20+ Little Embroidered Masterpieces That Are Full of Patience, Love, and Irony
The art of embroidery definitely existed back in the fifth century BCE but it’s still very popular today. Modern fans of this type of art are capable of creating true masterpieces using nothing but some thread and needles. Their works are full of humor, beauty, and tenderness.
We at Bright Side have looked through thousands of embroidered works and we were surprised by the fact that in the twenty-first century, this hobby is popular among both men and women which is proven by these works.
“Over 5,000 hours and 3+ years in the works! My mother finally completed her counted cross-stitch with 606,875 stitches.”
“Made this for a friend of her beautiful home village.”
“This is Robert De Niro, hand-embroidered for over 40 hours. Enjoyed this one and my husband was a happy birthday boy.”
“I did it!!! The biggest finish ever and it took almost 5 years!”
“Beginning to embroider, but I’m a guy and a lot of my pals make fun of this sort of stuff. I was proud of this and thought you people might appreciate it.”
“My dad’s an obstetrician and for his birthday, I made him an embroidered version of one of Leonardo da Vinci’s fetus studies.”
“It’s my first custom landscape in this style. Thoughts?”
“My mom sewed this mermaid over 18 years ago and it has been left folded up inside a cupboard. I keep telling her she should frame it!”
“This is a wedding gift for my future daughter-in-law. It says what her name will be when she marries my son and their wedding date. The cross belonged to my late husband. He would’ve loved her.”
“First time trying to freehand-embroider with this portrait of my niece!”
“I cross-stitched all of our guests for our wedding!”
“My mom worked for 4 years almost every day on this cross-stitching to make a present for my older sister.”
“The lavender fields of Provence for my dad’s fifty-third birthday (because he never stops talking about that place)...”
“I’m kind of known around the office for wearing Docs every day, so my wonderful coworker made this just for me!”
“I would think they were crazy if someone told me I would love cross-stitching at 10 years old. Yes, here I am.”
“Can I share how proud I am of this piece? Did the watercolor clouds myself on cotton fabric with regular watercolor paint, then tied all these colorful french knots one by one to turn one of my favorite movies into a piece of art!”
“A 2020 update: lost the boyfriend but kept the cat. Priorities!”
“Sunshine on a rainy day”
“Finally finished the piece I’ve been working on for 18 months. A collage of all the Harry Potter book covers!”
“I tried to do a self-portrait.”
“Here’s my uncle, super proud of his latest work, The Last Supper.”
“In memory of my sweet boy. I’ll love you forever.”
“My third ever embroidery — loosely based on Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds by Van Gogh.”
“I’m a father who learned to cross-stitch because his daughter wanted an ’old-fashioned’ Aurora picture. Page 1 complete of a 9-page, full-coverage piece. This took me about 5 days, but that pace will not be maintained...”
“My friend bought her sofa from a company that told her they’d lost it and she wouldn’t have it in time for Christmas. I cross-stitched a pattern with a sassy comment she sent to the sofa company in anger in an effort to cheer her up.”
“I don’t name my embroidered pieces because people may see something different in them.”
“I’m so proud to share my embroidery progress from 2014 — 2020. No talent here, just hours and hours of practice and hard work!”
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Comments
WOW! Those are true masterpieces! I would definitely hand most of them on my living room. Great artists :)
noo it's not that difficult! Well, those patters are actually :p but in general it needs practice - a lot of it!
I know... but I believe in this field I lack the patience. My granny used to stitch and she was actually an amazing artist! I still have some of her works in my old bedroom :))
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." 😉 Try it anyway. Even if you find out you're "not that good at it," you may still enjoy it. And enjoying things isn't always about whether or not you're good at something anyway. Getting good at something takes everyone practice, but the journey there is often the best part! 😄 And besides that, you never know what you may find joy or peace or comfort in until you try it! 😄
I can't believe the first one is cross stitched! That's just insane, I would never have this kind of patience
Not every project has to be epic to enjoy making it. You don't have to finish all at once either. I make small projects (called "smalls" in the cross stitch world), and many cross stitchers have what they call a "WIP pile." ("WIP" stands for "Work in Progress." Some call them "UFOs" or "UnFinished Objects.") Most of the enjoyment comes just from seeing something YOU MADE begin to take shape and come together, no matter how long it takes. 😄
Aww! They are so heartwarming
I'm new here, so.I don't know how this all works quite yet, but everyone has done an *amazing* job, and I'm very proud to have the privilege to see your work! 😄
I learned to cross stitch when I was 7 years old. By the time I was 10, I was designing some of my own patterns. I've cross stitched off and on since then, but got back into it the most heavily in 2009.
In 2010, a very dear and greatly loved family member was diagnosed with cancer. We were introduced to prayer cloths at that time through a televangelist named Richard Roberts and his wife, Lindsey. We believe our family member was healed due to much prayer and the use of the Roberts' prayer cloths.
About a year later, we were still watching their show when Lindsey said that before she considers herself dressed for the day, she always pins one of Richard's prayer cloths inside her clothes so she always has his prayers with her, wherever she goes.
I immediately thought, "Why does she have to hide it? Why can't she have something pretty to wear *outside* her clothing that can not only show her faith, but also act as a conversation piece so she can share her faith even more?"
I immediately got to work.
At the time, I tried looking through my collection of pattern books to find something I could just whip up. But I couldn't find anything that really seemed to work. So I started designing my own.
My first few attempts were abysmal. 🫣 The front panels looked fine, but I wanted to make the prayer cloths double-sided to hide the inevitable mess on the back side of the front panels.
I prayed about it, and God told me, "Find a way to match up the holes in the aida cloth and I'll show you what to do next."
Slowly, praying the whole way, God taught me how to make my prayer cloths the way I still make them today. By December 2011, He had taught me enough that I was *finally* able to make prayer cloth pins. I sent my first one to Lindsey to thank her for blessing me with the birth of the idea.
In 2022, my husband and I were living in an apartment building. One of the building's staff members kept missing work and seemed very troubled. We found out through others that his little daughter was dying and needed surgery for two large holes in her heart.
I had just finished designing and stitching this prayer cloth, titled "Beautiful Heart." I used variegated threads for both the rose and the purple in the heart. The background swirls are with iridescent threads. The first chance I got, I gave it to him for his little girl. He broke down in tears and gave me a big hug.
A few weeks later, he came in almost dancing, all smiles, laughing with joy.
His daughter had her surgery and they took the prayer cloth with them to the hospital. He said even the doctor was shocked at how smoothly the surgery went, and even *more* shocked at how quickly the little girl was healing. She even got to be discharged from the hospital early, and her daddy attributed it all to prayer and the prayer cloth I gave them.
He said about the same time his daughter was in the hospital, his grandmother fell seriously ill. They took the same prayer cloth to her bedside and she stabilized within a matter of hours.
Before he walked away, he took out his phone and showed me and my husband a picture of his daughter, grinning ear to ear as she held up my prayer cloth in her car seat. He said she was *so happy* her heart was healed that she insisted on her daddy taking a picture of her with her prayer cloth before they left the hospital parking lot on their way home.
Ladies and gentlemen, remember this. Prayer WORKS. Things made in love can carry that love and prayer in them and affect real healing and positive change in the lives of others. God is still on that throne, and He will still answer you even in your darkest hour because He truly DOES love you. 😄
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