This week I worked more on the koi pond pattern. I worked on the stitching for the lily pads. I also noticed that it was hard to satin stitch the lily pad shape around the details on it.
Earlier, I tried the embroider one of the koi, but it looked funky, so I removed the stitches. I will try again, but I think that I should do the fins and tail separately.
Later, I got tired of working on this pattern so I switched back to the floral design, because I have commitment issues. I worked on the two other woven wheels. I found that it was a lot quicker and looked better while using 6 strands of floss. Most other designs only use 3 strands.
In addition to that I also contacted another expert on Instagram: an Edmonton based artist named Muriel Mapa going by the username “nakedandfrayed” on Instagram. I asked her for some tips for a beginner embroiderer.
I want to finish at least one of these projects for the presentation. I also need to start a slideshow.