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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'The great green sweep' - my last big aerial embroidery (except the moorland one) until ~February as I'll be focussing booked on commissions until January. I'll still be doing small projects 😊 You can read the full details of this landscape on my site: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/green-m...

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts green meadows, crop fields, tilled earth and groups of trees.

A close-up of an aerial view embroidered landscape. It shows sheep in a rough meadow.

Pools in a flooded field and a farmer tilling a meadow for crops - a cloud of gulls following!

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I haven't started my next crop circle landscape yet, I haven't decided what colour scheme to use Would you be more interested in it leaning green or golden? Which of the past two embroideries below do you prefer colour wise? I liked the extra contrast of the green but gold felt more summery!

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'You'll choke too' - I wanted to reshare my wildfire aerial embroidery now summer is finally over as it really meant a lot to me. Autumn is here but as the fruit ripened much earlier than normal, I worry the little birds and animals won't have enough for the winter...

An embroidery hoop containing an embroidered aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts a burning wildfire, with dry forest on the right and smoke on the left, with a line of bright flames down the centre.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

80 hours of embroidery! This aerial landscape is directly inspired by Dartmoor and I'd say I have another 30-ish hours to go? I'm now starting to fill in the fields for the sheep, the tor area will be done last as I'm still deciding whether I want a slope or not 😅 I hope you like it! #art

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial-view landscape. It depicts a moorland scene in a range of green shades, about 70% completed.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

'What about my harvest?!' - my second embroidered crop circle! These aerial landscapes have been so fun! This one was 35 hours, the knots took less time but the circles took longer than expected 👽 now available here with the first: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... 1/2

An angled view of embroidered crop circles, made in golden thread shades.

An embroidery hoop containing an embroidered crop circle design. Its all in golden shades.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just a little summer landscape now added to my site :) this aerial embroidery has dried wheat and cows grazing in meadows, as well as a group of sheep (a few of which have stuck into the cows meadow...) Now available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/late-su...

An embroidery hoop containing an aerial view landscape. It shows golden and green crop fields and rough meadows with livestock.

An angled embroidery hoop containing an aerial view landscape. It shows golden and green crop fields and rough meadows with livestock.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This forest fire aerial is now available! All profits are going to the Devon Wildlife Trust 🦡 the link to the listing is here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/forest-...

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Forest fire - 'You'll choke too'

My first ever embroidered forest fire. This is a response to widespread climate apathy and selfishness I've been feeling around me.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'Just visiting!' - the first in a short series of embroidered crop circles! As the first, I wanted this to be a fresher green crop field like early summer. The next will be golden shades of ripe wheat :) The knots alone took 25+ hours! Now available: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a...

An embroidery hoop lying on a stone slab. It contains a sewn aerial-view of a crop circle design in a green crop field. Running through it are tractor lines.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This aerial embroidery mixed media landscape is the last piece currently still available on my site! The natural elements were done in embroidery, the man-made ones in card. Each cargo container is only a mm wide! You can see it with full details here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/cargo-c...

An oval shaped embroidery hoop containing an aerial view of a city dock. The natural elements are sewn in thread, the man-made ones cut out in paper and card.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

30 hours of sewing so far... lots and lots of French knots but some of the grass areas are now being filled too! If you didn't see the first post, this is an aerial embroidery inspired by moorlands. At this point I still can't estimate how long it'll take in full but I'm not half way yet 😊🌱

An embroidery hoop containing a work in progress of an aerial landscape. It has mid-green knot trees and light green areas of grass between. It has sketches of roads and trees for guiding future stitches.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The start of a new large aerial embroidery landscape! It'll be a French knot-heavy project inspired by moorlands with more muted, moody colours. As you can see from the marks, I don't have a concrete plan... somewhat deciding what I want to include as I go. This is the first 10 hours of work!

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Sorry, I went MIA for a month on here... the heatwave made me feel very ill and then I had a mental health relapse and ended up avoiding social media since early July. I'm back on my SSRIs now and feeling much more myself again!! Much clearer and ready to be back online (see thread) 1/3 ...

An embroidery hoop containing an aerial view landscape of agricultural fields. They have deep green knot fields and satin stitch grass and cut ones.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My limited Giclee art prints are now live! They are on 310 gsm lightly-textured paper and use the design of one of my favourite aerial embroidery landscapes from last summer, 'Brooks and boulders'. Winding brooks across moorland with pine bark chip rocks! victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/moorlan...

