Embroidery: Drawing with Thread

I like to work on these when I travel, so these were all made or started around the NAEA Convention in Seattle.

Your Eyelids are Getting Heavy (10-inch hoop)

Viking (7-inch hoop)

Cloudburst Brewing Logo (I will work for beer!) (7-inch hoop)

Process picture

Sara Ramirez Embroidery with Snow Patrol lyrics (10-inch hoop)

Embroidery as Drawing

 I started with a photo I took at the Bronx Zoo two summers ago. 

 

I sketched it in my sketchbook in pencil and then drew over my lines with a black marker.

I traced my marker drawing onto muslin with a pencil.

It was really fun to do and I like how it turned out.

January Bat

This is one I made in January for my niece's birthday...

Chunky Bat

This one's a little chunky, but I love his fabric!

Bat Buddies

I couldn't resist...they're just so cute and together they're cuter!

Tiny Bear

Bats Two and Three

Save the Bats!

This is my little buddy. He's precious, I know. We need to do all we can to save him from white nose fungus, or whatever it is that is killing all east coast bats!

Sewing

Here's the main project I'm working on now. I'm teaching myself to sew, which is not necessarily one of my strengths, but I'm enjoying myself through the process. It just stinks that Jo-Ann Fabric is forty minutes from my house! When I need something I usually have to wait a few days to get it. I will of course post this when finished, even if it is a disaster.