How to Make a Crescent Moon Embroidery with No Pattern

Whether you are experienced at hand sewing or just learning this is a nice project to do over a weekend.

The key to this piece is the variety of yarn widths and colors that create a lovely variety of abstract patterns. If you have lots of scraps of yarn then you are good to go. It’s also important to have a fabric that will be loosely woven enough to allow thicker yarn to pass through without to much pulling – think linens, muslin, even burlap (hessian)

Materials:

• A piece of calico or other lightweight, loose weave fabric.
• Yarn of different colors and thicknesses. 
• A darning needle, tapestry, and larger embroidery needle- the eye of the needle needs to be wide enough to accommodate thick yarn and wool of different widths. 
• A pencil 
• Embroidery hoop of about 5 inches
• Scissors for snipping thread.

1. Draw a crescent on your fabric. I use the embroidery hoop as a template. Take the smaller hoop and draw a circle on your fabric. Then move the hoop across so that it intersects part of the circle you drew. Draw around the section of the hoop that is creating a crescent shape in the circle . 
2. Put your fabric in the embroidery hoop so that it is nice and tight.
3. Choose a yarn and use it to sew a patch in your crescent shape – feel free to do a basic stitch such as back or straight stitch. Don’t fill the crescent, just cover a little bit of it. When you are happy with what you have sewn, weave the thread in the back.
4. Choose another type and color of yarn or floss and sew another section. You can use a different stitch or continue with the one you started with. 
5. Keep going until you have filled your crescent.