A square art print depicting a design of an aerial-view moorland. The original was embroidered with bark chip rocks.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I've finally uploaded 24 new downloadable phone backgrounds onto my site! 17 are of my aerial embroidery, the others are non-aerial landscapes :) Each is £2.50 and is a small way to support my art outside of purchasing originals or prints 🌱 victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... #smallbusiness

A collage of 24 cropped images. Each image depicts an embroidered landscape, most aerial view and others non-aerial.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

'Arrival and departure' - my first time incorporating a city dock into my aerial embroidery! I used card art for the manmade elements, textiles for natural. Each cargo container is about 0.7 x 2 mm :) Plus some boats collecting/depositing them! Now here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a...

An embroidery hoop containing a mixed media aerial view landscape. It depicts a city dock with cargo containers, with embroidered and card elements.

A close-up of a mixed media aerial view landscape. It depicts a city dock with cargo containers, with embroidered and card elements.

An angled view of a mixed media aerial view landscape. It depicts a city dock with cargo containers, with an embroidered city park and waters. The dock elements are made from card layers.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Holkham beach, Norfolk - I was commissioned by someone to replicate this beautiful beach and all its shades and textures as an aerial embroidery! Lots of grasses, reeds and mud mixed in with the sand. Not sure if the tide in coming on or going out though... More close-ups are in the thread: 1/2

An embroidered aerial view landscape of a beach, with fields framing the bottom edges and water to the top. the beach has different shades of gold, brown and dull greens for different textures and elements.

An angled view of an embroidered aerial view landscape. It depicts a beach scene with different shades of gold and brown.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I've added my orchard and allotment themed landscape into a hoop frame I've had for a long while and I love how it looks! I think I may have to sell this aerial embroidery along with it, I think its such a perfect match for the landscape 😊 what do you think?

An aerial-view embroidered landscape displayed in a wooden frame. The landscape depicts an apple orchard in bloom surrounded by trees, with fields and sheep to the bottom right and a vegetable allotment to the left.

An aerial-view embroidered landscape depicting an apple orchard in bloom surrounded by trees, with fields and sheep to the bottom right and a vegetable allotment to the left. An old train track runs across the top.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

'Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre', Maryland - I was privately commissioned to memorialise the BARC by a past employee after learning it will be shut down by the USDA after over 100 years of research. They wanted to focus of this aerial embroidery to be the field plots... 1/3 (see thread)

An embroidery hoop containing an aerial view embroidered landscape. It depicts the BARC in Maryland with green and brown field plots and a building area in the bottom right corner.

A zoomed-in angled view of an aerial embroidery. It shows field plots and buildings.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

'My heart beats [in fields of] gold #2' - my newest spring embroidery landscape of oilseed/canola fields in acid yellow, earthy tilled fields and cows grazing in meadows 💛 spring is finally here! My heart feels lighter 🌱 now available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/oilseed... #art

An aerial-view embroidery landscape depicting yellow oilseed/canola fields, earthy tilled fields and grass meadows with cows.

An angled aerial-view embroidery landscape depicting yellow oilseed/canola fields, earthy tilled fields and grass meadows with cows.

An aerial-view embroidered landscape depicting yellow oilseed/canola fields and earthy tilled fields.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Some more angles of this embroidery-knitting combo aerial landscape (bit of a mouthful to type)! Lots of summer heathers and soft hills :) I've got the whole piece photographed on the second post in the thread! 1/2

An angled view of an aerial landscape, made from a knitted base in mottled green wool and French knots of various sizes and threads sewn on top to make bushes and trees.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

'The heather and the hills' - close-ups of my newest aerial embroidery, combining knitting for the base again! Summer heathers, sheep and ponies dot this wild landscape... it won't be available until I made a little frame for it but I have more photos to put up in a couple days :)

An angled view of a mixed media landscape, with a knitted wool base and embroidered purple heather bushes between 3D hills.

An angled edge-on view of an aerial-view mixed media landscape. The base is sewn with marled wool and embroidered with heather bushes and fluffy trees.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Thank you so much for all the love for this spring landscape! It means a lot to me :) I'm proud of how my aerial embroideries have evolved and developed of the years, I think this piece is a good representation of it 🌸🌱🌷

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

For stress-related and creative reasons, my aerial embroidery commissions are now closed until October. I have the full explanation on my Instagram, linked below. Photographed is a past commission of Dunvegan in Alberta, Canada, one of my proudest ever landscapes! 😊 www.instagram.com/p/DXHxJARDIqQ/

A large embroidery hoop containing an aerial-view sewn landscape. I depicts Dunvegan in Canada, with fields and buildings north of the central river and a forested area to the south.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts an apple orchard in bloom in the centre, allotments to the left and sheep in their field at the bottom. Train tracks go past the top of the orchard and allotment.

