My First Hoopla - Calvin and Hobbes!

[ChameleonHound]

I'm excited about embroidery! In July I learned a handful of stitches from thelastkodama, and immediately started this project - she even lent me the hoop. Here it is in all its glory: I give you Calvin and Hobbes.



Here's the image I took it from, part of the header in the sunday comics from the Burlington Free Press. I LOVE the comics - they're what made getting up for school nearly bearable.



I enlarged it by hand (from ~3" to about 8") using a grid technique I learned in high school:



Here it is all stitched in, waiting for color. I used back stitch and a bit of satin stitch.



And then I added color. I think filling in the stripes on Hobbes helped me build character. I took a lot of process pics along the way, just in case I didn't like what I ended up with after a certain stage. This was pretty much all satin stitch, and for the background at the end I used seed stitch. I thankfully am quite happy with the end result.





And the back:



Thanks for looking! C&C welcome.
I hope I did you proud, thelastkodama 

[teachart]

AMAZING! You did a fantastic job!!! Hooray Calvin and Hobbes!!!

[Correlating]

STOP IT! That looks AWESOME!!! Great job, your stitching rocks!

[pollyprissypants]

I love this! I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought of our ATC Calvin and Hobbes exchange. So cool! Great job!

[Sandroo]

oh.

my.

goodness.

this is EPIC-ly awesome!!!  Great job!

[kaz814]

This rocks!

[chinastarr]

Aw, so cute!!! <3 

[SonjaBoo]

That is just fantastic! I love Calvin & Hobbes so much -- and your stitching is great!

[TheMistressT]

One would never guess you're a beginner!  Great work!  And your character building paid off. 

[LeapFeetFirst]

this is beyond awesome! there is no way that you are a beginner- your stitches are impeccable! Calvin and Hobbes FTW