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Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

I knitted a strawberry beret 🍓
#CraftSky

Person wearing a beret that looks like a strawberry

November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

Gettin' froggy with it 🐸🍄 It's not really autumn until you knit something and this is what I came up with for this year

#craftsky #knitting

Person wearing a colourful Fair Isle style cardigan with many knitted frogs and mushrooms attached all over

November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

Made another corset, this time in Edwardian style with a whole bunch of birds and goldwork 🐥
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#corsetry #embroidery #craftsky

front view of a person wearing a yellow edwardian style corset that's embroidered with goldwork branches and various birds

closeup of a person wearing a yellow corset with goldwork embroidered branches and embroidered birds

back view of a person wearing a yellow corset with embroidered birds and goldwork branches

the yellow corset laid out on a surface to show all the swallows, chaffinches, golden orioles, bohemian waxwings and nightingales embroidered on it

September 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

Been gone a while, but here's another corset I recently finished 🦋

person wearing an 18th century inspired corset covered in silk painting and ribbon embroidery depicting a colourful meadow with poppies, daisies, cornflowers, butterflies and a baby deer in the background

July 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

My Wheel of Time inspired golden heron cloak is finished and it came out much better than I envisioned (and it has pockets!) #embroidery #goldwork #sewing #craftsky

person wearing a mid-length red cloak with golden heron embroidery on the shoulders and collar posing with longsword

closeup of goldwork heron embroidery on the shoulder and collar of red cloak

person wearing a mid-length red cloak with golden heron embroidery on the shoulders and collar

back view of red mid-length cloak showing the drape of five pleats at the centre back

March 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

Current #wip is a self drafted & draped wool cloak with goldwork embroidery that takes heaaaavy inspiration from the rich descriptions of clothes and textile work in the Wheel of Time books #embroidery #sewing

white muslin draping of a cloak mockup on a tailor's mannequin

halfway sewn cloak in red wool on a tailor's mannequin

work in progress gold wire embroidery of herons in flight over paper onto red wool

gold wire embroidery of herons in flight on red wool

March 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

a little look at the finished woodland stays that i painted and embroidered #embroidery #silkpainting #corsetry #craftsky

front view of a person wearing a silk painted and embroidered corset vaguely in the shape of 18th century stays. the entire front of the corset is a depiction of a sunlit evergreen forest and a fox wandering along a path

back view of a person wearing a silk painted and embroidered corset vaguely in the shape of 18th century stays. the entire back of the corset is a depiction of a sunlit evergreen forest with 2 hares hiding in tall foliage.

collage of close ups of the embroidered fox and 2 hares on the corset

March 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

Been working on another painted nature scene corset #wip #embroidery #silkpainting #sewing

corset pattern pieces hand painted with a forest scene

corser centre front piece with painted and embroidered forest imagery

corset back pieces with painted and embroidered forest imagery and embroidered hares

painted and embroidered corset showing a forest scene. in the process of getting it's bottom edge bound with a strip of cloth

March 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

pean teadma, kes selle imelise kleidi/salli tegi... kõige ilusam kostüüm, mida ma oma elu jooksul paraadil näinud olen...

February 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

this week I've been doing quite a lot of stitching 🪡🧵 #embroidery #craftsky

six strips of cloth embroidered with different images of reeds, a duck swimming in reeds and bundles of forget-me-nots

three strips of cloth embroidered with waterlilies and a frog sitting on a lily pad

three strips of cloth embroidered with bundles of lavender (and a tangle of embroidery floss in the background)

February 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

I finished this super fun knit a few days ago and the pattern has absolutely blown me away with its coolness. It's the Moon Moth Sweater by kNatalieKnits and I can't recommend it enough!!
#knitting #craftsky

person wearing a stranded colourwork sweater with the image of a moth on the front knitted in white and dark blue yarn. the moth's wings show different moon phases. a knitted new moon is visible on the left sleeve

person wearing a stranded colourwork sweater with the image of a moth on the back knitted in white and dark blue yarn. the moth's wings show different moon phases.

closeup of a stranded colourwork sweater with the image of a moth knitted in white and dark blue yarn. the moth's wings show different moon phases.

February 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

the boss is checking in #knitting #craftsky

small dog lying on top of a work in progress knit sweater

small dog with her tongue out in a cheeky expression lying on top of a work in progress knit sweater

small dog very close to the camera staring menacingly

January 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

another little #upcycling project where I revived another frumpy old cardigan with #embroidery, this time done in chunky wool yarn #craftsky

January 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

My first ever #portfolioday 🥳
I'm a textile artisan and make all sorts of things, but by far my favourite projects to make are fancy corsets
#corsetry #embroidery #sewing #historicalfashion #fantasyfashion

late 19th century style corset made in beige fabric with strawberry print. top edge of corset has beige crocheted lace with a red velvet ribbon through it. model is holding a handful of strawberries.

18th century style stays covered in floral ribbon embroidery and silk painting to look like a wearable waterlily pond

white 18th century inspired stays with floral ribbon embroidery, beadwork and goldwork along the top edge

late 19th century style corset in pale blue with white antique lace on top edge and white and silver embroidery along boning channels

January 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

finished my peacock #embroidery and used it as a patch to cover a brand logo on an otherwise nice cardigan. also swapped out the buttons to match the gold in the embroidery #craftsky

person wearing a dark cardigan with a large peacock embroidered over the left breast

closeup of an embroidered peacock on a dark cardigan

even closer closeup of an embroidered peacock on a dark cardigan

January 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

current #wip is this fancy beads-and-goldwork peacock #embroidery

embroidery hoop with an unfinished embroidered peacock on it

January 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM

Helene

@ilmalind.bsky.social

just found out about #CraftSky, I'd love to follow any artisans, fibre artists and other creatives who see this!! pictures are of my most recent project -- late 19th century style corset I made for my mom for christmas