Back by request with a new update on the whales, this time with this lad’s Final Ultimate Form!
The edging is done with size 11 glass seed beads. There’s two couched outlines and one picot edging. Needless to say, couching takes a very, very long time, lol 🐋
I hate capitalism!!! Buy my cross stitches so I can pay rent until I can realize my dream of being the crazy lady that lives at the edge of the village and brews potions (that is actually just really good soup) ((or is it....))
Ten blue butterflies hand embroidered on an oversized zip up hoodie 🦋
Zip up — from Amazon (Trendy Queen)
Rough process:
I took a picture of the zip up laid flat. Planned out the butterfly designs in Procreate. Traced the drawings on Sulky Sticky Solvy. Cut out the different butterflies and stuck them in the locations I planned with my iPad. Then I stitched a running stitch around each butterfly. Then I placed an embroidery hoop on the fabric & solvy. I did have to go to my local hardware store to purchase a longer screw and bolt to be able to fit the sweatshirt fabric in the hoop. When I was all finished, I applied iron on interfacing to cover and protect the threads and backside of the embroideries. I soaked the embroidery in a water-vinegar mixture to set the colors and to minimize chances of the colors bleeding. Then soaked and rinsed off the remaining solvy. I did have to run the zip up through the wash a couple of times because the sticky goo residue was being stubborn to remove.