So I started to attack it with some threads - metallic, varigated & standard floss. I have been stitching away on it for a couple of days. Here is my giraffe.
A bit closer up... 
There are many options I could choose doing this. I was thinking of outlining the leaves around the giraffe with the gold metallic thread, but hey, as this was my first bash & fill in embroidery I can do that on another. I would like to do a bigger chunk of fabric. The cut I had wasn't going to work for me as this giraffe was right on the edge & I didn't have enough fabric for anything else on his left side. So I will just play with the rest of my fat quarter for now & maybe do a couple of these in this 6" hoop size for now. It looks ok. Certainly fun to do something completely random & without rules or patterns to follow. Not that I follow patterns all the time of course - remember that patterns are only suggestions or someone else's ideas. You can change it if you like. (Isn't that right mum!) Anyway, that's my giraffe.
6 comments:
Any chance that you would sell this to me or make another similar with a "Gruff" Oops I mean Giraffe?
My daughter is Giraffe mad and this would be perfect in her room.
Looks SO good! How did you like working with the metallic floss? Really nice job!
It looks really good! ... your embroidery that is - not the orginal.
Where do you work that you can buy fabric? Sounds like a dream job!
That is really beautiful. You must have more hours in the day than I do, and I don't even have a "farm" or vegie garden.
very graceful and natural...i must say.....like it...embroidery designs are up to the mark.....
Great job!!!
thanks for sharing with us.....
This looks wonderful ! Great job !!!
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