embroidered wolf pouch

September 10, 2007 by Lex
Filed under Clothing + Fashion, Features

So here is the finished belt pouch I made for my brother. The front is the sigil and motto of house Stark from the Song of Ice and Fire books by George R. R. Martin. We’re both fans of the books, and our last name is Wolf, so it seemed appropriate.

Here’s the back. I embroidered it with Chinese characters, which was a bit of a gamble, since I can’t read Chinese. I kept thinking of all of those people with kanji tattoos that are supposed to say “Faith” or “Strength”, but they really say “Dirty Whore”. My brother has a friend from Taiwan who happened to be at his “going away/birthday” party, and Evan (my bro) asked if he could read it. His response was, “It looks like a child’s handwriting, but I can read it.” It says Red Wolf, a nickname his friends gave him because of his Russian heritage.

I’m pretty pleased with how it came out, the shieldy party and the script could have been better, but they’ll suffice. I think it turned out excellent for my 3rd or so embroidery project. I haven’t actually ever done embroidery on a hoop, so we’ll see how that goes at some point.