It’s Fabby Friday over at the Tiddly Inks challenge blog! This week I have chosen King of the Wild Ones digital stamp (which you can find HERE). It’s been a few weeks since I did some embroidery, and I was a bit twitchy … so, I thought, why not embroider a stamp?
I have used a 15cm/6″ embroidery hoop, a 20cm square of grey homespun, and a 20cm square of thermolam.
The thermolam is under the homespun, and it really gives a lovely dimension to the embroidered design … a teeny bit of puff, pulling the stitching down into the fabric instead of floating on top. I never embroider without it these days!
I created a 15cm square document in Photoshop, imported the stamp, and made sure it was the right size for the hoop. I added text using the Men In Black credits font, and printed it out.
Next, I placed the fabric over the printed design, making sure it was centred, and traced it on with my frixion pen. All that was left was to place the thermolam & homespun sandwich into the hoop, and start embroidering. I’ve used Semco black embroidery thread, but I think I prefer the DMC black. To remove the tracing lines, I’ll just hit it with the iron (very gently), and they will disappear!
You can see the other Fabby Friday creations by the rest of the Tiddly Inks design team HERE.
Now … what should I do with this framed pretty?
This is sooooo cool!