Sewn train tracks past an apple orchard (to the left).

An angled view of a sewn vegetable allotment surrounded by rough land, trees and with train tracks to the left.

An angled view of embroidered bushes and paths going through them leading to an orchard, allotment and fields.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My apple orchard in bloom... and rusty old train tracks above it! This is my first time doing tracks on an aerial embroidery and I'm pretty happy with the effect; the flowering trees were a chore but I'm happy with them too! The last element to add is the allotment to the left 🥕🥬🌱 #landscape

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape of an apple orchard in bloom. The trees have white and pink flowers with lots of small knots around the outside of the orchard to create texture.

An embroidered aerial view of an apple orchard in full bloom. The ground is highly textured in shades of green with a dirt path snaking through.

An embroidered aerial view of an apple orchard and old rusty train tracks. The orchard has white flowers blooming, with pink cherry blossoms the opposite side of the tracks.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My current aerial embroidery landscape in progress... a spring apple orchard closely inspired by one close to where I grew up in Devon! The area to the left will be an allotment 🥕🍅🥬 I'm so glad spring is finally here!! I went to the local pond this morning and watched the tadpoles swimming around :)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape in progress, with large fluffy trees and small bushes made from knots.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Goodbye little Cosmo, our sweet forever baby with his big curly whiskers 💔 only 5 years old but he became very unwell from a blood clot and heart condition this year. See my Insta post for more writing and photos of the little boy, now always sleeping 🐾 www.instagram.com/p/DVwBn1GDMN...

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

'Rose Hill garden' - I was in the mood to embroider another geometric garden and went with summer roses for this one. Colourful and bright! The hoop is stuffed with shaped felt to create a gentle slope to the tree ring in the centre :) available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/rose-ga... #art

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial-view landscape. The landscape depicts a geometric ringed rose garden in bloom, with circles of paths and trees.

An embroidered aerial-view landscape showing a geometric ringed rose garden in bloom, with circles of paths and trees.

An angled view of an embroidery hoop to show the edge-on view of the art. It shows a gentle hill up to a ring of trees.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Combining knitting with my aerial embroidery... I knitted a base, which was then attached and sewn over to create a wild meadow 🌱🌼 the first of hopefully a series of landscape experiments using this method! I wanted to create more variety than my usual cotton bases. Zoom in to see the flowers :)

A small embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts a wild meadows surrounded by trees - the main central base is knitted from green wool.

An embroidered wild meadow surrounded by trees - the main central base is knitted from green wool and dotted with embroidered flowers.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

'Island Lake, California' - an aerial embroidery commission from last September I haven't shared yet! The right hand side was a nightmare at times, very busy with textures and elements and odd shapes. I hope it came out effective though? I don't have much experience in rocky landscapes :)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts a wild scene with lakes, mountains, and an earth/rock area to the right. Lots of trees dot the landscape.

A sewn aerial view landscape showing lakes, mountains, trails and an earth/rock area to the right. Lots of trees dot the landscape.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I re-opened and added to this spring aerial embroidery from last week... I felt it lacked details and therefore 'life'. I'm much happier with it now! Zoom in to the landscape to see the tiny sheep, tractors working and buildings :) now here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... #fibrearts

An embroidery hoop containing an embroidered aerial view landscape. It depicts canola fields in bright yellow, green grass meadows and blocks of trees in knot stitches.

A zoomed in view of an embroidery hoop containing an embroidered aerial view landscape. It depicts canola fields in bright yellow, green grass meadows and blocks of trees in knot stitches.

A zoomed in view of an embroidered aerial view landscape. It depicts canola fields in bright yellow, green grass meadows and blocks of trees in knot stitches. Tractors make tracks in the fields.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

In your opinions, what are the best photo-based social media alternatives to Instagram for creators, artists and/or small businesses? I feel like my Insta account is near dead so I need to be looking at other sites too outside of Meta (I'll still be on here!)

