Ambitious Stitching (Sown Brooklyn)

My ambitious embroidery plans include just one of the MANY amazing works of art by Brianna McCarthy, a metal coin purse frame, a tangle of black floss and likely several months of swearing

I love this piece but there are so many to choose from.
After finding my iron-on transfer pencil (!!!) I also settled on a second, more realistic, option.

Untangling a MESS of black floss inspired me to gather up all of my various skeins and get them in order.

For someone who has not embroidered anything more involved than a doll face (and even that was a looooong time ago) I have a LOT of thread on hand.

Here it is, all organized in a tin I saved from a previous job. It contained chocolates from Israel.

I also made a little notions box. And decorated it with washi tape (brand, spankin’ new) and art stickers (old, bout time I used them).

The pincushion was made with Frida fabric, too.

I chucked my new little box, a hoop and this practice embroidery project into my new project bag (ps- it was made with Frida fabric, too:D).

Excited to get started stitching!!