making a realistic pet portrait / ft. my kitten 🐶

hello friends 🤍
i remember seeing StitchingSabbatical's embroidery of a poodle for the first time on instagram and i was in love. followed her on ig to find out she was releasing a book and i knew i had to have it
today we are embroidering a black lab named balto! ngl, the embroidery was tough for me in the beginning. i had to redo several things (eg: I redid the ears and nose 3 times), used wrong colours, stitched too tight, just your average beginner mistakes. however, i am glad that i got to start and finish such an intimidating project. the book was very helpful for me and i highly recommend it if you want to try pet embroidery. i can't wait to create more projects from the book, what would you like to see?
Michelle Staub also recently released a course with Domestika on teaching you how to hand embroider a realistic pet portrait. if you're interested, the links to her course, book and socials will be down below. I hope you enjoyed spending time with me today 🤍
lots of love,
celyn
🦋 Michelle Staub a.k.a StitchingSabbatical
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[@YolaResa]

Finally does the big reveal...and immediately covers it with end screen.

[@maryamabubakar9674]

Worth the wait, love how you came up with a master piece after 5 months!

[@karishmaem]

Amazed by this portrait!!😍😍 and your kitten is sooo cute😩🤍

[@ellascottagecompany2044]

Turned out beautifully. Thanks for the inspo & sharing

[@ArtsyCaboodle]

First !! That must've taken FOREVER to make !!! But the end result turned out so realistic and perfect!!!

[@moonlight1986]

Wow, very nice artwork. I wish you success always🥰🌺

[@tracybrewer3377]

I've never seen such beautiful realistic work. Absolutely stunning work of art. You have to great talent

[@jennyc1551]

Everything you create is so beautiful and amazing. You are one of favorite to watch. Wish you much success

[@ftemaan]

This is so beautiful👑i loved it❤️

[@KellenSavanna]

I would like more videos of your embroidery I love it

[@fantage_lukeh2o]

This turned out so stunning and inspiring - would you mind sharing where you got your embroidery stand/the link for it and if you would recommend it?

[@art_crochet]

Wwwwwooooooowww ..love it so much 💖

[@bellah3504]

I am in awe

[@jiyonneyteume6162]

Wow the talent!

[@user-kp9kh9vo6k]

perfect 😳👏🏻💛

[@aadyaaa]

You're so talented!!!

[@Lisa-jk9re]

Beautiful!❤

[@EmbroideryArtbyNat]

Wow 🤩 you are really good at thread painting! I enjoyed watching your embroidery videos ✂️🪡 which project did you choose next? Maybe a bird?

[@lesley10ful]

beautiful!

[@kaniskatamang29]

💕

[@domestikaenglish]

🔥Great video! Cheers from all the team 🤗

[@BarbaraLincoln]

you captured the soul

[@juliabellon]

Amazing, beautiful

[@Tama3-z6j9]

Amazing 👏 😸

[@August8_bpday333]

After a long time dear 💖

[@silvaniarodrigues1836]

Parabéns, perfeito!

[@avrilbrielletarver8960]

Woowww! You are soo amazing and talented! Loads of love from India😊 ✨🤍

[@sofiiaa7]

Lovely work 🌻Greetings from Chile🇨🇱

[@Chandy84]

I bought the book last week

[@berthacruz2360]

Bellisimo trabajo felicidades gracias por compartir Dios te bendiga siempre

[@Design19832]

Wow😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@Philatos2828]

You took forever. Finally you are back. Hope you are doing well

[@vivianamontoya3434]

Hermoso

[@EnasAsmail]

OMG sooo pretty🥺🥺🤍🤍🤍

[@alaskanfrogman]

