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]]>Through her studio Bear&Bean, named after her cats Bear and Bean, Barnes creates adorable embroidered pet portrait patches. Pet owners can place a patch on their bag or piece of clothing and feel like their beloved pet is always there, watching them.
Best of all, these patches feature stick-on backing, meaning you can place them on any fabric without stitching. Barnes also embroiders the patches directly on pieces of clothing if her customers prefer that.
While Barnes has been passionate about animals and art for as long as she can remember, she started creating embroidered pet portrait patches almost by accident.
Her husband was cleaning out his closet and didn’t know what to do with one collared shirt he didn’t wear anymore. Barnes decided to stitch a pair of kittens on the collars and share it with social media. It wasn’t long before people started asking if she could do their pets on collars as well and she hasn’t looked back since.
Just one glance at Barnes’ previous creations and it becomes clear how much effort she invests into these patches. They are masterfully created and strikingly resemble the pets they are based on. Check out more of them below.
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]]>The Artful Possum is the alter ego of the British embroidery artist Emily, who’s come a long way since kicking off her embroidery journey in 2021. She’s completely self-taught, and one of her favorite things about embroidery is that anyone can get into it and learn the basics at their own pace.
Emily had a pretty clear vision for her embroidery creations from the get-go, and the name of her brand perfectly captures what her art is all about. Opossums are her most common subjects, but we’ve seen many other animals grace her adorable hoops, including foxes, rabbits, mice, and otters.
Since Emily’s hoops take countless hours to finish, her embroidery is not for sale, but her fans can buy stickers, hoodies, shirts, tote bags, and other products inspired by her art. She’s also using her platform to inspire other people to get into embroidery by selling patterns and tutorials inspired by her most iconic designs on her Etsy page.
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]]>With meticulous attention to detail, the artist stitches together flower gardens, fountains, large patches of greenery, waterways, crop circles, and pathways, among others, to form captivating depictions of green spaces observed from above.
According to Rose Richards, she sources the inspiration for her works in the beauty of the countryside found in her native region of Devon.
“In living in the countryside in a place of natural beauty, I am surrounded by inspiration for my pieces in the endless fields and meadows, lush forests, winding rivers and reaching moorland,” Rose Richards explains on her website. “ … In these idealized scenes I try to express a nostalgia that is both comforting and bittersweet, bringing back rose-tinted memories of simpler days past.”
Rose Richards initially started creating embroidery landscapes as a hobby. However, it didn’t take long for her to fall in love with the craft and dedicate herself to it full-time. She now has a big social media following, and her works have become sought-after among embroidery enthusiasts.
Continue scrolling to check out more of Rose Richards’ impressive aerial landscapes.
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]]>Vecchia is the founder of the embroidery brand Leveza Art, but don’t expect to find any regular botanical hoops on her Instagram page. She became a true sensation with 140,000 Instagram followers under her belt once she decided to put an eco-friendly twist on traditional embroidery and use dried leaves instead of fabric.
Vecchia’s decision to put nature front and center in her work isn’t a huge shocker since she used to be a biology student before turning to embroidery. Her art perfectly captures the fragility of nature because stitching things together on dried leaves doesn’t come easy, and she sometimes even incorporates tiny branches into her art, making it even more impressive.
Birds are the most common subject Vecchia enjoys exploring through her art, and she’s a true master when it comes to capturing their vivid colors and playful spirits. She enjoys paying homage to the native Brazilian species, in the hope her art will raise awareness about endangered species in desperate need of protection.
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]]>McGarrity enjoys creating embroidery art centered on animals, which is something we had the opportunity to see countless times before. However, she still manages to make her works look fresh and stand out thanks to the use of vibrant color palettes.
“Animals are a viral subject, so I like to add my own ‘flavor’ to a painting by reinterpreting them with various color palettes,” McGarrity shared in a recent interview. “I still feel like I’m getting the hang of things, so I enjoy experimenting with a wide range of stitches and techniques.”
Fiber art was something that McGarrity always appreciated, and she engaged in its various forms over the years. However, it was embroidery that ultimately captured her attention, and she has been making embroidery art for the past three years.
Thanks to her dedication and continuous effort, McGarrity brought her embroidery skills to an impressive level. Her works, which can take days to complete, are complex, and detailed, and can be easily mistaken for a painting. Scroll down to enjoy more of them.
