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My First Offering - An Embroidery
This is the jeans jacket I hand embroidered for the Sleep Token concert back in December 2024.
The project took me about 6 months to complete, with a longer break in between.
It was quite a process, which I will describe below, if anyone is interested in that. If there are still questions, don't hesitate to reach out and I will answer to the best of my abilities, as I am by no means a professional :D
So. It started out as a little thought. I have that old jeans jacket collecting dust in my closet, and I want to upgrade that. Said, done.
I get a cheap pack of embroidery needles, even cheaper embroidery floss (which I regretted at one point, but I will explain that later on) and an old embroidery frame from my mother-in-law.
And then it was go time.
I started tracing the big logo in the middle. Seeing as I have absolutely no talent in drawing, I'm very glad that tracing on a tablet is an option :)
Printing that out, I taped the shape to the middle of the back piece and drew along the rim with a heaterasable pen. You can get that at any store that sells those pens with a rubber tip to erase the ink :D
After that, I set out to embroider the entire logo. It is made entirely with a satin stitch.
If there is any interest, I can explain different stitches in a seperate post :)
That took about 2-3 weeks to finish, as I work full-time, and weekends sometimes as well. Also, let's be real, I was so very slow ! But when I finished, I was so proud of myself, as it was my very first piece.
But ever the over achiever, I let it sit for a few days, before I thought "I can do more."
So, back to planning.
I sampled a lot of patterns and decided for this. It looked cool, but I wasn't sure I would complete it in time.
However, my mom did a lot of things wrong, but she didn't raise a quitter, so I got my shit together and started this enourmous project.
I ordered transfer paper online and printed everything out on there. It sticks to the material, and you can embroider on it and wash it off when you are finished.
I started with the more simple patterns, as the glyphs or the vines. Looked pretty solid, and I was extremely satisfied with my work, as well as my gained skill and haste.
Now that was the problem.
It looked so pretty at this point to me, that I was afraid of messing it up, so I fell into a bad headspace and stopped working on it for at least 8 weeks.
By now, it was end of July, so time was running out fast, considering the biggest part, the mirrored roses, still had to be done.
I got my shit back together thanks to my bestie, and started a trail run for colour scheme.
I was so happy that it looked exaktly like I imagined, and got motivation from that.
ADHD hyperfocus ON !
So I embroidered...
And embroidered (with some cat cuddles)..
And I was finally done !!
Only to realise that I have to do it ALL again on the other side !
I was about to cry, because just one single double coloured rose head took about 5-6 hours to make.
One entire rose side took me 4 weeks to finish D:
So, in the warm summer evenings, I sat on the balcony and got to work.
At least I knew what to do now and didn't have to think about that anymore.
No think, just stitch.
And one month later, I was actually finished !!
By the end of September I was done, thankfully much earlier than anticipated.
Now I simply had to wash off the water dissolvable transfer paper.
I did handwash it, but there was some glue residue left, so I had to bite the bullet and put it in the washer.
Those thirty-something minutes were terror. I was afraid the stitches won't hold, or the residue won't come off.
But thankfully, it was alright, and I let it dry out in the sun.
Now I wear that jacket whenever I can !! I love it so much.
I got quite a few compliments, especially at the London gig.
But the best one was when I went shopping for more high quality floss in a local craft store, and older lady complimented the jacket, and told me she was happy that the youth keeps things like that alive.
So, I made it a permanent hobby and already started another project on here that I will want to update regularly.
Thank you for reading, and feel free to ask away :D
Ps.: If you read this far, maybe leave a humble like or reblog ? <3
Thank you; A. \(^o^)/
Making of an embroidery pattern.
It's a very detailed project, and I try to update the progress regularly on here !
Can you guess who it is ? :D
About Me !
Some of you maybe already know my main blog @shyerue !
I post a lot of stuff there too, but this is more of a personal interest blog, containing music, memes and maybe even some daily thoughts and other ceative outlets outside of writing fanfic for my main :D
Now for some facts:
Taurus Rising ♉️
ATEEZ Bias is Yeosang 💪🏽
Sleep Token fave is Ivy 🥀
Went to the London gig in December '24 and got Ivy's pick ! 💫
Scientifically proficient 🔬
Can do embriodery on a mediocre level 🗡
Endometriosis is part of my life 🩸
Feel free to engage in the asks !
Thank you ! A. \(^o^)/
