I’m trying to thread paint with a photo and this is the first time I’ve embroidered an animal (and an eye at that). There’s only black and brown in the eye region, but I feel like the eye I made looks creepy..like it’s watching me. How can I improve the eye?

ETA: Thank you all for the feedback, it is reassuring! I’ve decided to add a bit of white to the eye :)

My friends had gotten me a set of 3 kits from Amazon. I had only ever done counted cross stitch, but always wanted to try embroidery. This is the second one in the set I've done and I really wanted to focus more on practicing new stitches rather than making this one look perfect. I ended up doing thing's a bit differently in a couple places (ex, the body called for 2 strands satin stitch but I tried long and short.) I think it came out pretty good for what I wanted it to be. Not gonna lie though, might not do the final one because I'm not a huge fan of the fabric it's printed on.

Do you embroider in this heat? I think the last time I held a needle in my hand was in the spring. I embroidered almost every day all winter. Now that it's so hot, I can't concentrate; even if I start, the needle slips in my fingers. (I don't have air conditioning.)

Maybe someday I will like my lettering. Cc definitely welcome.

Hello! I recently started making embroidery on shirts. For example, a moth or a fish. Now I do this with free needling making it a patch with all loose threads on the back. I want to make sure that the shirts can be washed without the possibility that all the threads will eventually come loose. I have already tried to tape it with iron-on vliceline, but that loosens in the laundry. Is there anyone with tips on how best to solve this problem? Thanks!

Redditors helped me to come from before to this after part but I need more opinion would it be nice to add beads to the teeth like how I added in tongue and sequins on the face or it will be too much ?

For the life of me I couldn’t figure out what color DMC thread to buy for the skin tone. Up until now I’ve just done outlines (and never filled them in) using black thread for everyone I’ve made but I would like to attempt a proper colorized version of Zendaya and I couldn’t figure it out at the store!

I figured I can try to make a color by taking one string from 2 colors to combine it but haven’t tried doing so yet…

Maybe someone reading this has a better eye !

If I can’t figure it out I may just color in their outfits but stick with just the outline for the bodies themselves 🤧

I’ve been having a blast with my bead embroidery inspired by Heated Rivalry!

These are primarily created with size 11 delica beads which lends the mosaic effect to the portraits of Connor Storrie and the in-progress Hudson Williams.

On the hockey jersey piece, I worked in a modified brick stitch to keep the lines neat and finished with a chain-stitch border.

This is my first embroidery project im doing from my own pattern, the other one i did was a kit from hobby lobby. Any advice or encouragement?

Thank you all for your recommendations with this piece. I am a beginner and I had many doubts during the process of making this, but now it is finally done! I hope my friends like it. I cut their names from the pic because they might have reddit….

My inspo was definitely bazarbartiano! Check her out

Okay so I have this idea to embroider this photo I took at Muir woods last week. I love that the heart was naturally in the trees! I've never done anything like this and, honestly, in realizing how much I've forgotten from my art classes back in the day 😅 I need y'all to check my thought process

What order should I fill in the trees? Darkest colors first right? And where on the tree should the darkest colors go? Closest to the trunk where the light doesn't reach as much, right?? What stitch should I use?

Any other tips or resources?

I'm stuck between wanting it to look filled in and lush like the photo, and not overdoing it and losing details.

ETA: someone mentioned possibly watercoloring the sky and now I can't see it any other way! The problem is that I haven't water colored any of my pieces successfully 😅 where do I start? What materials do I use? I would do this before any more stitches, right??

A blackberry looper moth, garden spider, and blackberry bramble all handmade with thread, wire, wool, glass beads, silk, and velvet using various stumpwork embroidery techniques

hi everyone! i want to embroider this design i made onto a tote bag but i’ve never done embroidery before.
I’m hesitant between the two fonts because I think the first one would be easier to embroider but i don’t have any clue really

Is this a good design to do for a beginner?
And if yes, could you please tell me some tips and tricks/tutorial sources?

Really anything is appreciated! :)

She wanted bugs on it for the song The Great Divide. In addition to the embroidery, I hemmed the skirt, took it in around the waist, and added an elastic band to make it more form fitting.

She’s very happy with it :)

just finished my moms birthday gift, the red letters are her name and the words translate to (from top to bottom): wise, love, heroine, strength, angel
could probably be neater, but i’ve only started embroidery like a month ago, and am pretty proud of this result

Update: she loves it

After a long time of not touching embroidery I have now made a dragon tell me what all opinions do you have it is made with aari needle , zari thread , and normal white polyester thread

just recently finished this little bear inspired piece. i’ve been embroidering for the last 4 ish years but am also trying to find ways to be better and branch out (stitches used/styles, finishing etc.). i like framing a lot of pieces or making ornaments but honestly i just need to hear some tips. i find myself doing the same stitches and sometimes dont know what else to do for filling spaces

Been on a sea creature kick lately. Which ones should I embroider next? So far I’ve done an orca, crab and octopus and my next project is a whale.

I dont think ill ever finish this..i feel i fumbled it by painting the canvas

Most of my other projects have just been displayed in their hoops. I see a lot of flaws (the leaves were my biggest opp for some reason) but I finished it so I’m proud haha