Your style of embroidery work is fantastic. It is similar in nature to the Suzhou Embroidery out of Suzhou China, but you use a western knot. Chinese Embroidery uses no end knot. Instead, the end of the embroidery thread is locked in place with an overlock stitch that anchors the protruding tag end. They also use a knot at the eye of the needle. A simple slipknot at the eye using the short end of the thread will lock the thread onto the needle and prevent it from slipping loose. It works wonderfully. Your work is very similar in nature to the Suzhou Embroidery style, but with western techniques. I see that you are also using western embroidery floss. Most western floss is made of cotton, cotton blended with polyester, rayon or nylon, usually a 50/50 blend, or a 60/40 blend, with 40% being cotton and 60% the plastic, or poly based strands. Your style and technique is advanced and developed enough to do the works in silk, rather than in western style embroidery floss that you use. To be sure and to be honest, there are a lot of disadvantages with silk. But there are far more benefits and advantages using silk that simply cannot be achieved with western cotton base or plastic based threads. You can get ultra fine details using silk embroidery thread. I started out with cotton and cotton/poly blended embroidery floss. My early works looked good. But the biggest deficiency with the modern, western embroidery floss is how it wears during use in embroidery projects. I found myself keeping my threads very short because if too long, the thread frays and eventually snaps. Not so with silk thread. It's durable and remains constant. The strength and colors are uniform throughout. I am able to split my silk strands down to a single tiny strand so small and so light that it actually might float and is easily blown away at the slightest puff of air. Yet, the project sewing is consistent and looks superior to any of the western floss threads. For as tiny and delicate as the silk may be, it is surprisingly durable and easy to sew with once you get the hang of using silk thread. The results of using silk embroidering thread is hard to describe. But the sensation of touching finished silk thread embroidery is stunning as it is remarkable. The finished piece feels quite "Silky Smooth" to the touch, hence the term "Smooth As Silk." It's not just a saying. There is some actual truth to that old and often overused and little understood adage. I am doing my first silk embroidering project of a hummingbird. It's a bit rough, but is still "silky smooth" to the touch. I was inspired to try my hand at trying to imitate and to actually do silk embroidering similar to Suzhou, or "Su Embroidering" by the following video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nITZYZWOrdSnr5Isi=v_CVWiETVvr4fCLT I am self-taught at embroidering and am trying to teach myself the Su Embroidering through watching videos. I believe that your skills are good enough... try learning a little bit about Suzhou Embroidering. I think you'd be great at it. Beautiful work, good video. I like the textual descriptors you included, thank you. Peace be with you, be safe, Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to come.

[@Rifmulya]

Где найти эту книгу, с животными 😮

[@user-rb5uh5mn2i]

Lindo trabajo

[@thierrycharbonneau6019]

Bonjour! Vous êtes très talentueuse ! Quel type de support à tambour utilisez vous svp ??

[@elisangeloalves5242]

Como conseguir o livro que vc mostrou.

[@sevenseen]

How long did it take to finish this project? Like how many hours would you say?

[@natyskazzz782]

Подскажите пожалуйста,на какой ткани вы вышиваете?

[@erikajauregui01]

Por favor alguien me dice que programa es ese con el que Edita la imagen❤❤❤❤😢

[@ajm9094]

🥹😍

[@Isshhuu]

Which apps do you use for editing 💕

[@chelaghpriestley6951]

what softwear did you use

[@kaneez-e-fatima5018]

Nice sharing

[@samanthanicolosi47]

hello, may I ask what type of fabric are you using?

[@user-dj8ir7sf8n]

Котик просто супер🎉

[@kiruthikar17793]

How and where can we learn this art

[@ZahraNikpor-ws8zr]

لطفا اسم کتاب بگید

[@euphaerie7833]

what embroidery floss is this?

[@hebael-shennawi5469]

Please, Does anyone know how to design the pattern with those random lines in pets faces before embroidery?

[@mydogeatspuke]

Open a picture in something like Photoshop or Clip Studio (or Procreate if you have an iPad) and create a semi transparent layer on top, then just trace where you want the outlines to be, hide the original, and print the line work. You might want to lower the opacity of the original layer so you can see your lines etc, but that's all stuff you can figure out, or find tutorials for. It's really easy once you know how, just a couple of clicks and away you go. You can even pick up a USB drawing tablet and pen for like £20 (or local equivalent) for accuracy.

[@nehalraboey3061]

I wish you wrote what stitch did you use in every step

[@mydogeatspuke]

It's long and short in pretty much every step. That's what thread painting is. Lol.

[@CategatMuebles]

How you medit the image to get the space of each colors???? i`m from argentina!

[@arisbertha]

What book is that?

[@naomih2498]

Where do you get/how do you make the images in photoshop?

[@daviddavidwow7786]

Please make anime on this and make more videos of these please

[@karishmaem]

I would not be able to get any work done if I had a kitten!😂😩🤍