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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:
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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!
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happy stitching :)
ps. wow - thank you everyone for your sweet comments about the necklace, I'm so happy you liked it!
9 comments:
What luck to find the unstitched stamped towels! How fun!
Wow oh wow!! The Badbird cow is gorgeous! I am in awe!
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
How on earth do you do it?! The finished project is so beautiful!
What a great find! And, thanks for sharing this fun design.
I have never been to countrystitches.com. Thanks for sharing the site!
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!
I like how you have used a found printed hanky for the back of your design - and what a strong image
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 :)
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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