Ah, this is an exciting moment: I think this will be the final WIP post for my punchneedle globe, because… That’s right, I’ve finished punching the northern hemisphere! (FYI, it looks wrinkly in the pic above because I’ve just taken it out of the embroidery hoop, and there’s no point in pressing the surrounding fabric […]

Punchneedle Globe menu: Update 1 Update 2 Update 3 Update 4 – you are here Update 5 The Finished Globe! Here’s where we left my punchneedle embroidery globe at the last update: This next stage is the real test of my design: I based my idea on the concept of a papercraft globe I’d once […]

Punchneedle Globe menu: Update 1 Update 2 Update 3 – you are here Update 4 Update 5 The Finished Globe! I wasn’t feeling great last weekend so I treated myself to a day resting on the sofa, working on my punchneedle globe project. And I’ve finally made some serious progress: I’ve finished the southern hemisphere! […]

I haven’t posted anything about punchneedle for a while, but I haven’t forgotten all about it: I’ve been working on larger scale projects instead of new small patterns. My punchneedled Moon, with a 5″ diameter, was the largest project I’d undertaken, until I bit the bullet and bought a mammoth 10″ diameter embroidery hoop so […]