The great 2024 #decluttering has turned up this. It’s a washable colouring in map thingy. I’m very tempted to turn it into a small quilt. Maybe with flags around the outside as a border? Could maybe colour in the critters with embroidery? πŸ€”

#craft #quilting #embroidery

Hmmm… I don’t really do embroidery, but never mind!

One fishy done.

#embroidery #craft

And a tiny tree.

And a Portuguese man o’war.

Not a jellyfish, but a siphonophore.

And a bigger, faster fishy.

#embroidery #craft

And Golden Gate Bridge.

Should be orange, but I did it in red (didn’t have the right orange, which is apparently international orange).

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And two big Saguaro with a tiny person.

#embroidery #sewing #craft

And Mount Fuji and a Red Crowned crane.

#embroidery #craft #fiberarts

And the stackable brides of Chucky.

Mistakes were made (and poorly covered up!).

And a sea monster, which is less scary than the dolls tbh.

#embroidery #craft #sewing

And the Eiffel Tower

#embroidery

And Ferdinand

#embroidery #craft

Progress is being made.

And a ship.

Still need to do the smoke. πŸ’¨

#embroidery #craft #fiberArt

And a tiger.

A tiger that has seen some serious sh*t.

#embroidery #craft #fiberArt

And a moose. A happy moose.

#embroidery #craft

And some beetroot soup.

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And a wildebeest.

Definitely not unix.

And looking at the picture, I forgot to give it eyes! Oops!

#embroidery #craft #sewing

And a hummingbird.

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Progress so far. Going to need to start to think about which ones I do next and embroidery hoop placement… 😬

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And a fallow deer

It was probably meant to be a reindeer but the antlers were the wrong shape.

Bonus: a team of dogs pulling a sled. But they’re quite big, so possibly dire wolves.

#embroidery #craft #sewing

And a plaice.

(I’m going to re-do the eyes πŸ‘€ )

#embroidery #craft

And a bridge.

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And the Parthenon

#embroidery #craft #sewing

And the Great Sphinx of Giza

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And a North African ostrich.

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And a wild boar.

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And a Thomson's gazelle

#embroidery #craft #nature

And a giant octopus / Cthulhu

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And a pony in pyjamas.

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Progress update.

Nearly half way I guess. Kind of. Maybe…

And thinking about how I’m going to finish it off. I would like to have it as a #quilt centre, but do I need to match the fabric weight for the border to the weight of the map? It’s a fairly heavy cotton. Not sure the quilt idea will work though. 😬

#craft #sewing #embroidery

And some dapper penguins

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@CurlyParakeet They are very well-dressed penguins! And I notice they're pointedly ignoring the fish which is not wearing formal clothing.

@lauravivanco

What you can’t see is that they’re looking at another penguin further along. Quite tempted to make that one incredibly dapper!!