A very dear friend of mine had a sweet baby about 7 weeks ago and to celebrate his birth, I made him a couple of shirts. I wanted to try out a reverse embroidery technique, like Amy Tan, you know, first cut the image away from the tee shirt, back the the cut out hole with a coordinating fabric and last stitch around the hole( negative image). I did this with the shirt above that bears his name. Oh my gosh!!! I am not sure I will ever do this again! I have to say that was some hard work. I think I started that shirt thinking it would take me an hour and I think it took me close to 3 hours to complete and my fingers, oh dear my fingers were so tender, aching the next day...at the shower. I LOVE how it turned out, but next time I want that look, I think I will buy it from the expert! The second shirt I made, new, was waaaaay easier. I used the iron on backing for the Slice, cut the letters with my Slice, ironed them on and stitched around. This one was done much faster.I do love making things for this friend, I know she gets it, knows that I put my heart into the projects that I make....i should add that I have quite a few friends that are very appreciative....they read this blog. :-)
8 comments:
They turned out adorable! I'm sure your friend will love them :) It does seem like a lot of hard work though lol! Thank you for your kind comments on my blog. You are so sweet!
I think they turned out great Samantha!!! Cute, cute, cute!
Oh so cute! You definitely succeeded :)
Those are really great! Love them!
Those are so adorable! You did a great job!
These are awesome! You did a wonderful job! They definitely look like they were worth your effort!
Nice shirts they turned out very good I bet he will look great in them.
they turned out adorable! i will be teaching a workshop on big picture classes chock full of info and the way to do reverse applique so it won't take you 3 hours. it should be available soon. but you really did a wonderful job!
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