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Lex Sugden 🌈🦇🪡
@alexisdraws.bsky.social
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Professional animation director, cartoonist and embroiderer.
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Please enjoy some wedding veil photos 😌
A woman getting ready for her wedding in her bathroom. She’s wearing a black dress, black veil and two gold halos. She has red hair, glasses and tattoos The same woman standing outside, shot from behind
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Decided to organize my threads last night, which is a bit of an undertaking but very satisfying.
Many many embroidery floss bobbins, arranged in a rainbow lineup, snaking along a dark wooden table top.
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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I love these silly shoes
A photo of red stockinged legs wearing Hoka’s red and pink Bondi Mary Janes A photo of red stockinged legs wearing Hoka’s red and pink Bondi Mary Janes A photo of red stockinged legs wearing Hoka’s red and pink Bondi Mary Janes
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Please enjoy my friend’s “banger tweet”:
Screen shot of someone from a conversation saying: Alexis I just thought of a banger tweet for you Northern Europe is autistic southern Europe is adhd. No further explanation needed, if you know you know
September 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Made a bear for my niece’s new baby. It matches the bear I made for her first baby, but a different colour
A very rectangular, simple, but charming sandy coloured teddy bear The teddy bear being held by a larger plush skeleton
September 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Found four four leaf clovers yesterday! There was also a palm sized clover on the other side of the fence that I’m very sad I couldn’t get
A photo of a hand holding a four leaf clover A photo of a hand holding three more four leaf clovers
September 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Another item in my clothing kick. I made this shirt aaaages ago, but recently cropped it and added some iron on vinyl.
Close up on a black and white split shirt. On the white side is a black eye growing from a plant. The image is mirrored in white on the black side. The same shirt but positioned so you can see that the plant stems connect at the back of the shirt A selfie of a woman with red hair and glasses wearing the shirt A selfie in the mirror, a red haired woman with glasses wearing the shirt with leggings and sneakers
September 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Embroidered a cardigan for my sister. It was such a soft and stretchy fabric that I needed to back it with felt so my stitching wouldn’t warp the designs I’d made.
A woman wearing a cardigan that has been hand embroidered with wattle flowers, apple slices, small bones, and bugs carrying human teeth A black cardigan that has been hand embroidered with wattle flowers, apple slices, small bones, and bugs carrying human teeth Close up on the hand embroidery of a wattle flower, apple slice, small bone, and a bug carrying a human tooth Inside the cardigan, showing the backside of the embroidery, which has been backed with pieces of felt
September 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Juan surprised me with the Animal Crossing jibbitz the other day so now my crocs are truly a thing of beauty.
A pair of purple crocs decorated with a lot of jibbitz. These include Animal Crossing characters (Pascal, Celeste, Blathers, Mabel, Sabel, and Labelle), a tube of sunscreen, a can of Coke, and some inspired by the art of Keith Haring.
September 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I love this shirt but it has always been so low contrast and I feel like it’s been fading lately. So I got some screen printing ink and painted over it! If this shirt thought it could clock off on my watch, it was wrong. It’s done when I say it’s done.
A shirt with a skull and the words “Trout Lake” written on it. Most of the design is a faded blue on a dark grey shirt, but there’s one bright white star A shirt with a skull and the words “Trout Lake” written on it. Most of the design is a faded blue on a dark grey shirt, but half of the skull, and the stars next to it, are bright white A shirt with a skull and the words “Trout Lake” written on it. The design is now entirely bright white against a dark grey background
August 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Working in some embroidery for my sister
Work in progress embroidery on a black cardigan. The embroidery shows wattle flowers, an apple slice and small bone. The unfinished part shows plans for a big holding a human tooth. Work in progress embroidery on a black cardigan. The embroidery shows wattle flowers, an apple slice and small bone. The unfinished part shows plans for a big holding a human tooth. Work in progress embroidery on a black cardigan. The embroidery shows wattle flowers, an apple slice and small bone. The unfinished part shows plans for a big holding a human tooth.
August 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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I do embroidery animation, a rare enough medium for people to follow me
August 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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A couple more photos! You can’t really draw on the vinyl so I would draw on regular paper, cut that out, blue tack it to the vinyl, then cut that out so I could get all the vinyl pieces I needed. The hardest part was the woman’s face; you can see my first and second attempt in the last photo.
