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My Etsy! --- My Vgen!

This is officially the BIGGEST batch I have ever released! Not only does it feature five brand-new designs, but two special bonus ones as well!

These are the brand-new designs that are now available for purchase at both my shops! And as for the two new special ones...

Remember the Vocaloid pattern released during Batch 3?

Worry no longer if you don't have the time for a huge project! (Or if you just don't like all six characters!) As of now, Kaito and Miku are available as solo pieces!

The other four will be released alongside future batches as well :) So keep an eye out for those!

There's a bunch more designs available in my shop right now, so go check it out if you're interested at all!

My Etsy! --- My Vgen!

Clutch #3831 - Plushie/Stuffie

Mated On: 2025-06-28 # of eggs: 4 Hatched On: 2025-07-03

Progeny:

Hatchling 10193 (Nakita) - Tundra XXY Male, Cerulean Stitched/Cerulean Patchwork/Spearmint Underbelly, Uncommon - 15,000 on 2025-07-25

Hatchling 10194 - Tundra XXY Female, Cerulean Stitchwork/Cerulean Patchwork/Turquoise Underbelly, Faceted - 15 gems on 2025-07-18

Hatchling 10195 (Comfort) - Tundra XXY Female, Cerulean Stitchwork/Cerulean Patchwork/Cyan Underbelly, Unusual - 15,000 on 2025-07-09

Hatchling 10196 (Didymellopsis) - Guardian XXY Male, Cerulean Stitchwork/Cerulean Patchwork/Aqua Underbelly, Common - 15 gems on 2025-08-04

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HELLO!!! EVERYBODY LOOK!!!! RIGHT NOW!!!!

My immensely cool friends, being the best, all gifted me absolutely wonderful pieces for my upcoming birthday and now I'm going to brag about it!!!!

The Anetha fanart was done by the wonderful Zoe B. Simpson !! The insane Khocress pixel art interpretation was the work of Robin Loisel, and the absolutely batshit wild stitchwork of Shlee has been commissioned to Alice Rage, based on an illustration by Van Vermyllion.

Starting with - a reference picture!

I made a outline drawing from the reference picture (I did this one while I was at the cricket here you can see it in progress) 😎

Then I use a light box to transfer the outline onto my fabric. I like to embroider on a fairly fine but medium weight linen - it holds together well but has distinct holes so you don’t end up ripping through threads as you work!

Once the outline is drawn I started outlining areas with back stitch before beginning to infill with a single colour. Below you can see my progress on Oliver’s arm - I tend to change colours as I’m working to stop me getting annoyed or bored - hence the white and black and not of grey you can see having been done.

I have several different sized hoops, but this small one is my favourite as I like the tension I can get on the fabric!

I did find sewing with white on white frustrating so the shirt sleeve got left for a bit - that’s the beauty of embroidery like this though - you can move around and do different sections depending on your mood!

I really enjoyed being able to play with texture as well - I chose to use satin stitch on the sleeves and ground - using different angles to create depth.

While the flesh of Oliver’s arm and hand and Ryan’s hand I went with a more textured look using ‘random’ stitch placement. This gave me the texture and the ability to build up the shading in more detail than satin stitch would’ve allowed - giving me the more painterly look I was after.

I’ve included a picture of the back of the work so you can see is similar to the front - I live looking at the back of pieces!!

Once some of you helped me decide on the text - I added that - it’s my handwriting for this one - I wrote on paper first then transferred it the same way I did the outline of the arms!

Then I just carried on stitching, and stitching, and stitching! Sometimes at the cricket (good light!!) and sometimes at home - I brought a 6000k white light lightbulb for one of my lamps so I could continue seeing in the evenings when it got dark!

When finally finished I washed the embroidery - in Luke warm water with a tiny amount of washing up liquid- to remove the grease and sweat that would’ve transferred from my hands onto the fabric and threads - this needs removing before mounting as it will start to discolour the fabric over time!

And then I mounted the final piece so it looks like this!! - this was the first time I tried mounting anything myself and it’s not perfect (the ‘yeah’ is a bit wonky) but I’m happy with it 😎