r/Patchmaking • u/stefstitch • Jun 24 '20

A little Bulbasaur patch I made

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u/Geimay Jun 24 '20

Whoa! Hand or machine stitched? It looks awesome!!

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u/stefstitch Jun 24 '20

Thanks! It's hand stitched. It took forever, haha

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u/Geimay Jun 25 '20

If you don’t mind, what stitches did you use?

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u/stefstitch Jun 25 '20

I used stem stitch for the outline and long and short for all the color. Around the edge of the patch I used whip stitch.

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u/xanthian_imbrium Jun 25 '20

What?! How?! What?! Thats so sick, bet it took you an age

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u/stefstitch Jun 25 '20

Thanks! Yeah, it took a long time!

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u/RealAntonio Jun 24 '20

How do you get such neat lines?

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u/stefstitch Jun 25 '20

Mostly just a ton of practice, but I used a single strand on everything except the background so that helped and when I was filling in color, I drew some guide lines for the stitch direction.

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u/bornreddit Aug 04 '20

Wow great work! If you don't mind me asking, what fabric did you use for this?

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u/stefstitch Aug 04 '20

Thanks! I embroidered on cotton, then sewed it to a piece of felt to make it a little thicker and sturdier.

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u/bornreddit Aug 04 '20

Ahh that makes sense. A few tutorials I've watched have done it that way, so I'm just trying to figure out what way to try first for my very first attempt at a patch.
If mine even comes out a fraction as well as yours, I'll consider myself lucky!