Posted by Angelique on August 3, 2008
This was the second embroidery I did for my family. In 1996, my aunt had a baby girl and I thought she would enjoy a picture of her daughter, Gina. So when the baby was a few months old, my mom and I found a picture that my aunt had given us, and I happily went to work. Here’s the final outcome.
I made it for my aunt for either her birthday or Mother’s day 1997, I can’t remember which. From what she told me, everyone who had seen it always said they loved it, and I know for a fact that she still has it today, so I know she loved it too. 
I had never done a portrait before, so this was a learning process. And as with any learning process, I look back and see things I would’ve done differently if I had been more experienced. For example, since it was a portrait, I wanted to try and make it more realistic by doing highlight and shadow on the face. Here is a close-up so you can see it better.
It looks okay, but when I do another portrait, I will most likely leave those off and just make the indentions for the nose and chin or anything else like that needs to be shown. Other than that, I like the way it came out. Here is a close-up of the dress.
All the little dots took a while, but I think it looks better with them than it would’ve without them. And unlike the face, the shadows on the sleeves of the dress worked out well. I guess it’s true when they say you won’t know what works till you try it, right?
For more delicate pictures, a lot of times I like to put lace around the edges. I felt like the pink lace looked really pretty on this one. And voilà! Here is the completed gift.
With the help of Gina, I now have a better idea of what will work on future portraits and what won’t. I am very grateful for that. Which is good, because I have a couple of portrait requests already waiting for me. As I finish them, I will write a blog and also post them on my webpage so everyone can see.
Hope everyone is healthy and happy!
Gina’s Baby Pic
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