Freehand Embroidery

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A while back, I saw a post (possibly in this community) where a girl had done freehand embroidery piece while on a roadtrip. It inspired me to try it out for myself. My mom started teaching me to embroider when I was in Kindegarten, but I've always only used the skill for little things, like a small embellishment on a pair of pants, and I've always used a pattern. 

I've been working on this on and off for the past couple months. I keep picking it up and then putting it down ... it's essentially what I do while watching TV in between bigger projects.

The picture below was taken awhile ago.


Here are pictures of it currently:


Closeup:

I used flourescents and metallics a bit (which I've never used before). They're a pain in the ass, for sure. If I remember corectly, the piece I was inspired by had buttons. I was originally going to do embroidery only, but I was making some necklaces and had my embroidery on the couch next to me. I noticed that I had some beads that matched my floss colors perfectly, so I threw a few of those in. 

I'm not done with it yet. Or maybe I am. I don't know yet. I also have no clue what I'll make it into. If anybody has any ideas, I'd love to hear them. Also, if anybody remembers that post, I'd love a link so I can add it to this.

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