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I made a little post over on ko-fi (ko-fi.com/pardalote) about the evolution of my stitched poem-objects. No paywalls, just me thinking out loud and some photos. Feel free to leave me questions or comments over there. (Or here <3)

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Four embroidered words in a grid: "tell your wife that" in dark blue stitches, on a pale pink background. The stitches are in smyrna stitch on a grid. The square of embroidery is bordered with white beaded triangles.

Four embroidered words in a grid: "tell your wife that" in dark blue stitches, on a pale pink background. The stitches are in smyrna stitch on a grid. The square of embroidery is bordered with white beaded triangles.

Another stitched poem-object: tell your wife that.

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Four embroidered words in a grid: "work hard then what". The stitched background is grey. The words are stitched in brown and red. The square is bordered in multiple ochre-toned colours with a beaded edge in bronzes.

Edge view of the stitched poem object: "work hard then what". The stitched background is grey. The words are stitched in brown and red. The square is bordered in multiple ochre-toned colours with a beaded edge in bronzes.

work hard then what

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Four embroidered words in a grid: "four word grid poem". The words are stitched in blues and yellow on blue backgrounds. The square is bordered in pink and cream zigzag stitches with a scalloped bead edge in shades of dark pink.

An edge view of the stitched "four word grid poem". This view looks along one edge of the border, showing the pink and cream zigzag stitches with a scalloped bead edge in shades of dark pink.

Four word grid poem.
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Four embroidered words in a grid: "left lane must exit". The stitched background is yellow. The words are stitched in dark blue. The square is bordered in blue and yellow stitches with a simple blue and yellow bead edge.

Back to the larger format four word grid poem idea. Finished this one and edged with beads.

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Five stitched square poems, edged in beadwork. The poems read: void when read once, take when foil torn, onus lies with user, near miss then this, left lane must exit.

Final set of five teeny poems. All edged and backed, their own small poem-objects now.

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Four squares of stitching, each is a stitched four word poem: left lane must exit, near miss then this, void when read once, onus lies with user. The squares are edged in beadwork.

I'm a little in love with these. I'm looking forward to working on the full scale versions, but these tiny sample poems make me very happy.

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Two squares of stitching, the frontmost one reads 'onus lies with user' in dark purple on a pale green background, the backgrounded one reads 'near miss then this' in tan stitches, with pale grey toned background stitches. The squares is edged in beadwork.

onus lies with user
poem stitch object

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I'm a little obsessed, so more will be spammed.

A square of stitching that reads 'near miss then this' in tan stitches, with pale grey toned background stitches. The square is edged in beadwork: a series of triangular spikes tipped with small silver beads.

near miss then this

poem stitch object

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An embroidery of the words TEL YOUR WIFE THAT in dark blue stitches, on a pale pink background. The stitches are in smyrna stitch on a grid.

I forgot to share this one with you.

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An embroidery of the words LAST LIFE GAME OVER in a gradient of yellow to red, on a black background. The stitches are in smyrna stitch on a grid.

Another four word grid poem.

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Four embroidered words in a grid: "Work hard then what" The stitched background is grey. The words "Work hard" are stitched in brown and "then what" is stitched in red.

This will get a border, so it's not quite finished. But it makes me smile, so I wanted to share it.

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An embroidered square that reads 'Good luck wood duck' laid out in a 4x4 grid. The piece is mainly stitched in browns and golds, and is surrounded by stitched stones and unstitched pebbles.

Good
Luck
Wood
Duck

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