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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 22h

Working on another bead embroidered lily and feel like the depth and colors are making more sense as I've progressed.

About 1/6-finished bead embroidery of a dark purplish-black and bright orange-red lily with a mottled green background on batik green fabric in a small wooden hoop.

About 1/2-finished bead embroidery of a dark purplish-black and bright orange-red lily with a mottled green background on batik green fabric in a small wooden hoop.

Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Finished my Hudson Williams bead embroidered portrait yesterday! I had a tough time with this one because I made the scale just slightly too small, but I am pleased with how it turned out! #HudsonWilliams #HeatedRivalry #BeadEmbroidery #Embroidery

Bead embroidered portrait of Hudson Williams in a small wooden hoop. The portrait is being held in mixed sunlight, illuminating the top half of his face.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Also beaded some cute little food over the summer and would love to do more! I think the hot dog is my favorite!

Bead embroidered hot dog on yellow fabric in a wooden hoop and a bead embroidered slice of watermelon on red and black polka dot fabric in a green frame.

Bead embroidered slice of lemon on gray fabric and a pair of cherries on black and white fbric both in small wooden frames and a bead embroidered shrimp on black and gold filigree fabric in a black oval frame.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Also working on a fresh round of pet portraits. Here's an after/before of Susan's portrait--I reworked her eye to improve the proportion to the rest of her features, and have added in a section of fur that I think greatly improves the composition of the piece.

Work-in-progress embroidered portrait of a white lab on dusty rose felt. Most of her face is complete, as is her tongue and part of her neck. Here name "Susan" has been stamped on a piece of metal and a piece of fabric has ben appliquéd to look like a bandana.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm about to start another bead embroidered lily for a tiny art trade, but want to give this one a bit of time on the feed as well. This was fun to do something completely different!

White and pink bead embroidered lily on emerald linen in a small wooden embroidery hoop.

White and pink bead embroidered lily on emerald linen in a small wooden embroidery hoop angled to show the sheen of the beads.

Back side (#hoopbutt) of a bead embroidery lily on emerald fabric. The shape of the lily can be seen in white thread, with thin borders of reverse side of chainstitch in embroidery floss.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I also finished this bead embroidered portrait of Lucy Dacus from her Forever is a Feeling album art!

Bead embroidery of Lucy Dacus in an oval frame. Her eyes are downcast, and her hair is wavy, framing her face. On her chest in a Gothic Font is written "forever is a feeling."

Detail of bead embroidery of Lucy Dacus in an oval frame. Her eyes are downcast, and her hair is wavy, framing her face. On her chest in a Gothic Font is written "forever is a feeling."

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some of my Heated Rivalry bead embroideries! I'm almost done with Hudson's portrait!

Bead embroidery of Connor Storrie on dark blue fabric.

Bead embroidery of Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov's jerseys on grey fabric in an oval hoop.

Work-in-progress bead embroidery of Hudson Williams on a dark rust fabric.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finished my Dan Flashes ITYSL piece just in time for it to be gifted to my client’s husband! Such a fun undertaking, from the concept to the finish!

Multi-media embroidery inspired by the Dan Flashes/Shops at the Creek I Think You Should Leave sketch posed in front of a colorful background.

Angled photo of a multi-media embroidery inspired by the Dan Flashes/Shops at the Creek I Think You Should Leave sketch showing a beaded embellishment detail.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Haven't been posting here in a minute, but thought this site might appreciate my ITYSL work in progress!

Still from I Think You Should Leave's Dan Flashes commercial featuring an addled man pointing at a complicated shirt rendered in paint and embroidery, with yellow boxes on the top an bottom framing the painted section.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Got so much done on my double dog embroidered portrait yesterday! Hoping for another good day and will have the end in sight!

Embroidery of a mostly white Pit mix's big meatball of a head with a big smile. Her name, Edie, is stitched underneath in mauve-ish floss on dark grey aida fabric with a cross-stitched border.

Work-in-progress embroidery of a Rottweiler's head with a tongue-out smile. Her name, Bonnie, is stitched underneath in mauve-ish floss on dark grey aida fabric with a cross-stitched border.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Finally have some good progress on this double dog portrait embroidery! It’s a reference to my favorite podcast, I Said No Gifts!, featuring the host’s pets.

Cross-stitch on dark grey aida fabric in tones of purple. The center text reads “Nurture Your Daughter” in gothic font with a tiled diamond border. Two dogs’ heads are on either side of the text, with the one on the left nearly completely embroidered and the one on the right sketched on white stabilizer.

Cross-stitch on dark grey aida fabric in tones of purple. The image focuses on an embroidered dog portrait, with the name reading Edie underneath a portrait in white and other light tones. The dog is smiling with its tongue out.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

My first finish of 2026 is deeply silly but I’m still happy with the likeness I was able to achieve of this Elrond and Frodo Lord of The Rings meme! I added a ribbon border to fit the matte board I chose (and somehow wildly missized), and like how the brass frame sets off the piece!

Embroidery of the frame from LOTR where Elrond is being intense and Frodo is dying and they’re both faded and weird looking.

