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picture of an embroidered strawberry cake

closet up of prervious embroidery

As planned I finished it today, there wasn't much left to do. I enjoyed pretty much all of the stitching a lot, except the strawberry itself. It's not too bad but the fishbone stitch with a thick perled cotton over such a small surface wasn't a good idea.
otherwise I am really surprised about the regularity of my stitches, it looks quite tidy. The point could be pointier and the overall proportions are a bit weird but, oh well.
Also one of the threads on the satin stitch is a bit loose and I am worried if it's going to holdwith time, this is a shirt that may end up in the wash ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
The pattern is made up of vibes and internet searches, feel free to steal it.

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[-] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

This is so cute, been watching you stitch it up over on Mastodon and you've got me eyeing up all these fancy stitches I still need to learn. Brb looking up what on earth fishbone stitch is lol, gotta add to my notes โœ

The texture on the side of the slice reminds me of knitting!

[-] just_chill@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago

Here is one of my favourite stitching ressource: https://www.needlenthread.com/videos
If you can do a half decent backstitch then you should try pekinese stitch (the outline of the plate).
The sponge cake is made of bayeux stitch which is really fast to make ! But relies on satin stitch which is deceptively difficult.
The knitted looking one is not quite a detached buttonhole filling, also sometimes detached blanket stitch.
Also used: seed stitch, satin stitch and hungarian braided chain stitch.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I like how it turned out! The strawberry really brings it all together!

[-] just_chill@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Not quite the cherry on top, but I agree, it was a bit empty without it. Let's just say it's an organic strawberry ๐Ÿ˜…

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