Intro

[quietbluejay]

Hi, I'm Jay, I mostly do embroidery, but also I do some handsewing, dyeing and other crafts for cosplay. I used to knit as a kid/teenager and I've recently started to take it up again.
Currently it's the Year of Making Presents for me and I'm trying to finish off a wedding present embroidery, I basically finished the bride's present but I'm still working on the groom's. And then I need to make the present for my brother's wedding (table runner), and also I offered to embroider initials on all the pocket squares for his groomsmen. Normally I do more fannish embroidery, I have a few small Warhammer 40k pieces I'm willing to trade or give away if anyone's interested.

pictures under the cut

bride:
it's technically done but if I have time I'm going to fix some of the wonky lines and do the second layer on the thorns (my brown floss was eaten by the portal for like a month)


groom:
I've been embroidering how many years now (...3 or 4) and it took until now for me to get over my aversion to french knots, originally I thought I'd do those flowers just as satin stitch with a darker border but I decided to give french knots a shot and I'm glad I did.

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Welcome! Those look great! I am sure the wedding party will appreciate them. What thoughtful (and beautiful) gifts.

[quietbluejay]

Thanks! The bride and I figured out a design for her together (and tbh this one was a lot easier than what she originally wanted, which involved me creating a design from scratch), but the groom's is a complete surprise to him. I spent forever trying to figure out what to do (as the bride was very insistent on them looking like the equivalent amount of work). I think he should be happy with it, I'm pretty happy with it so far.

[yarnofariadne]

Oh I love the Bag End door!

[quietbluejay]

Thanks, it's a little embarrassing to admit, but it's pinterest art, so I have no clue who the original artist was. I tried to track it down but no dice.

[celli]

Ooh, I love s good French knot, and those are turning out so well!

[quietbluejay]

Thanks, I'm pretty happy with them. They're not perfect but the learning curve was a lot faster than in some other areas (coughs in goldwork). Honestly I think one of those designs that's basically all French knots wouldn't be that scary - probably nice and soothing to work on.

[wiseheart]

Oh, very pretty!

[quietbluejay]

Thanks!

[nagi_schwarz]

The embroidery is gorgeous!

[quietbluejay]

Thanks!

[darkcedars]

It's looking great. Welcome.

[quietbluejay]

Thanks, I'm hoping to have it done by end of next week (probably will take a bit longer, lol)

[badly_knitted]

Hello, and welcome! (I'm a very bad mod, I saw your post and was going to read it, got distracted, and forgot, so I apologise. I promise to do better in future).

I am in awe of your embroidery, it's something I've never been able to master and you do it so beautifully. Well done for overcoming your aversion to French knots, they can be beasts to do, but when they go right they're very effective. I'm sure the bride and groom will be delighted with their gifts!

[quietbluejay]

No worries, there was no rush or anything. Glad to be here!

Thanks for the compliments, tbh I never know what to say in response. It's very gratifying when people can tell the amount of work I've put into my pieces.

[badly_knitted]

We're happy to have you here. All members are free to make posts here beyond their introduction. Just saying that now because everyone seems to forget *grins*

It's always pleasing when people acknowledge the effort that's been put into a project, usually hours of work, pricked fingers, sometimes frustrations when something goes wrong or just not as right as we wanted, but it's all worthwhile when the finished article is admired. We love seeing pictures so we can admire each other's art.