Tonight is Embroidery.

So I haven't felt like embroidering for a while, but I promised an embroidered coin purse for my niece. Tonight I embroidered the outside panel. My sister in law wants to learn how to make the zippered pouch, so all of the pieces are ready for her now.

The onscreen image:

Part way through the stitch out:

Done!

Because the embroidery is so heavy and the fabric was so thin, it puckered. :(

I also embroidered her name with glow in the dark thread. I've never used the glow thread. I was really impressed with how well it stitched out. :)

Now I'm working on an embroidery panel for a mug rug for my mom. 

The onscreen image:

I'm using purple where the green is. 

I love how the black is popping!

Not even half way through at this point.  This one is over 40000 stitches. :/

It took way too long to stitch out. :p

Here's the finished embroidery:

Tomorrow I'll piece it and make the rug. Can't wait to do that!! I might embroider another panel for my niece first (while I still have the embroidery arm on my machine) Too bad I don't have an extra work table and walking foot for my other machine. Then I could work on the rug and let the embroidery machine do its thing at the same time.