I’m learning a new sewing skill – embroidery! My illustrator friend, Natalie and I came up with the idea of making a collab dress using her floral illustration. 
I used a Japanese embroidery book for my first attempt. The book has patterns you can follow and which embroidery stitches to use. It called for a single strand so it took a while to complete. The embroidery is tiny, about 3cm x 3cm. 
After completing the strawberry embroidery, I made a few flowers. I learned by using satin stitch, long and short stitch and outline stitch, you can basically embroider anything. There are many other stitches, and I hope to pick them up as I go along. 
Above is the picture of the book I used in reference. It provides many patterns including Japanese flowers and fruits. I love that I can work on embroider while I’m watching movies or talking to friends. It is a portable project as opposed to clothes sewing which is a good to bring it to a trip. 
刺しゅうを始めました。
図書館で借りた「はじめての刺しゅう 花のワンポイントステッチ」という本を教科書にちょこちょこ進めています。
全て1本取りで進めているので結構時間がかかりました。
ワンポイント的な小さい刺繍です。
大きめに作るなら、型紙を拡大コピーして、3本取りかなんかで刺すと良いかもしれないですね。
刺しゅうを使ったウェディングドレスを思索中です。
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I bought this bright aztec print cotton lawn fabric back in the summer. I had something like 
My new labels came from the 
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I made the shirt in size 2 as usual and lengthened the back of the shirt by 5cm.
The button holds are worked on before attaching the back yoke and collar.