A person holding a giant embroidery hoop, which contains a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts moorlands, fields and rivers.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Futuristic desert cityscape or an abstract exploding clock? Or something else?? It was meant to be an experiment of the former using old clock, watch and hard drive bits I have but my parents say it looks like the latter 😅 it was curious to try a new media for aerial landscapes though! #art

An embroidery hoop containing a orange felt base with clock and watch parts attached in an abstract fashion.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A snowy aerial embroidery I made two years ago... I was looking back through my landscape archive and found it again 😊 I wonder where that car that drove off the bottom left is going?? Hopefully they got back ok 😅 #art

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts a snowy white scene cut through by two dark grey roads and a deep blue winter. Cars are visible on the roads and a couple on the snow to the North.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

'It feels gentle here' - winding fields around river bends, orderly trees and bushy river reeds! This aerial embroidery was a great way to start 2026 - lots and lots of green! It feels good to be back to doing knots too :) available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... #landscape

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts winding rivers with dark green fields bending around them and sections of trees made from knotted wool.

An embroidery hoop (photographed at a sharp angle) containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts winding rivers with dark green fields bending around them and sections of trees made from knotted wool.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

My 'winter abstractions' embroidery series has just gone live! Snow and ice over water in various shades of blue and teal. There was a focus on shape for these aerial landscapes, both in the water and ice... it was great to explore! Now all here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... #art

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape consists of water in layers of blues and teals, with white snow and ice reaching across.

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape consists of deep blue water and chunks of melting ice in regular shapes.

A tiny black embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape consists of deep teal water with snow and ice reaching across. There are tiny trees visible.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

My latest aerial embroidery - thawing snow/ice over blue and teal waters 💙 it came out somewhat abstract I think? Or at least more so than my more usual aerials :) I'm hoping for some snow this winter!! This landscape will be available after the new years (to avoid the backlogged post) #art

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts layers of coastal water in shades of blue and teal with snowy ice reaching across. The ice is starting to thaw in patches.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

There are 6 days left to enter the raffle for this large aerial embroidery, 'Autumn in technicolour'. All proceeds are going towards my surgery recovery this new year :) Full details and entries available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/raffle-... and all shares very appreciated 🍂

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view of an autumnal landscape. Trees in bright oranges, red and golds, some dark evergreens, winding streams and wild animals!

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

My current work in progress... it'll be snowy winter landscapes for the next month or so :) I hurt my wrist and can't do tough stitches like knots but the cotton ones seem fine. For this aerial embroidery, I liked the idea of having detailed water and simple land! What do you think of this style?

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape, not yet complete. The landscape depicts ice and snow over water, with the water having layers of blue and green.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This past commission of mine feels very 'wintery' to me so I wanted to share it here too - I think the brown shrubs and lighter green areas do it :) this specific aerial embroidery was of a landscape in Ireland! I enjoy how fields are organised there compared to ours!

A large embroidery hoop containing an embroidered aerial view. It depicts rows of green fields, some filled with brown shrubland, with a road cutting across from east to west. Little houses dot the landscape.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial-view of a geometric formal garden. It has rows of trees, stone paths and beds of pink, purple and green plants.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

'All that glitters...' - a fun little play with incorporating beads into my aerial embroideries! I think they work well for some little trees and hedges :) plus I had to add some tiny cows too! Now available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... #art #landscape

A miniature embroidery hoop that contains a sewn aerial-view landscape. The landscape depicts beaded trees, cotton fields and tiny cows.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I've now opened a raffle for this embroidery landscape - direct link below! The listing has full details for the reason and how to enter, the process, etc. This is a vital moment for me so any post engagement/shares will be extremely helpful! victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... #art

An embroidery hoop containing an embroidered aerial view landscape inspired by vibrant Autumn woods. It depicts trees rich in oranges, reds and golds, winding blue streams, a country lane and wild moorland animals.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I found I still had a couple of the process pic videos for some of my aerial embroideries! Here's one of them - 'The land is a patchwork rainbow', 2023, which was inspired by Dutch tulip fields. This embroidery landscape was so fun to create! 🌈🌷🌸 #art

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I'm super stressed right now so here's a recent favourite landscape from a few months ago again - Dunvegan in Alberta, Canada. This aerial embroidery took forever but was worth it 💚 the higher up perspective is more intricate and slower to sew I've found, more fiddly! #art

A large embroidery hoop lying on a stone slab. The hoop contains a sewn aerial view landscape of Dunvegan, Canada. A river cuts through the middle with a forest area to the south and agricultural fields and houses to the north.

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