The Artistic Intoxication of Embroidery

I can’t say exactly when I first started being pulled towards hand embroidery. I remember pinning several “geeky” themed embroideries on Pinterest like this Harry Potter Themed hoop by pinkleo on Craftster. For a long time though I pretty much dismissed hand embroidery as impractical, purely decorative, and non-functional. I mean, I have limited crafting …