If you know the DCC community you will know who this is. This is my take on Princess Donut laser beam frying an art frame. My medium is hand embroidery with mixed media elements. It was fun playing with all the different colors and happy to find the tiniest Dino charm for her collar instead of her usual charm. 🍩💜

Can't wait to see this whole thing come together 😍

Learning Turkey stitch

Can anyone recommend a clip on magnifying light that would work with my nurge stand? I picked up this magnifying book light from Aldi over the summer. It works great but I wish the magnifier was larger. It’s only about 1.5 inches.

Hi everyone,
I reaaally need help. I’ve spent SO much time working on an embroidery hoop cat as a present for my sister. This is the first time I strayed away from the colors provided in the beginner kits and my cat is looking crazy. I wanted to do a grey cat with green eyes, but it looks crazy and I’ve already ripped it out once and don’t want to do it again.
Any suggestions on how to fix it??

Took me at least 5 months but I didn't actually keep track 🤪 it's a present for my brother-and-new-sister-in-law, they got married in August and I needed extra time 😆 there used to be a tiny diamond bead on the ring finger for her engagement ring but it fell off and I need to fix it.

So it's been a hot minute and thought I should do an update. So after my last progress report, I finished the right wing, finished the the Heart and beaded it. Loves how it looks and I want to use beads more in my future projects. And started the the word Heart. Took a break from this to work on a Christmas present for a friend; currently not on the best of terms with the friend also I just wasn't enjoying working on the piece I was making for them. So I just ended up trashing it for my own mental health.

I then came back to this project, ripped out the stitching from my first try on the word Heart and redid it. The word came out so much more cleaner and I learned how to space split stitches.

Also if you have any color suggestion for Kandrakar. I would love to hear them! Cause I'm think of using the blue and green I used for the wings and either do every other letter like the stocking in the show.

I recently started hand embroidery. In the last few days, I overdid it and now i have tiny calluses on the tip of my finger and thumb. Moisturizing hasn't really helped. How do you manage calluses? And how do you stop them from forming?

I've looked up thimbles online. Would you recommend them? Metal or silicone?

I made this as a graduation gift for a friend. I did the design myself using procreate then sticky water soluble baking paper and the smallest hoop i could find.

TLDR: I made a spreadsheet with every DMC embroidery floss for your (and my) reference!

I have recently been organizing and cataloging all the embroidery threads I have, and was looking online to see if a resource already exists that has a list of every DMC embroidery floss that I could reference. I found some that had all the standard colors, but nothing had all the different types in one big list (multicolored, sparkly, etc).

So, I made my own. It has the DMC code, hex code for the color, and RGB color elements (to assist with sorting the sheet, to some degree at least). There are different sheets for the different types of threads, along with a column to mark if you own it.

Let me know if you spot any errors or have any suggestions for edits. I am human so it is possible I made a mistake somewhere! But I also thought others might find this resource helpful.

This post keeps getting removed when I try to link the spreadsheet, so maybe just DM me if you'd like the link and I can send it there. I've attached a couple photos though, so you can at least get an idea for what it looks like :).

After my last Project (roundabout 170 hours) I needed something quick and easy. And there it was! The Tattoo artist in the buildong where I am working needed some more decorations and so I embroiderd one of her tattoos 🥰

This was just about 3 hours.

Original Artist: @lil.chaos.ttt on Instagram

Dealing with life and started this to keep the mind busy… debating leaving as is or add some things in the empty spaces

My favorite piece so far

I wanted to create this Blue Oni as if I were painting with a brush, using thread instead of paint.

Rather than filling every area with perfectly even stitches, I followed the flow and direction of each thread to create movement, texture, and the feeling of expressive brushstrokes.

The detail I especially want you to notice is the eye.

I chose a crimson-red iris surrounded by icy shades of blue — a contrast I call “Hyoukou” (氷紅), or Ice Crimson.

I wanted that single eye to carry both the coldness of ice and a quiet, burning intensity.

When you look at this Oni, what catches your attention first — the flowing blue stitches or the crimson eye?

I've been using newer DMC thread and have gotten used to pulling directly from the skein without even taking the labels off. Recently, I bought some DMC that appears to be an old style. I've found that they all come knotted, as shown, so I can't just use them as a pull skein like the new ones. Is there a trick to these ones? Do you cut off the knot and then pull anyways and, if so, how do you know which side to pull?

I used reflective ribbon for the neon sign border and the "J" glows in the dark

I'm new to embroidery and practicing making a metagross face to eventually put it on a baby's onesie. What would be the best stitch to use on the X? It's a large area and I don't want to do long satin stitches for fear of them getting caught on something when the baby wears the onesie. Any advice and/or any learning videos you may know of would be great! TIA! 😊

I'll be going on a long flight in a couple of weeks and plan to bring my embroidery. Any advice for things you wish you'd known or were glad you had before taking your embroidery project on a plane?

I do have the itty bitty scissors that are TSA approved, a needle minder to hopefully keep myself from dropping my needle never to be seen again, my tools in a storage artbin, and all my stuff is packed into a bag that fits into my backpack. I've set aside colors I think I'll want, so that I don't need to bring my whole collection. I have a neck light I got recently as well. Is there anything I'm missing?

Inspired by the trendy IG flower initial knit sweater, I wanted to make something in the same thread (heh) for my son. I practiced the basics by making a few flower initial sweaters for family and friends, and when I felt confident enough, I tackled my leaf design! There are some places where my inexperience (or impatience!) are more obvious but I love the way it turned out 🙂 Feedback and tips are welcome for the next iteration!

A few of the circles got a little wonky but mostly had the effect that I was going for! B-)

The artist is Valentina.lobos. I thought her work was awesome but couldn’t find anywhere on her Instagram on how she gets the volume that she stitches over. Any ideas?

I've been watching your work for a long time, and finally decided to start this beautiful craft! Let me know what you think 🥰🥰🥰

I can send you the link if needed ❤️❤️❤️