Book Embroidery Sweatshirt

A project by SweetIdeas

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Member since May 2026

@SweetIdeas

Getting into embroidery, water color painting

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Current Status:Idea

Project Started:May 11

Last Updated:May 29

Current Goal:By February 2027

Description

Filling the sleeves of the sweatshirt with small embroidery designed about every book I read this year (2026).

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SweetIdeasMay 29

Finished my second patch! 2/ 30 books (so far) 😅. Really proud of this one, I used 4 different stitches and played with the amount of strands to fill in and outline the design

JesiMay 29

Duuude; it's so detailed - well done!! 😍

SweetIdeasMay 30

@Jesi thank you!! I'm really proud of this one!!

chayoteMay 30

Woah!!! So cool!!

pyrotyJun 1

Omg this is soooo cool I love these! Are these all going on one shirt together? If so you gotta add a new whole shirt photo for each addition! Haha

SweetIdeasMay 13

Feeling inspired now after uploading this and getting encouragement from friends. Going to make it a priority to get more patches done.

Should I add beads to some of these patches??

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JesiMay 13

I would LOVE to see some bead work. It just sounds fun. What kind of beads though? (aside: this is a perfect opportunity for an arrested development reference/gif lol. Note to self.. add gif support.).

SweetIdeasMay 30

@Jesi they would be the seed beads? I think that's what they are called. I got a ton from a garage sale a while ago and haven't done anything with them lol

pyrotyMay 20

Beads would be sweet! For some reason first thing that came to mind is a holiday scene with string lights, where the individual lights are little beads haha.

SweetIdeasMay 30

@pyroty yeah definitely!! I do have a book that holiday themed I could totally use that for!!

SweetIdeasMay 11

Finished one book! Play nice by Rachel Harrison

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JesiMay 11

Omg this is SO cool!! I love the planning process!

pyrotyMay 12

This is awesome!! Embroidery looks so cool, but it also always looks so daunting because most of what gets shared around is often super complex and very planned out pixel by pixel, but this more simple sketch / freehand approach is so much more approachable looking and also in many ways has a lot more character. Can't wait to see more patches!

JesiMay 12

Yeah I can't wait to see the final patch done!

SweetIdeasMay 11

Sar far have sketched Jan books and made 2 patches. I have read 26 books so far in 2026

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New goal setMay 11

By February 2026