I had two embroidery projects on my to do list in August…
1. work on the stitch along I started in my google+ community
2. continue the Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge
… and I ended up not accomplishing either!
But instead I did finish a project that has been on my mind ever since I learned the couching stitch.
Years ago, I asked my husband to draw me something to embroider for Valentine’s Day and he drew me this girl with a heart.
She has sort of become my “avatar” over the years for MooshieStitch – she's on my Flickr, Google+, Tumblr, Etsy profile, etc.
When I learned the couching stitch for TAST, I thought it would look cool to embroider hair with it, so I decided to re-do this girl with new couched hair!
I removed the heart and eye makeup.
With the couching stitch, it was so easy to stitch up the hair very quick – I may do another girl with different colored hair and fill it all in completely.
Up close just because.
Finished hair ... what color for the lips?
Red of course!
![Couching Stitch couching embroidery](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJ86LZEXIu_bAHwlzcvEWxn990Joocnx-GBkPo8ioYGfgac81F014R8teR3frlEQCpw-cfdCBujnyBg6OQvIkdgAmExsT9n5KnAJ78pLODaUKtrWVAZqFeUy7F3VNoNp9wqH2WUj7nGgt/s640/blogger-image--1165342736.jpg)
If you notice the difference in lighting from the above photos - that's because I took them at different times of the day. What a difference! I am still learning my natural lighting when taking photos...
What do you think? Which version do you like better? Couched hair or the black and grey stem stitch version?
I think my next version may be green and black hair.