I love Dunkin Donuts. I prefer Dunkin Donuts over Tim Hortons and Mcdonalds, which is unfortunate because we live in Canada! I was lucky enough to be able to go to Orlando Florida right before COVID-19 shut everything down. Of course, I ate/drank a bunch of Dunkin Donuts and life was good. So, as I was thinking about what I wanted my next project to be... I was inspired to do the Dunkin Donuts logo. This weeks project was a lot more challenging than my previous projects. I used a brand new stitch called the "satin stitch" that I learned from a YouTube video by an embroidery channel. I started off with the basics of tracing my design onto a piece of paper and piercing tiny holes with my needle all along the outline. The next step was to pin that piece of paper onto the exact spot on my hoody. I do this so that I can dot with a marker in the small holes so that my outline shows up onto my hoody. This process always takes me quite awhile. The next step was to begin embroidering. I bought this plain sweater from a local store here in Moose Jaw so that I could embroider my design onto it. The fabric of the sweater was unfortunately very thick, so it was super difficult to pierce the needle through each time. Because of this, it slowed the process down substantially. I began this project on Saturday June 7th, and I just finished it yesterday June 12th. I worked on it for at least 3 hours every day throughout the week and really struggled with it. The above photo is my end result and I am extremely happy with it! The satin stitch that I mentioned at the start of my blog is the stitch I used to fill in all the outlined spots with colour. The pink, orange, white and brown chunks that are all filled in were done so using the satin stitch. It consists of poking the needle through the top of your desired area you want filled in, then pulling the thread down and poking the needle through a spot on the bottom. It should be a straight, tight line once you have pulled the thread through.
The struggle with this stitch is keeping your thread very tight. If you loosen it up, there will be gaps in the colour that would be super noticeable. I am amazed at how long this weeks project took me to complete, but I am very happy with the end result! My friends and family seemed to like the final product as well.
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