Handmade Christmas – Embroidered Arrow

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I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. Now that I’ve given all my gifts, I can finally start showing these off! I started making Christmas gifts back in November, so it’s been a long time for me to keep these secret! I also had Evie making presents, so I’ll show those off too!
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First up is this embroidered arrow I made. I haven’t done all that much embroidery, but I am really interested in doing more. This was for Josh’s aunt and uncle, his uncle has really gotten into archery over the past few years. I love how the arrow turned out, especially the fletching. I used four colors for each section of feathers and I love the depth it has. This whole project was really experimental for me, I started off doing satin stitches and then filled in other colors for shading. The whole process felt very much like painting to me.
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My only regret was not using any sort of interfacing on the back. Due to the dense stitching I did, the fabric buckled a little, but once I got it stretched in the hoop it wasn’t too noticeable. I got these oval hoops online and I love them! I bought three of them, so I need to come up with something cool to do with the others. They are great quality and a cute size.

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