embroidery update

[mendel]

So far so good! I've been practicing on my own handwriting, and learned some things -- that I need to use a smaller needle, for instance, and that two-strand whipped backstitch seems to be the right weight and slubbiness for what I want to do.

I also found a frame! This is great because all of the places where I thought I'd be able to find a nice

Comments

[rahaeli]

I think it looks awesome, except I'd make the a's in 'wake up' a little more clearly lowercase A instead of lowercase O -- to my eye, they look more like "woke" than "wake". (Then again, she probably knows your handwriting better.)

I think it's very personalized, and an awesome idea!

[mendel]

Hm, yeah, I can extend the tail a stitch or so, good point. And eyeteeth pointed out the obvious thing: that I can just scan that in and fix the spacing in my graphic editor of choice. Durr.

[mendel]

Hm, yesh, yesh. thanks!

[gcrumb]

Beautiful.

[boredinsomniac]

Looks good! This was a great idea and I'm pretty impressed by it.