A woman posing in a black and white outfit to show off her sweatshirt. It is black and cropped, brought in at the waist by a draw string. It has white, graphic designs on it, inspired by tattoo art Close up of the woman, looking into the distance, one hand behind her head. You can see some of the bats and the moon on her sweatshirt A pinup woman in a devilish outfit, cut out of paper and blue tacked onto a sheet of vinyl Two small faces cut out of vinyl. One looks wonky and not very good, the other looks much better, symmetrical and cleanly cut
August 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Aldi was selling iron on vinyl so I got some and up cycled this $5 jumper. I cropped it, put in a draw string, then cut out all the pieces of vinyl by hand (since I don’t own a cricut) and ironed them all on piece by piece. I loooove how this came out.
A woman posing in a black and white outfit. Black and white tights, a gingham skirt and a cropped black sweatshirt with graphic white vinyl designs on it Close up on the sweatshirt. We see one sleeve, showing a dagger going through an eye, a tear (or drop of blood?) coming out at the bottom of the dagger. We also see part of the chest of the sweatshirt, showing two bats flying and carrying tulips. Close up on the other sleeve, showing a pinup girl dressed in a devilish outfit. She is surrounded by decoration; stars, tulips and flames The front of the sweatshirt. The design is symmetrical, with four bats carrying tulips as they fly, with a crescent moon and stars around them
August 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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My only participation in the Labubu trend was to buy some Labubu glasses for my childhood teddy bear.
A small brown teddy bear in a rainbow jumper and yellow glasses. He is old, scruffy and well loved.
August 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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I think it still needs more time pressing, but flattening it has made it look even more clover like! The iconic heart shaped leaves are here :D
A four leaf clover, pressed flat
August 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Found my first ever four leaf clover and it’s HUGE!
A photo of a hand holding a big four leaf clover
August 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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This skeleton cushion is the best thing Pottery Barn has ever made
A large skeleton plush, sitting in a couch, wrapped in a small blanket in a way that makes it seem old and weary
July 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Saw this amazing purse on the weekend, although there’s not much you could put in this. My friend said it’s perfect for carrying a tampon and a breath mint.
A purse shaped like a cocktail in a martini glass with a circle of lime on the rim. It is a little larger than life, but clearly can’t hold much, and it is fully bejewelled.
July 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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I love heavily graffitied bathrooms. The sticker over the eyes was accidental and perfect.
A woman taking a selfie in a completely graffitied bathroom. It’s so covered in graffiti it’s like one big scribble. She’s taking the photo in the mirror, where a sticker on the mirror is covering her eyes.
July 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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My mum got one blind box in the 90’s and still has it. She keeps it in the fridge because the cold makes the tail pink. Love that she got just one and was like, that’s enough.
A hand holding a small plastic figure of a baby mermaid holding a seahorse
July 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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I trace it with baking paper, sew through that, then pick out the paper w tweezers. There’s also embroidery transfer paper, which you can draw or print onto, stick on, then wash it away after you’ve stitched through it. Either way I only use it for the outline, then remove the paper and complete
June 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Some better photos of the embroidery
The neck and chest area of a wool jumper (aka sweater) with an art deco style embroidery under the collar, showing a bat and two flowers. The two flowers are joined together with a flowing line, the overall design is symmetrical Close up on one of the flowers Close up on the other flower Close up on the bat
June 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I put up some peel and stick wallpaper recently and because of the way it’s printed, I had this white peel and stick. So I hand cut some shapes and decorated our rubbish bin. This was SO fun, I want to do more.
A black double rubbish bin covered in white abstract shapes, in an artistic pattern that includes bats, flowers, stars and a crying eye. The same rubbish bin showing the side as well, which includes a little house and a fox in the shapes. Top view of the the rubbish bin. The white shapes here are specific; one lid has a little soft drink can image and the rubbish lid has a plastic bag image. The same rubbish bin showing the other side, so you can see that the sides are mirror images of each other, to tie in with the symmetry of the front of the bin.
June 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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I need to take better photos but I did a little embroidery on a sweater. I looked at a lot of tattoo art and art deco for inspiration
A purple sweater with embroidery under the collar. The embroidery shows a white bat with art deco style flowers and filigree around it A woman with red hair and glasses wearing a purple sweater with embroidery under the collar. The embroidery shows a white bat with art deco style flowers and filigree around it
June 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM