Owl Embroidery

Looks like another first to add to my list :)  I have completed my first embroidery!  It was fun, but like all small projects, it was over too quickly.  (Well, once I finished the planning stage anyway.. that bit took forever).

I based it on a vintage embroidery pattern I found online here.

I redesigned a chunk of it, adding some detail and refining the lines.  And here it is!

I really love the texture of embroidery.  Stitches used include lazy daisies, back stitch, satin stitch, seed stitch (which is a really fancy way of saying scattered straight stitches), stem stitch, scallop stitch, and chain stitch.  I liked using a variety of stitches.  They're all pretty basic though!

I just want to touch all the stitches!

I did this embroidery for my Mother for Mother's Day.  It's going to be put in a little frame.

My embroidery dreams are to make a set tea towels with obnoxious vintage designs like this one.  Happy fruits and veg!  And one day in the future I would like to try to incoporate it into a garment.  You have to be careful not to make it look granny-like though!
Check out this and this for some recent inspiration I have found.

I'll leave you with a close-up and a picture of the mess I made while designing it.

I call it creative chaos.

Embroidery... a hoot?  (I'm so sorry for this pun.)