17 Embroidery Masterpieces That Prove You Don’t Need Fancy Materials to Create Art

Some of the items from this collection just make you want to recreate them yourself to decorate your home. Where else can you find such a cool lamp with cats or a strainer embroidered with flowers? Nowhere! So, don’t hesitate to pick up a needle and thread and start creating amazing masterpieces on your own.

My best work for my close friend and her husband. Can’t wait to give it to them.

Just finished my first major creation on plastic canvas.

Mending a couch for the past half year that was pretty torn up by our previous cat.

• Amazing! I also want a hole in my couch so I can patch it like this. © YarnPartyy / Reddit

I had an idea to create a series of famous paintings with fish-themed puns, but this was the only one that came to life.

I’ve run out of fabric and have had to resort to cross stitching this old strainer.

• Damn, if I saw this at an antique market or something, I’d probably buy it. © rabbitcolours / Reddit

Finished my most ambitious project to date. Just take a look at this moth.

A year ago, I divorced my husband. He wasn’t thrilled about my passion for embroidery. Here’s what I’ve managed to create since we parted ways.

Finished the portrait of my cat Clementine for her birthday.

I finally finished embroidering the piece I’ve been working on for 18 months! The collage of all Harry Potter book covers.

My cat lamp

Found this chair next to a dumpster and added a few patches.

I think this is the greatest thing I’ve ever stitched.

These oak leaves were made from wire, fabric, and threads, which I hand-dyed.

I haven’t had the chance to wash and iron it yet, but here it is! All in all, it took about a year and a half.

Planted a little garden over some bleach stains.

Embroidered portraits of our dogs on the collar of my best friend’s shirt.

My mom managed to cross-stitch the ultrasound of my future baby.

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