💚 fungi + mosses + tree rings 🧡 say hello to 'wildlife,' our cozyblue stitch club pattern for december. we'll be stitching our way to the end of 2024 with this one!

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this afternoon i took about an hour to sit and stitch and listen to my audiobook, and at the end of the hour, i felt SO much better: calmer, more focused and creative, more like myself.

embroidery is such a good way to pause and reconnect, and that's so important, especially during busy seasons.

i started with the light brown, and stitched the tree rings using back stitch [1 strand]. i am stitching right over the green moss lines for now, because i want the moss to sit on top of the tree trunk.

using the dark brown and [2 strands], i stitched the radial lines using back stitch, and the bark section using brick stitch.
(you can see that i stitched the foundation row first, and then i'm working my way out, building up each brick stitched section.)

✨i'll be updating this post as i make more stitching progress... stay tuned! ✨