My wife recently finished a pretty long (~70 hours) embroidery project for a new bag she's working on. Here's the pictures:
Inspiration
First, the pattern is drawn onto the fabric to be embroidered. This is with chalk.
Obviously chalk will tend to come off, especially with large embroidering, so the pattern is outlined with white.
All the colors laid out.
Here's the completed water sections.
Completed flowers.
And the finished embroidery.