I found that working with needle and thread, even for the first time, was really great and allowed me to achieve the texture and look that I wanted. I think next time i'll be better about managing how big my piece is so that i have more time to pay attention to the little details.
It varied quite a bit, my piece originally was supposed to have flowers around the antlers, but because i had made it too big the hoop wouldn't tighten the fabric quite as well, so i decided to quit while i was ahead because even without the flowers i think it's still a wonderful piece.
The mini tile helped me understand how to build up areas and create that almost 3-D affect. The cardboard piece helped me to understand how to manipulate something to form a certain way.
I found that i really enjoy embroidery and being for the first time that i've ever tried this style i found it to really help my artistic confidence, i had problems a lot of the time with figuring out how the thread was going to lay and getting it just right. I also had time management problems, it took a lot longer than i had expected to finish what i wanted and so next time i think i'll focus on that a lot more.
It varied quite a bit, my piece originally was supposed to have flowers around the antlers, but because i had made it too big the hoop wouldn't tighten the fabric quite as well, so i decided to quit while i was ahead because even without the flowers i think it's still a wonderful piece.
The mini tile helped me understand how to build up areas and create that almost 3-D affect. The cardboard piece helped me to understand how to manipulate something to form a certain way.
I found that i really enjoy embroidery and being for the first time that i've ever tried this style i found it to really help my artistic confidence, i had problems a lot of the time with figuring out how the thread was going to lay and getting it just right. I also had time management problems, it took a lot longer than i had expected to finish what i wanted and so next time i think i'll focus on that a lot more.