It feels like just yesterday I was scrolling through Tik Tok looking for inspiration for my learning project, and now I’m finally on the other side of it! I spent this semester working on learning embroidery and taking you all along on the journey. While my progress felt slow at times, I look back on everything I accomplished with a sense of pride. Not only did I learn about embroidery, I also learned about so many different communities that can…
It’s time to be brutally honest with you all. These past few weeks of attempting embroidery have been very difficult for me, and I’ve really lost a lot of my drive to finish my projects. One issue I was having was that following the patterns was getting very boring for me, and I felt like I wasn’t able to be creative. I’ve always had a hard time staying focused on projects for a long time, and this was becoming a…
After a bit of a break, I finally began work on my DMC piece! If you want to see that pattern you can check out my first blog post on it here! It’s a free, galaxy-themed, completely written pattern, which is completely new to me. At first, I was really nervous about venturing into the world of written patterns, as I’m very much a visual learner. However, after downloading the pattern I realized it’s actually really not that hard to follow….
Another week has gone by and it’s another week of not being able to do embroidery. It seems like everything worked against me this week haha. This week I planned to work on my piece all weekend, as I usually do, but since I don’t have a printer I asked my mom to print off the pattern for me at her work. She accidentally left it there, which was no big deal since I could go grab it on Sunday,…
This week came and went a lot faster than I had intended, which meant I didn’t have as much time to work on my embroidery as I had wanted. This week my goal was to use DMC, a website that has various free craft patterns, to try following a completely written embroidery pattern. I spent a long time on the website checking out the various patterns and eventually I settled on a beautiful space/desert-themed piece. The patterns I was looking…
This week for my learning project I continued the embroidery piece I started in my Powtoon review and attempted to document it via a Youtube video! The piece was drawn for me by my sister and I’ve been using it as a way to practice my basic stitches and try out an erasable pen. Overall, I think this piece turned out nicely and I was pretty happy with how the maker worked. I decided to vlog myself working on it…
This week for my learning project I decided to follow a Youtube tutorial! I’m a visual learner, so this was still relatively in my comfort zone, however, following a whole pattern without words was still pretty hard for me. When selecting the tutorial I wanted to follow I tried to find one that would go through the whole pattern on video as well as have a printable or traceable option available. This proved to be very challenging as many great…
This week we were tasked to explore a new-to-us tool/app to showcase our progress! I decided to use Powtoon, a site that allows you to make simple, animated videos. I used the website to create a short lesson that includes some basic embroidery tips I’ve learned along the way. My first impression of Powtoon was that it could be a great tool for presentations and an alternative to a simple Powerpoint presentation. The website offers a wide variety of templates…
This week I began an ambitious project, as I not only tried to create my very first embroidery piece but also tried to do it solely using TikTok. I chose to use TikTok because I wanted to learn how to transfer my own designs as well as some other smaller issues I had, like tying off my string. TikTok is a platform I am very familiar with and I felt the short format would be beneficial for learning these smaller…
In the past 5 years, I’ve learned (very slowly) how to knit and crochet. I love being able to create something beautiful and have something physical to show off my skills. So for my learning project, I’ve decided to complete the trifecta of string creations and learn how to embroider! In the past, I’ve attempted embroidery and failed miserably. I lack the patience and attention to detail that is required, and what was an attempt at beautiful birds turned into…