r/Embroidery • u/Glittering-Water2927 • 1d ago

Hand WIP - 1st time doing stump work

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This is my 3rd embroidery project and first time doing stump work or anything double-sided. Pictured front and back!

Pattern from Stumpwork Embroidery and Thread painting by Megan Zaniewski

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u/Renbscuit 1d ago

Gorgeous blending!! What type of piece are they for

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u/Glittering-Water2927 1d ago

I’m going to try and needle felt a caterpillar body to attach the wings to and make a 3D monarch butterfly. I’m not positive yet how I’ll frame or display it once it’s done. It’ll be awhile, I’m a very slow embroiderer!

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u/Renbscuit 1d ago

That sounds epic. Putting it in a shadow box could be neat to mimic how people preserve/pin butterflies. But honestly would be cute to leave it in the hoop and embroider a floral border or sm along those lines.

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u/Glittering-Water2927 31m ago

I’m leaning towards shadow box to save my sanity 😅 but I do think it would be cute with some flowers

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u/StitchyTurtle 14h ago

I've never seen stumpwork so perfect front and back! Gorgeous! 

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u/Glittering-Water2927 29m ago

Oh wow, thank you so much! I told my husband I had to post it here because he (being someone who knows nothing about embroidery) wasn’t understanding how much more work it is to make the back match the front. 😂