Completed Embroidery

I started a project last week and after working on it a bit by bit in the evenings, and in just under a week I have completed it. It wasn't a particularly large design but I am thrilled at how quickly it has progressed, I am also very fond of using the Mulberry Silk threads, they are just utterly divine to work with, so smooth and the colours in the case of this piece jewel like.

Of course, the stitching is complete but technically it's not complete because the next stage is to turn it into a small trinket box, I didn't want to turn it into a picture, it's also too delicate to be a design for a cushion, I could turn it into a evening bag....but my mind is settled into a box. I also have another piece that I haven't done anything with yet, and will probably have the same treatment. Which is the embroidery I did for &Stitches magazine last year.

Where will I be going next? Will I be using this design again or doing something similar? I don't really know the answer to that yet, it would be foolish to completely walk away from the design or not to do something similar or adapting the design again. Also I have in my mind that the original sketch into a fabric print...not sure how or why, but it's floating about in my noggin.

The padded satin stitch I worked on this piece has got me itching to do more, and I think I am going to do so this afternoon. I think there is scope to do a collar with it, but I'll work the sample first and see where I go. I'll even try to turn it into a bit of a mini tutorial. I really have been feeling I would like to show more folks how to do particular stitches or at least how I work them, and it might also in turn push me to use different stitches before I get suckered back into doing  the same stitches over and over.

I'm sure I am not  the only one that gets comfortable with one particular stitch/method (sure it's not just embroidery specific), and pushing yourself is good for you. If they don't work out at least you can say you've tried something else.