I subscribe to the Inspirations magazine and in issue 52 they had this blackwork butterfly by Tanja Berlin.

I like it and I would like to try to replicate it with machine embroidery (my hand embroidery is hopeless …).

Here’s part of a wing that I’ve been working on in Thred.

It still needs a bit of work and it will be quite a drawn out process (not as long as doing it by hand though)

And another wing …

I’ve also changed the angle of the fill slightly.

My Inspirations magazine arrived today.

This is one of my favourite magazines - I have yet to make anything from it, but the pictures are beautiful.

and

I doubt I’ll ever make anything like these (and certainly not by hand), but they’re beautiful and certainly inspiring.