Embroidering Tula Pink's New Everglow

I could hardly wait to begin the stitching

 on my Bernina 880 

with Tula's newest 

EVERGLOW 

embroidery collection. 

omg- talk about 

intense embroidery.

But I think my machine and I 

have finally got in our groove. 

I know to clean & oil her daily... 

and change the needle at the start 

of each big project, 

or when the embroidery eats it. 

AND- 

to stay near and LISTEN. 

Always listen, 

even- if I am in the next room...

The most magnificent design

 in the new collection

 hands down is the Lion...

it is also: 

the most time consuming embroidery 

only design I have ever done.

But the results speak for themselves:

The 3 other main embroidery 

designs are the giraffe:

The elephant:

& the Hippo

A week later- 

I was ready to attempt a 

denim jacket.

I will use the jackets embroidery 

to share the step by step 

design layering:

It could see the lion beginning to appear...The mane was a lighter than I'd hoped- 

but I was NOT going to do it again!

And here it is 

completed on the back...

I hope to add some more to the jacket... 

time will tell.