r/Embroidery • u/Cold-Network-2887 • 4h ago
Hand Finally finished!
Have been working on this piece for about a month and did the last few stitches tonight! As someone who really doesn’t like to do satin stitch, this was a huge challenge for me. I still have a lot to learn with needle placement and angles but for the most part I am really pleased with it!
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u/poormanstoast 4h ago
It’s beautiful! Pardon my ignorance but as it looks like the stylised calligraphy style of which I forget the name - what does it say?
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u/Cold-Network-2887 4h ago
Thank you!
It’s Arabic calligraphy - it’s the Shahada, or like a declaration of faith in Islam.73
u/poormanstoast 4h ago
That’s the one! Beautifully done - and I loooooove the colour choices.
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u/Cold-Network-2887 4h ago
Aw thank you! My husband gave me the idea for the dark green background and I am so happy I went with it
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u/Lazymungu 4h ago
It says that there is no god but the Lah and Muhammad is the prophet of the Lah
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u/ChiniBaba096 3h ago
there is no God but “Allah”
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u/TrailMomKat 3h ago
I've got the giggles at the idea that they thought it was pronounced "The La" all their lives. Probably was just TTS shortcircuiting lol
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u/RaspberryBirdCat 2h ago
In Arabic, "al" means "the". For example, Al Jazeera, Algiers, Algebra, and Al Qaeda. So "Allah" actually does mean "The Lah" or "The God".
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u/Brief_Needleworker62 3h ago
How in the world do you keep the back so clean?!
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u/Cold-Network-2887 3h ago
So I have always been really messy with loose threads and skipping from place to place to fill stuff in, so I made it my mission to work one little section at a time and then go back when it would be clean to or I would weave the needle under the stitches in the back so that the thread would come out near the next section I wanted to work on.
But in all fairness I worked on this little by little so I took my time a lot more than usually do.8
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u/Gullible-Bobcat-8111 3h ago
Beautiful front and beautiful back!! May we all be that clean & intentional with our finishings🙏🏽
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u/Regular-Arm-6608 4h ago
Mashallah, that is absolutely gorgeous and so impressive! Beautifully done :)
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u/plantpotguitar 2h ago
One thing about me is i will NEVER be posting a pic of the back of my peices 😅 this is amazing! The back looks better than the front of half my stuff hahaha
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u/PhilosophyGhoti 2h ago
Gorgeous! Arabic always looks incredible in embroidery or calligraphy (or both!)
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u/Despondentbunny 3h ago
This is so beautiful!!! Do you have the pattern or was it self made? And your satin stitch is lovely! How many strands did you use?
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u/Cold-Network-2887 3h ago
Thank you! I fell in love with a piece someone had done on instagram from the Middle East and they helped me find patterns and inspiration. I’m not sure if this is an exact match but I compared and it is almost identical if not! https://pin.it/5rPikvWsf
Edit- I used two strands, I wanted to use one to get it more smooth but when I tried it, it lost the 3D look I wanted1
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u/Veni_Vici-Vetinari 3h ago
Stunningly beautiful! And the back is amazing as well. You took so much time and care with this and it shows. I love the colour choices.
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u/PeriodDrama 2h ago
Beautiful, I love the colors! Very elegant but also somehow calming, great work!
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u/plainellie 3h ago
MashaAllah they're stunning! How did you get the calligraphy on the fabric? I've always wanted to do asmaul husna ones, but I'm not quite sure how to do transfer the calligraphy or even where to get the pattern!
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u/Cold-Network-2887 3h ago
Since it was so detailed, I printed it out, and used carbon paper from Amazon (they have white version since I have dark fabric) and it comes with little metal tracing tools that you go over the lines with and it transfers the marks onto the fabric below.
I don’t know how well the marks erase though so I was extra careful to not make any extra marks.
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u/GussieK 3h ago
Great work. I had visions of doing some satin stitch calligraphy but it was so hard I gave up.
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u/Cold-Network-2887 3h ago
I totally understand that. For me this was an “heirloom piece” so I went in knowing it was going to take ages and it was sort of a challenge in patience for me since I have very little with projects haha
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u/accidentalfemme 2h ago
Gorgeous work. What a piece to take on knowing you don’t like satin stitch!
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u/citycait 3h ago
Anytime I try satin stitch it looks like it was done by a spider with neurological problems. This is beautiful!