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Oskar Tarnoff
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Sewist, artist, and tailor near Madison, Wisconsin. I love upcycling and visible mending.
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Oskar Tarnoff @stitchedbyoskar.bsky.social · Dec 24
Here's some old/WIP pics you won't see anywhere else for my pinned 🪡 The two on the left are most recent and I'm still working with the collage style
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#sewing #artist #embroidery
An unfinished fabric collage. It is a ruffed grouse made from fabrics of many patterns sitting on a blue flower background An unfinished embroidery of an American Robin. Its orange throat and head are filled but its wings are the outlines of feathers The top half of a person's head. They are wearing glasses and have a mole plushie sitting on their head. The mole is made from grey faux fur and has pink feet and nose A diagonal picture of a person wearing handmade stone green dress pants and a matching stone green vest
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A cardinal patch I hand embroidered out of scraps. The color contrast of the neon yellow is kind of wacky but I love it 🌞🌞🌞
#sewing #embroidery #upcycle
A neon yellow hat with a cardinal head sewn on it. The cardinal is facing left, made of simple shapes, and does not have an eye.
February 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Here's another mending job I did. I'm really proud of how it came out, how well it blends, the only thing that really gives it away is the texture of my stitches :)
#embroidery #sewing #upcycle
A black fabric with abstract white circles on it. A hole in the fabric has been patched by putting black fabric in the tear and stitching over it in white to resemble the original pattern. A rectangular patch of white sitting on the back of a black fabric with abstract white circles. The patch has been stitched down with black and white thread.
January 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I've been working on a lot of big projects lately but have time for small mends here and there! I'm glad i still have an outlet for embroidery even though i needed to take a break from it :+)

#visiblemending #darning #sewing
A piece of knitting that has rows of red, black, and grey. It has a darned square in corresponding colors. The seam of a pair of blue jeans. It is stitched with three yellow lines. Parallel on each side of the same area is blue stitching running over itself to repair wear and tear. A grey fabric with speckled black rows. It has a grey square darned in the middle.
January 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Really proud of how I finished these pillow cases! The top stitching looks really good imo and the inside is a new tech I learned- sew wrong sides together, trim the edges, flip inside out, iron, and sew the final seam allowance on the edge of the first one. Never doing it another way again!
#sewing
Close up of three pillow cases. The first one has beach motifs and a light blue edge. The other two have Chicago Cubs motifs. One has a blue edge and one has a red edge. A close up of the inside of a pillow case. It shows a light blue fabric sewn onto the edge of a white beach motif fabric. The seam allowance is closed so no fraying shows. A close up of the inside of a pillow case. It shows a light blue fabric sewn onto the edge of a white beach motif fabric. The seam allowance is closed so no fraying shows.
January 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Peter Rabbit coat from awhile back, I think it was my first good self drafted garment.
#sewing #stuffedanimal #handmade
A light blue coat for a doll. It has white stitching, four gold buttons, and a carrot embroidered on the front. A grey rabbit plush with a white muzzle and brown eyes. It is wearing a light blue coat with a gold button and an embroidered carrot on the chest.
January 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Here's some old/WIP pics you won't see anywhere else for my pinned 🪡 The two on the left are most recent and I'm still working with the collage style
🌐 stitchedbyoskar.com
🔵 tumblr.com/stitchedbyoskar
🖼️ instagram.com/stitchedbyoskar
📧 stitchedbyoskar@gmail.com

#sewing #artist #embroidery
An unfinished fabric collage. It is a ruffed grouse made from fabrics of many patterns sitting on a blue flower background An unfinished embroidery of an American Robin. Its orange throat and head are filled but its wings are the outlines of feathers The top half of a person's head. They are wearing glasses and have a mole plushie sitting on their head. The mole is made from grey faux fur and has pink feet and nose A diagonal picture of a person wearing handmade stone green dress pants and a matching stone green vest
December 24, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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A little bit of visible mending on my shirt :+) the woven patch is one of my best so far but that type of mending is going to take quite awhile to get used to 😬 #sewing #embroidery #upcycle
The pocket of a pale orange shirt. Under the top left and bottom right corners are square patched with green and white stripes A small circle of pale orange woven thread for invisible mending on a pale orange shirt
December 24, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Squid soft sculpture ! I always feel proud when I see this one and wish I would've sewn more detailed ones like it before I lost my felt collection 🥲. #sewing #embroidery
A horizontal sculpture of a pale pink squid hand stitched in felt. It has embroidered markings to show texture. It sits on a multi-tone blue background to imitate water
December 23, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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Sweatshirt I altered- shortened and tapered. Also how I learned how to work with knit fabric and why ball point needles exist 🫢 #sewing #tailoring #tailor
Image: Person wearing a tan quarter zip sweatshirt Image: Person wearing a tan quarter zip sweatshirt that is oversized
December 19, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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Old teddy bear repair for my wife! Her new clothes are about 3 years old now and I look forward to seeing her last forever, I will keep her in shape for as long as I live 🫡💓. #sewing #stuffedanimal #plushie #upcycle
Image: A white teddy bear with a grey bowtie and colorblocked body of yellow chest, turquoise arms and leg, and one lavender leg. Image: The back of a white teddy bear. It has a yellow back and turquoise arms. Its right bottom half is turquoise and its left bottom have is lavender with a paisley grey diamond patch. It has a green and grey friendship bracelet for a necklace. Image: A very old and unstuffed white teddy bear with a grey bowtie. Its body is very faded and dirty pastel colors. The fabric is damaged and transparent. Image: The back of a very old and unstuffed white teddy bear. Its body is dirty with faded pastel colors and holes. It has a green and grey friendship bracelet for a necklace.
December 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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Here's two shirts I upcycled and spliced together. It was very simple for a first customization project but I'm really happy with how they came out! #sewing
Image: A person wearing a green long sleeved button-up shirt that has a dark orange breast pocket. They are holding a long sleeved button-up shirt that is the same dark orange and has green breast pocket, cuffs, and collar. Image: A person in a green shirt with a dark orange cuff showing off the green cuff of a dark orange shirt.
December 17, 2024 at 7:32 PM