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]]>Liu is the founder of Embroidery Code, who fell in love with this art form during a trip to Dali, China about a decade ago. The locals there introduced her to punch needle embroidery, the technique she still swears by today.
Unlike most punch needle artists, Liu doesn’t rely on felting, and she only uses silk and cotton threads to craft her show-stopping embroidery pieces.
“Every piece of artwork has been created using her newly developed 3D punch needle embroidery technique which combines the skill of hand embroidery, scissors sculpting, and an artistic eye. As a result, this gives the work a very realistic look,” she explains on her official website.
Liu could’ve easily explored any other subject, but opting for food wasn’t a coincidence. She’s a huge believer that every fruit, veggie, snack, and dish has its own character, and she wanted to challenge herself by capturing them in perfect detail, while also allowing us to explore our relationship with food and the feelings it awakens in us.
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]]>And so, a love for sewing and embroidery began – one that would eventually culminate in an Etsy shop where she now sells hand-embroidered necklaces and earrings, all made with special care and attention. “I used to work as a freelance photojournalist, but when I got pregnant, my husband and I decided that I’d stay at home for a while and take care of our daughter,” she explained in an interview with the Etsy blog, describing how her career came to be. “About a year after she was born, I started to feel like I wanted to do something creative again. I started making an inventory of my skills and what I’d like to do, and I decided I’d really enjoy working with fabric and drawing and colors. I had a few threads, so I tried embroidering, and it’s cliché, but it was love at first sight.”
When it comes to Thursday More’s creative inspiration, color plays a huge part. she admits she goes color hunting on the internet, saving references on her computer for a later time. Aside from color, her designs are also influenced by her mood, imagination, and memories, making her creations both personal and appealing.
“I try to stitch every day, even just for an hour,” she says. “I like the portability, the fact that I can take it with me wherever I go. It doesn’t require electricity. It doesn’t require the internet. With hand embroidery, you’re just in the moment.” Here are some of our favorite creations by her:
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]]>According to Stiglets, nurturing ourselves and tapping into our creativity allows us to become happier, more joyful, whole people. “I encourage you to slow down, “she says. “Take some time to notice the world around you. Look within and help your mind focus and calm so that you can come from a place of quiet rather than chaos. When your mind is peaceful, your life is richer.”
In an interview with the Etsy blog, Stiglets recalled how she first experimented with embroidery when she was a teenager, by stitching little designs onto her backpack and jeans. “I put it away for a while, then came back to it years later when my kids were very young, and I pretty much never stopped!” she says. Completely self-taught, her craft was learned by trial and error, allowing herself room to make mistakes.
The kits she sells include everything you need to get started wit embroidery yourself. The pattern is pre-printed on the fabric, and the floss, needle, and hoop are included too. She also adds a Getting Started Guide, which walks you through setting up your hoop and prepping your embroidery floss. Her How-to Guide includes diagrams for a handful of her favorite basic stitches. “I give notes for each design, including which stitches I used where, so folks can replicate my example photos if they want to—or they can do their own thing,” explains Stiglets.
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Now her studio practice is divided into two parts: making embroidered accessories on the one hand, and one of a kind artworks on the other. “I try to use different embroidery techniques together,” she explains. “Enriching texture to give it a visual dynamism is very important for me.”
The finished product is a combination of illustration and embroidery, color and texture. “Mostly I try to use embroidery techniques on patterns that match their real-life texture,” notes Yazici. “I enjoy combining these traditional techniques with modern patterns. I also like fancy and intricate embroideries and I wouldn’t hesitate to decorate my works with sequins and beads.”
Her work consists of quirky and surreal worlds and characters – a dreamy landscape where magic is possible. “Even if I don’t know where to place my work within contemporary art right now, I do think they share similar characteristics with both illustration and fiber art and I try to achieve a balance between them,” says Yazici.
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]]>Watching Kucherenko’s embroidery art, it is hard not to think that her subjects could easily jump out of the canvas and join their kind in the ocean. In order to achieve this effect and create realistic and colorful jellyfish, she uses numerous techniques including beading, needle felting, and thread painting. She also attaches other fabric to her works in order to enhance the impression.
Kucherenko also pays close attention to the presentation of her work. She creates stunning and carefully planned backgrounds that perfectly complement each of her creations.
Check out her works below.
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