Embroidery of the frame from LOTR where Elrond is being intense and Frodo is dying and they’re both faded and weird looking. There’s a sunbeam casting an additional glow over the piece.

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Emily Tull SGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Happy #NationalBirdDay Here are just a few of my hand embroidered bird themed artworks. Find all my work on my website www.emilytull.co.uk #birds #BirdArt #embroidery #WildlifeArtb

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Nearly have his whole face done apart from the rest of the jawline and the forehead, then onto the curls (and avoiding the hands). #HeatedRivalry #Embroidery #BeadEmbroidery

Work in progress bead embroidery of Connor Storrie. Most of his face is done and the rest is sketched onto stabilizer fabric.

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𝒒𝒗 @quietvictories.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

up early

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I will continue to over-update because I am loving this piece! It’s probably the most emblematic of my mosaic bead embroidery style so far with the placement of the beads. #HeatedRivalry #BeadEmbroidery

Work in progress bead embroidery of Connor Storrie from Heated Rivalry, in a GQ photoshoot.

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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 03/01/2026

It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.

A bunch of microsoft logos from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today but instead of saying Microsoft all of them spell Microslop in the vibe of the original logos.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’m so pleased with how this is turning out! The high-contrast lighting is making my beading options so much more dynamic. #HeatedRivalry #ConnorStorrie #Embroidery #BeadEmbroidery

Bead embroidery of Connor Storrie from Heated Rivalry in a GQ photoshoot. One side of his face has been completed and the rest is sketched onto stabilizer fabric ironed onto midnight blue cotton in a small wooden hoop.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

WILL be updating my daily cursing of every shitty feature I am forced to use at work (or have to spend time disabling, unclicking, ferreting out how to thwart) to Microslop.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I have largely resisted Reels and it 100% has limited my reach on Instagram, a platform which now disincentivizes non-moving and audio-free posts.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The shadows are going to help this portrait come together.

Bead embroidery work in progress of Connor Storrie from a Heated Rivalry photoshoot.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The shadows are going to help this portrait come together.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Reallllly pushing the limits of how small I can realistically bead embroider but I do feel like this looks like Connor Storrie so far. #HeatedRivalry #Embroidery #BeadEmbroidery

Light sketch of Connor Storrie from a recent photo shoot with limited black line emphases. A circle has been drawn for the edges of the embroidery pattern.

Work-in-progress bead embroidery on midnight blue fabric in a wood frame. The left side of Connor Storrie’s face is mostly beaded and the rest of the pattern is on iron-on stabilizer.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

My #ArtVArtist2025 featuring a few faves from this year! All bead embroidery: Lady Gaga, Irving B watermelon head, The Reluctant Bride, and the “This is fine” dog. Embroidery and mixed media: Chappell Roan, Kim Kitsuragi, Fun Feast, Oh, Mary! and the Severance MDR team.

9 square picture format with a white woman with brown hair in the center square on a couch holding a large quilting hoop of The Reluctant Bride painting done as bead embroidery.

The surrounding pictures are embroideries and bead embroideries featuring Lady Gaga from the Abracadabra video, Irving B’s watermelon head from Severance, Chappell Roan in a Statue of Liberty inspired stage look, the “this is fine” dog but burnt and bleeding, the MDR team on the ORTBO from Severance, Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! Playbill, a Fun Feast TV dinner, and Kim Kitsuragi from Disco Elysium.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Got a perfect shaft of light and caught this image of my bead embroidery of The Reluctant Bride. You can actually see the beads sparkle better in the half-light.

Bead embroidery of The Reluctant Bride in intense light and shadow. The central figure is illuminated in a bright slash of light while the other figures are dark, however on the left you can see beads sparkling in the bride’s skirt and one of the attendant’s outfits.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/12/2025

I hate how everything is now labeled “ai” to make it sound sexy, but the innovation seems to be “we’ll send this info to cops.”

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Got a perfect shaft of light and caught this image of my bead embroidery of The Reluctant Bride. You can actually see the beads sparkle better in the half-light.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Impossible to get photos of this, I think partly because of the low opacity muted color story.

About halfway completed embroidery of the Elrond and Frodo low opacity meme.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Finishing up the edge on this bead embroidery piece before delivering it to my client in a couple days!

Bead embroidery of The Reluctant Bride in a stained wooden hoop.

Detail of bead embroidery of The Reluctant Bride in a stained wooden hoop showing the edge that is being finished with small 15/0 seed beads and 13/0 Charlotte beads.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Me: “I got so much done today in the car!” After reappraising at our destination: (clown honks get increasingly loud)

Work-in-progress embroidery of Elrond and Frodo meme

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24 I haven’t even completely finished yet but I consider my bead embroidery masterpiece: a beaded version of Auguste Toulmouche’s The Reluctant Bride. I beaded this in 4 sections and transferred and joined them on the backing fabric which is in a stained 16” quilting hoop.

Beaded and needle-felted section from Auguste Toulmouche’s The Reluctant Bride showing the bride and two attendants. The bride is giving a fierce but resigned look to the viewer while her attendants console her.

