Thursday, January 14, 2010

thursday = embroidery

finally finished the project I started over the holidays:



I used badbird's pattern and a thrifted vintage linen.

in other embroidery news, I was very excited to find three sets of un-stitched vintage stamped linen towels at an estate sale recently:


because they're on fabric the scanned files require quite alot of cleaning so it will take me awhile to get them all done, but I think it's worth it...I just love the style of the illustrations!


happy stitching :)

ps. wow - thank you everyone for your sweet comments about the necklace, I'm so happy you liked it!
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9 comments:

  1. KatyJanuary 14, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    What luck to find the unstitched stamped towels! How fun!

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  2. Laura-IHJanuary 14, 2010 at 11:00 AM

    Wow oh wow!! The Badbird cow is gorgeous! I am in awe!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    I love badbird. What do you use to tint the embroidery? I'm having trouble with that - fabric crayons don't have enough colors, real crayons smear, watercolor pencils run . . .

    Can't wait to see your teatowels done! I love finding vintage un-finished stamped embroidery.

    Karen

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  4. reillyJanuary 14, 2010 at 12:55 PM

    How on earth do you do it?! The finished project is so beautiful!

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  5. NancyJanuary 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    What a great find! And, thanks for sharing this fun design.

    I have never been to countrystitches.com. Thanks for sharing the site!

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  6. AndreaJanuary 14, 2010 at 4:16 PM

    You know, for a while, know one purchased The Bovine Beauty pattern. This made me sad. It's one of my favorites.
    Then in the last year several people have stitched it up. I love it!
    Your version is absolutely fabulous and very unique!

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  7. TamJanuary 15, 2010 at 6:29 AM

    I like how you have used a found printed hanky for the back of your design - and what a strong image

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  8. ginaJanuary 18, 2010 at 5:28 PM

    thank you all for leaving such nice comments!

    Andrea - I'm beyond flattered, thank you!

    Karen - I used t-shirt transfer paper run through my printer to get the color & design for her head transferred onto white fabric. I buy it at the craft store - it's on the expensive side so I buy it when I can use a coupon. I hope that helps :)

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  9. Zane WooderNovember 6, 2012 at 12:45 PM

    I'd love beautiful napkins like this because then I can respect the cow I'm eating. Wait am I being respectful by wiping my month with a napkin that has a cow on it?

    -Zane of ontario honey

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