Thursday, September 17, 2009

thursday = embroidery

I finally finished the stalled project...and see, it was funny I said stalled because its an embroidered ode to vintage wood-paneled cars:



the overall piece is 18" x 11" & I got the illustration from a thrifted book. I created the wood paneling by scanning a piece of wood-grain contact paper then manipulated it in photoshop to make the scale & perspective work for the image, then printed it out on avery printable fabric. vroom vroom!

moving on to...this week's vintage embroidery transfer:


and guess what?! I finally set up a pool on flickr where people can show off finished projects they made using patterns I provided :)

I've seen so many beautiful pieces people have stitched up & realized that others might find inspiration for color or type of stitches to use by seeing them too - so please become a member & add your photos to the pool.

happy stitching!
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14 comments:

  1. uglybeatSeptember 17, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    that is really cool! nice work.

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  2. HeatherSeptember 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM

    This is awesome, level 11!

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  3. sallySeptember 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    The car is so cool.

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  4. ViviSeptember 17, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    I LOVE this - so cool and different.

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  5. yolieSeptember 17, 2009 at 10:43 AM

    that answers the question i posted on your flikr! very clever that wood grain solution!
    love your work.

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  6. TifanySeptember 17, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    Awesome!

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  7. danielle thompsonSeptember 17, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    once again, you amaze me! this is brilliant. :-) love the fabric in the background and the car is just....*LOVE*. :-) Incredible work Gina!

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  8. JenniferSeptember 17, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    i LOVE this, it is so awesome! Great colors and beautifully done.

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  9. Rachel@oneprettything.comSeptember 17, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    WOWZA! That is incredible! And the woodgrain...just wow!

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2009 at 6:42 PM

    Amazing! I've never even thought to incorporate something like wood paneling- thanks for sharing how you used it!

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  11. janSeptember 17, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    Really love the car! I have been thinking about doing a stitchery of my husbands '64 Fairlane and this has inspired me!

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  12. BeckySeptember 17, 2009 at 8:20 PM

    Gina - it's gorgeous!!! Wow!

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  13. ginaOctober 9, 2009 at 10:05 PM

    thank you all so much! I am really happy with the way it came out...its so cool when something comes out even better than you imagined it would :)

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  14. AnonymousNovember 12, 2009 at 6:54 PM

    I fell in love with this piece! I rode in my Dad's station wagon, just like this one, a million times, a million years ago! Is this piece for sale?

    melissaellos@hotmail.com

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