Detail of the embroidery showing the attendant on the bride’s left (viewer’s right) glancing up at the bride whose face is out of focus. You can see individual beads as well as the needle-felted fur trim on the gowns.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

This was a delightful trip through my own art archive and a great way to find other creative folks on here! Thanks for hosting and brightening up the season, @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca!

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Krampus to all! I never took a finished photo of this ornament because I was rushing to get it in the mail, but this was a fun stitch up last year.

Pieced and embroidered felt ornament of Krampus with a bright red tongue and horns on a red circle. His eyes have been beaded.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Yes, here’s each section in a 7-8” hoop (I had two I used for stitching)!

Section of a bead embroidery of “The Reluctant Bride” mostly showing the bride and one of the attendant’s heads

Section of a bead embroidery of “The Reluctant Bride” mostly showing the bride and one of the attendants holding the bride’s hand

Section of a bead embroidery of “The Reluctant Bride” mostly showing the bride’s skirt and her and one of the attendants holding hands

Section of a bead embroidery of “The Reluctant Bride” mostly showing one of the attendant’s dresses and a fur-lined coat with many colors of beads in the coat especially.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

To the tune of "Pink Pony Club": GAY HOCKEY SHOW!

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Enjoying the difference in stitch directions on my Lord of the Rings collab embroidery.

Section of a Lord of the Rings embroidery showing Hugo Weaving as Elrond. There are various stitch directions on his face, his hair is mostly stitched vertically and the background I stitched horizontally.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 23 is this bead embroidered panel from KC Green’s Gunshow comic. The most famous panel is the dog only beginning to ignite while saying “This is fine.” but this one seemed more apropos for 2025. 🔥 This was completed with 11/0 delicas and 15/0 seed beads.

Beaded panel from KC Green’s Gunshow comic depicting the small dog wearing the hat being horribly melted and burned.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Back at this and accepting that it is just going to look absolutely wild until it’s done (and maybe then as well!)

In progress embroidery of the weird shot in LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring where Elrond and Frodo are glowing. In the reference, Elrond looks super intense and Frodo is green and sickly. Only about a third of Elrond’s face has been stitched as well as a random section of background.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Sculpture by Korean artist Do Ho Suh, 2010s-20s, whose fabric structures recreate the places he has lived, reflecting on broader concepts of migration and what makes a "home".

Large sculpture installation of a multi-level structure made up of translucent fabric in green and pink, with deep red stairs visible within.

Large sculpture installation of a multi-level structure in a Western style made up of translucent blue fabric. A smaller single story house with a curving roof is visible floating within it.

Large sculpture installation of a staircase hanging from the ceiling, made of bright red translucent fabric.

View of a hallway made up of several sections of a domestic structure in varying colors of translucent fabric.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22 is my portrait of Inky! I wanted to highlight this embroidery because capturing features with black fur is a challenge and the reference image was small and lower quality so I’m extra pleased with how she turned out! 🖤

Embroidery of a black cat’s face on dusty pink felt with a mustard-y yellow fading to almost white name banner reading Inky.

Reference image of Inky sitting on a kitchen table with colorful table linens and a decorated lazy susan or other round centerpiece festooned with yellow flowers.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21 is my embroidered and beaded portrait of Chappell Roan that I completed earlier this year for a monochromatic art prompt! 💚 This might be the best hair I’ve ever embroidered and I loved working with this limited palette.

Embroidery of Chappell Roan in her Statue of Liberty look from 2024 holding a black microphone on a green almost tie-dye looking painted background.

Detail of embroidery of Chappell Roan in her Statue of Liberty look from 2024 holding a black microphone on a green almost tie-dye looking painted background. In this angle you can better see her beaded crown.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Toff being perfect under the tree tonight #ITYSL #TrollBoy

A black cat nestled under a Christmas tree with a heart shaped ornament reading TROLL BOY kinda right over her head

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

It's your birthday, Duane.

Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..."

There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel

Duane Puryear died in 1991.

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Petra Kaminen Mosher @kaminenmosher.art · 20/12/2025

Day 20 #ArtAdventCalendar Amongst the Pebbles, oil on stretched canvas, 65 cm x 80 cm, 2021 #caturday #art #painting #OilPainting #CatPainting #InspiredByNature

A horizontal, abstracted composition of a white cat sprawled out on a garden path that is made up of pebbles. The cat and pebbles are in partial shadow. The pebbles and part of the cat's fur are made up of irregular lozenge shapes in opaque colours.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20 is another #Caturday offering: three portraits in one! I stitched this for a friend who had adopted these three brothers and it was my first multi-portrait and to that point the largest hoop I’d ever used!

Embroidery of three cats’ faces with their names embroidered in black next to each cat on a light dusky blue felt.

Detail of embroidery of three cats’ faces with their names embroidered in black next to each cat on a light dusky blue felt. This angle shows the texture of the felt.

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Antonia Keithahn @sewfresh.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Actually the only things keeping me going rn

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