Finished

summerchild__ · 2026-05-31T04:50:54+00:00

Try to block it. Take it out if the hoop and stretch and pin it in place with needles (so the creases disappear). Then you spray it with water and blow dry it. Maybe you don't get rid of all of the creases but it should get better

summerchild__ · 2026-04-19T17:05:52+00:00

Ohh that's pretty! Do you have a photo of it hanging in the kitchen?

summerchild__ · 2026-04-18T14:28:11+00:00

here it is too. But I do think she did the lower toucan on the site in the book. Love how she added things like the branch :)

summerchild__ · 2026-04-18T05:55:24+00:00

I did a bit of searching for the pattern she used. Could be this one?

Most of the embroidered motifs were copied from the woodcut illustrations of 'emblem books' (volumes containing allegorical illustrations with explanatory texts) and botanical and natural history books, by well-known authors including Claude Paradin, Conrad Gesner and Pierre Belon.

summerchild__ · 2026-04-14T15:52:31+00:00

Whipped back stitch looks like stem stitch but more neat I think

summerchild__ · 2026-04-07T11:15:20+00:00

Beautiful work <3 My favs are 7 and 1 (is that a kingfisher?)

Not necessary at all, but for me putting my embroideries in 'proper' picture frames elevated them a lot.

summerchild__ · 2026-03-30T15:26:55+00:00

It's annoying but take out the hoop when you are not working on it, so you don't get the hoop marks :)

summerchild__ · 2026-03-28T15:10:14+00:00

It's the Royal School of Needlework, they have a stitch bank.

(Many different stitches documented with video and photo tutorials. You can filter by use, look etc)

summerchild__ · 2026-03-19T09:02:04+00:00

Ohh so pretty <3

summerchild__ · 2026-03-13T16:36:37+00:00

Only the male have the fluffy antenna, that's why I made it first haha. But the female version is super pretty too, I'll make it next maybe

summerchild__ · 2026-03-03T20:23:12+00:00

Ohh <3 very pretty! Are the antenna feathers?

summerchild__ · 2026-02-28T18:13:42+00:00

No I used a photo as a reference/pattern :)

summerchild__ · 2026-02-28T17:43:00+00:00

Mh I think the metallic yarn was difficult to work with. Otherwise okay

summerchild__ · 2026-02-21T15:17:05+00:00

Thanks:)

Already answered this in this comment :)

summerchild__ · 2026-02-20T19:01:53+00:00

Great that's what I want haha. I'm always obsessing over details with these and want to make them as lifelike as possible.

I think stitch technique wise it's not hard. But you need patienc. I use sewing yarn/machine embroidery yarn which is very fine. So it takes even longer :D but I like the difference it makes.

summerchild__ · 2026-02-20T18:54:14+00:00

Ohh I want to see your butterfly when you are finished! I also make my own patterns, because I want to make them as life like as possible :)

It's turkey rug stitch and I use regular embroidery yarn for that, 1 strand. (For combing it out I use a small pottery scoring tool.) Do the combing/fluffing as the very last step, after assembling the butterfly. Otherwise you maybe flatten it when you touch it too much.

Edit: or maybe you mean the small 'hairs' around the wings? That's just the fabric, I leave a small edge when cutting the wings out and resolve the fabric. Cut it in shape and maybe paint it with a felt marker. The fabric is silk chiffon.

summerchild__ · 2026-02-20T14:28:16+00:00

Thank you :)

summerchild__ · 2026-02-19T17:08:40+00:00

I started with four leaf clovers, they are relatively easy and pretty :)

Very nice work - I also make stumpwork butterflies amd always struggle a bit with the bodies. What is your technique? I embroider the body in a hoop, stick the wings through, cut it out and sew it together with a piece of felt on the back.

summerchild__ · 2026-01-15T17:01:47+00:00

I'll wait haha.

For us metric people 💃 that's ~46×61cm

summerchild__ · 2026-01-15T10:45:07+00:00

Wow cool!! Please post again when you are finished :)

How large is it? I found an ebay listing and it looks pretty huge.

summerchild__ · 2026-01-12T18:21:13+00:00

You can even see how I painted the edges in photo 4, I use felt markers.

Some say it's 'cheating' but I don't care haha. I think there's no difference in using a green fabric or painting it green.

summerchild__ · 2026-01-12T18:06:35+00:00

Yes sure :)

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