29 March 2011

Stitching Time again!

Last year I stamped my Bombshell Mermaid stamp onto fabric and coloured her in with Copic markers. I made a quilted surround from sea themed fabrics:




Well this time I wanted to use the same stamp but EMBROIDER the mermaid stamp this time!

I also wanted to include some fabric for the mermaid's tail and bikini top so I bonded some Bondaweb (to prevent fraying) onto the back of my chosen fabric and stamped the Mermaid's tail and top onto this fabric:





I then carefully cut it out the tail and bikini top from the fabric.

I stamped my Mermaid onto a piece of cream fabric using Staz-On ink and put the fabric into an embroidery hoop.

I took the fabric tail and bikini top I had cut out and used some clear glue to place it onto the mermaid:


I then used a combination of back stitch and satin stitch to outline and fill in the mermaid's image.

I also outlined the fabric tail and bikini top with back stitch.

Once the embroidery was complete I finished the mermaid by attaching her to a collaged and stitched fabric background to make a hanging!


I rubbed a little Rock Candy Stickles over the fabric tail and top to give the mermaid some sparkle!

Hope you enjoyed this project remember stamps make excellent subjects for embroidery!

Happy crafting!

GlitteryKatie xxxx

8 comments:

Artyjen said...

Hey that's a fabulous project! Embroidery does not grow fast enough for me though!!! LOL
Thanks for your kind thoughts I really appreciate them :)
xoxo Sioux

Muckyfingers said...

Oooo you are so clever KT xXx

Sparkly Engineer said...

Kate,

Thanks so much for the tutorial. I can't wait to try. I hope my comes out at least half as good as yours. It is absolutely awesome.

Em said...

I LOVE THIS!!! what a great job! TOTALLY jealous of your skills friend!!!!

Anonymous said...

You did a fantastic job here!
It is stunning! I don't have the patience for embroidery,just like Artyjen.

Lyzzydee said...

Very nice use of a stamp!!

Rachael said...

This is beyond cool, what a good idea! I have a sewing/embroidery machine, now if I could only figure out how to use the embroidery part. You've really done a wonderful job with this! ;)

Laura said...

This is awesome !!!!!