A while back my husband asked me if I would be able to embroider his arms onto his cadet scarf. While I hadn't actually done anything other than tracing a generic pattern before this time, I figured I would give it a go; after all, it wasn't as if the hubs was going to complain because I told him up front I wasn't sure how well it was going to turn out.
To start out, I had the hubs send me a picture of his device; doesn't look too hard, right? Having had no actual instruction on how to actually embroider anything (aside from 'you thread the needle, push it through the fabric and then back out') I discovered that I actually had quite a hard time with curves. But I did it. And I'm actually quite pleased with how it came out.
Not too bad, right? I used a back stitch for the outline and satin stitch to fill it in. Working with the metal thread for my first actual project wasn't really my best idea, it pillowed a bit but when I paneled it I got a working knowledge on metalwork. When I finished I asked both him and his Don (Frasier) if they would be okay with me embroidering Frasier's arms onto the other end.
Again I used the back stitch for outline and satin stitch for filler. The rose itself I used a satin thread.....and having had no knowledge of that it was such a pain to work with. But, I got it done. I even got to put Frasier's arms on his second cadet's scarf as well.
Teo's completed scarf.
Frasier's other cadet (Richard)'s scarf. He doesn't have arms himself yet, but I told him when he finally did that I'd put it on the other end.
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