r/Hand_Embroidery

Hey guys this is my first embroidery ever! How did I do? Please give me advice where/how to improve :)

my husband’s Levi’s have had a blown-out knee for months- maybe over a year. He said he’d never wear them again, but I think I convinced him 😊 I finally took the plunge into an actual project, from start to finish in 6 hours in one afternoon. He told me which thread color to use and which pattern. Critique is welcome, I’m wanting to learn and try new patterns!

Premier essai broderie

My good friend made a doodle of this tatted up goose and I put it on an apron for her because her kitchen is kinda goose themed and I loved him too much not to stitch him

A friend recently gave me this small framed embroidery piece. At first, I assumed the raised lines were just some kind of cord sewn onto the fabric. I was very wrong.

After a bit of searching, I found out that it’s called Shui horsetail embroidery, from Guizhou, China. A few strands of hair from a horse’s tail are wrapped tightly in silk thread to make a thicker cord, which is then stitched onto the fabric to form the pattern.

I’d never seen horsehair used in embroidery before. Once I knew what was inside the cord, I had to go back and look at it more closely. The whole surface is much more three-dimensional than it looks in a photo, and you can really feel the raised stitching when you run a finger over it.

Has anyone else seen this kind of embroidery at a craft fair, museum shop, or online? I’d like to buy a small piece of Shui horsetail embroidery as a Christmas gift for a friend. Does anyone know where I might find them？

Hi.
I want to have the name “B GUNN” at the bottom between the silver areas, but I’m having trouble figuring out exactly what it should look like and my attempts have been disappointing and this is my primary reason for posting here. But I welcome any suggestions or critique.

Thanks for your time!

FYI I plan to increase the barrel size on the guns to make them look more cartoony.
And the beads are an attempt at Ben-Day dots like in comic books but I’m not sure how I feel about them at this point.

The bee is based on a design by Emillie Ferris from her book titled “Painting With Thread”.

Im trying to do the embroidery on maomaos skirt which I plan to turn into a mamianqun since I wanted to follow a ming dynasty silhouette for my cosplay. I couldn’t really tell what the patterns were supposed to be so im thinking of embroidering woodsorrel and poppies since theyre associated with maomaos character…since woodsorrel and poppies arent super auspicious i cant seem to find many resources for references. If anyone knows any resources/tips for this that would be really helpful. any general ming dynasty embroidery help is also much appreciated!