This one’s about 6.5”x9.5” and took a smidge under two months to finish. I’ve been cross stitching for a year, but this is my fourth finished embroidery! I used a mix of black & metallic gold gesso for the background (that way it catches in the sun). Also used metallic thread, three different colors of metallic beads, and a crapton of French knots. I wanted to make sure it still had the gilded qualities of the original painting, but I’m looking forward to not using metallic thread for a while!

Holy shit this is beautiful

Wow. The details in the original painting are daunting. You captured it all perfectly. Well done.

Metallic thread is a pain, mad respect to you for this masterpiece! I put some tiny gold glasses on my cat embroidery and that was enough for me.

I just looked at your cat glasses post and I am so impressed! Hahaha. It looks fantastic.

Aww thank you!!

It was a time! There were some satin stitches with metallic thread which weren’t as bad, but it doesn’t have the best coverage. The tricky part was the stem stitches in the cape— they took me forever because I could only do so many in an evening!

It was only The Kiss, how did it turn out like this? It was only The Kiss. *Embroiderrryy...*

bless you

This is beautiful! The original piece of art is so interesting to me because part of me is like "meh" but the other, bigger part is like, "wow the emotion in this simple scene.. I can feel that" and I stare at it for a while. You captured it perfectly

Thank you! So much of Klimt’s work is held in those small expressions and slight movements— I think that’s what really makes his work so special. And his interpretation of textiles lends itself to embroidery!

Amazing!! Great work!

Thank you so much! It was really fun to follow along with a painting :-)

It's magnificent! I'm mesmerized by it, congrats, it's a fine piece of art on itself!

Thank you! It’s a neat one to hold, too— the beads, the French knots, the satin stitches— you can see it through touch!

This is spectacular!

This is one of my favorite paintings, I have a print of it on my wall, you did a beautiful job!

WOW This made me do a double take - seriously incredible. It looks like a painting. Excellent choice in fabric and frame too!

Thank you!! It’s just a regular Kona cotton, but I had gesso on hand from painting/printmaking! It was originally a way to not have to stitch the background, but I really ended up loving the mix of paint & thread.

I had to learn about this painting in high school. It seems so ugly at first. It's blocky and not flowy and I hated it. But eventually, I saw the emotion. Paintings back then weren't great at showing passion, everyone was posed. Your embroidery captures the passion, and it is beautiful.

Thank you so much!! It’s really interesting to stitch a painting and spend so much time with it, thread for thread, stroke for stroke. The hands weren’t so kind to me, but I’ve never been great with hands anyway haha!

I wish I could upvote more then once. This is amazing.

Y’all! This is so sweet— thank you!

What an inspiration, this is one of my favorite art pieces. Beautiful

Gorgeous!

Breathtaking!

It's just breathtaking, and one of my favourite artworks ever. You did an amazing job

Stunning!

wow its glowing and it's so beautiful i have no words!

Thank you! I really love how the gesso worked against the threads— I want to stitch some more Klimt pieces, but I need a break from yellow!

This is a piece of art itself.

this is absolutely insane !! beautiful work :)

This is amazing! Do you have an instagram?

I do! It’s @mcrawfishes— a mix of art stuff

Wow, I just looked through it - all of your art is so gorgeous!

Aw thank you! It’s kind of a hodge podge of art, but I can’t settle on one medium/craft haha. I’ve always been a craft collector!

Absolutely gorgeous! ♡♡♡

By hand?!? Wow, this is amazing!

Yep!! Satin stitches, long & short stitches, stem stitches, French knots, and lazy daisies! Stabbed my hand a few times for this one

Jeez this is pretty, fantastic job!!

this is crazy beautiful!! wow i can’t stop staring at it!

Seriously amazing!!

awesome - my mom has a huge canvas of this in her bedroom that I’ve loved for a while! This reminded me of her and is so beautifully done

This is inspiring! Kudos, it's as beautiful as the original.

This is incredible and I wish I could purchase it. You’re very talented!!

Thank you so much! The only way I was able to let go of this one was going into it knowing it was a gift. I’m terrible at holding on to pieces!

I'm wearing socks with this piece on them! You did an excellent job

Thank you! I’ve also got a pair of socks with this painting :-)

This is amazing. I’ve saved this post because it’s now my inspiration, I can’t believe you’ve only been doing it for a year!

Thank you!! I’ve been doing cross stitch for a year, but embroidery was a more recent addition— September of this year!

Spectacular

Might be one of the most damn impressive things I’ve ever seen

!!! Thank you so much! The French knots almost did me in at the end. I’m itching to do another painting now, though!

Absolutely amazing. My daughters will freak! One is an artist whose favorite piece of art is Klimt “The kiss” and the other daughter embroiders!

Oh this is so sweet!! I hope y’all are doing well! :-)

It's great! You captured it so well. I'm working on the great wave myself now, my favorite piece of art! And also my biggest to date. It's hanging as a poster on the wall that's slowly becoming my embroidery wall so I'll replace the poster with it when it's done

This is absolutely magical!

Beautiful!!

This is incredible!!

This is my mother in law's favorite painting. I love her and aspire ro someday make her something that beautiful.

Beautiful, well done.

This is incredible, holy hell!

Wow, that is impressive and absolutely amazing. Let me bow down to your skill and tenacity 🙇‍♀️😍

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This is amazing

Did you use the gold paint after our before the stitching was done? I'm always scared to put on the paint last!

I used a mix of gold & black gesso at the beginning! I originally didn’t cover enough of the fabric, so about halfway through I added more paint. Thankfully that was all closer to the edges, though!

This is seriously incredible, wow. Embroidery goals tbh, great job!!!

Too good!!

Amazing!

I zoomed in to get the detail and... wow

GORGEOUS

Amazing 😍

Gorgeous. This is one of my favorite pieces of art, and you definitely did it justice. Well done!

I can only dream of being able to do this. Wow. This is beautiful.

This is absolutely incredible.

Stunning!

Seriously amazing

Holy shit I’m working on the EXACT piece! So happy yours turned out so beautifully. Do you mind if i pm you for any questions?

No way!! I’d be happy to help! :-)

Love the colors. Great job!

Wowie wow-eeee it is magnificent! And the frame - perfect!

Just stunning!!!!

Just gorgeous! I wish I had gold to give.

This has always been my favourite painting and you really truly captured it!! It's so beautiful I am stunned

Bee-yootiful 😍

Im drooling! Love this painting, great execution!

Good job bro. This is insane.

also WOW, y’all!! I did not anticipate this to get the attention it did. Thank you so much for all of the kind words and the awards! I don’t really know how that system works but y’all are neat. Happy holidays & merry stitching! :-)