I’ve recently completed my first big project: a cheeky pillowcase for one of my friends using one of Jenny Hart’s patterns:

I felt reasonably comfortable with the split stitch from my previous projects and decided to embroider the whole pillowcase in the stem stitch instead. I’ve figured that any mistakes would be a good exercise in letting go of perfectionism. I’ve comforted myself with the knowledge that my friends praise my food regardless of how awful I think it is, so it should be no different with my handwork. 

Just that… bad food disintegrates (in the bowels or the bin), but bad gifts are forever…

However, to my pleasant surprise, it didn’t turn out half bad. So much so that I am still putting off actually gifting the pillowcase. What’s even better, the stitching clearly documents my progress in mastering the stem stitch, front and back!

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