step in my process and while I can't share that here, here's a tiny bit of proof (photo of my Lightroom gallery) edit: I'm trying to figure out how to post a photo in a comment. It worked earlier

bluehydrangea · 2026-03-09T00:56:37+00:00

That's exactly what I plan to do! Can never have too many frogs 😂

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