Crafting: The Hard Part

[notquiteisraeli]

I've finished the lettering. I've finished the circle.

Now comes the part of my embroidery that Eyal calls "the fussy bits." The grapes and figs and pomegranates and dates and olives. The respective vines and leaves flowers. Oh, and wheat and barley.

I got one grape done today. It was an experiment, actually - to see if satin stitch was the right way to go on filling in the grapes. It was successful. I like satin stitch - it's pretty easy, just rows of straight stitches of varying lengths. The only bitch is making sure that they're sufficiently close together to get the eponymous effect. So I figure it'll be satin stitch on the grapes, wheat, and barley. Haven't decided about the other fruit and flowers.

This ends Anna's geeking out about embroidery.

Comments

[rubian77]

I embroidered an ivy pattern on a handkerchief once, using satin stitch for the leaves. My biggest challenge was making sure I started and stopped at the right points, not just for closeness but also to get the borders right. Good luck!