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Sunday 27 April 2014

Machine Embroidery

The past couple of weeks I have have been fighting an infection and been feeling pretty grotty. All my great plans for felting over the long Easter weekend went completely out the window. After 2 days of napping and watching telly I was bored and needed something to do but didn't think I could stand up for the lengthy periods that felting requires.

I came across this stunning photo of "Aisa" by Ebru Sidar on Deviant Art several months ago and thought it was so beautiful I saved the link.


This was my inspiration for some machine embroidery.

Here it is after the initial outline sketch:


And the finished and framed piece, it was really tricky trying to get a good photo without reflections in the glass.

A close-up of the stitching

Linking up to nina-marie, off the wall Friday
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8 comments:

  1. Ruth Lane28 April 2014 at 00:15

    That is wonderful Teri! You did a great job using minimal stitching. I always find when I do this type of machine stitching that I tend to overstitch it. What type of fabric did you use for the background.

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    1. Teri Berry28 April 2014 at 23:06

      Thanks Ruth, knowing when a piece is finished is a perennial problem for me too. I still keep looking at this piece and think just a few more stitches here and maybe there....
      I used a piece of white poplin cotton which worked fine but if I do something similar again I think I will iron it to some stiff interfacing first.

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  2. Anonymous28 April 2014 at 00:16

    Wow! That is beautiful. I hope you enjoy it for many years.

    By the way, did you know that you can buy non-reflective glass? It's really good - actually it looks as if there is no glass there at all.

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    1. Teri Berry28 April 2014 at 23:08

      Thank you Lyn. No, I haven't come across non-reflective glass but it sounds like a godsend, I will have do a search for some.

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  3. Felicity28 April 2014 at 08:38

    Absolutely fantastic!

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  4. Laura McGrath29 April 2014 at 15:01

    This is wonderful, great job!

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