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Another embroidery, a going-away gift for a friend and co-worker. Chair pattern from tinymodernist at etsy.

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For a colleague. The lettering is a lot straighter in person. I’m really very happy with how this came out; I had to use a jeweller’s loupe for the tiny cross-stitch in the caption. I’m starting a short Soviet embroidery series – next up is Yuri Gagarin then Sputnik. I think I will be embroideried-out for a while after that.

This time it’ the ditty bag from Hervey Garrett Smith’s The Marlinspike Sailor. Not super-authentic, but quick. I am happy with the lanyard, which uses a pencil stub as a core and is made from seine twine.

So Annie was describing a “Wombat tree” to me and made this illustration:

and I made this from it:

I’m going to double-frame them.

We’ve had a really productive couple of weeks. Here’s my first piece of clothing (for Hello Kitty):

Also , Miss Munkles got some mittens:

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