I have to admit, I’m not a huge fan of certain types of embroidery done on black velvet.

Mostly, it’s colorful embroidery on black velvet that makes me shudder.

Taken apart, I like the concept of embroidery on velvet, I like colorful embroidery, I like velvet, and I like black, but put them all together into the phrase “embroidery on black velvet” and it just Does Something to me.

I blame it on Elvis.

Larger-than-life images of Elvis painted in neon-esque colors on black velvet waft into my head when I think of embroidery on black velvet.

Now, don’t get me wrong! I have nothing against Elvis – I like my blue suede shoes, too – but how anyone deserves to be memorialized in garish colors on black velvet wall hangings is beyond the scope of my understanding.

So, you see, I generally shy away from embroidery on black velvet.

Unless it’s something like this: