Got some canvas stretchers for mounting John Wayne. Now I just need to finish him up.

This wood grain is killing me!!!

I found my Spirograph!!!



I'm puppy-sitting for my boyfriend's sister and her dog, Bella, had to get involved

Here's a scan of the progress I've made on my John Wayne portrait. It's still not quite done yet, but it's getting there. I spent several hours on it today while I was home from work. Unfortunately, I was home because I threw my back out and was physically unable to find a comfortable position to sit/lay/stand, so stitching was terribly unpleasant. Oh well, such is life.



I'm actually really, really happy with it so far. I'd even venture to say it's the best piece I've done so far. If you wanna see any detail whatsoever your best bet is to click on the picture.

Oh, and I have a good shot at showing this off to Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick tomorrow. I'm super excited.

And now for something completely different. . .

The Duke!






Obviously still in progress.

I would just like to thank everyone on the Needlecraft board of Craftster as well as the people over at Mr X Stitch. I've been going through a bit of a rough patch for some time now and all of your comments and encouragement have really helped me a lot.

More than you could ever imagine.

: )

I'm not finished with my robot girls yet, but I needed something new to work on. I posted a picture on here previously of some vintage Playboys I'd tracked down at a garage sale. Well, when I actually opened them up and started looking through them I realized what an awesome find I actually had. One of the photo sets was actually based on sketches done for Playboy by Salvador Dali.

I know, right?

Anyway, the whole set was awesome but there was one picture that caught my eye immediately and I knew I had to do something with it.


It's just so creepy in all the right ways.

So I did some sketching and I changed a few things here and there to suit my tastes and here's what I ended up with.


Done on some cheapo pink cotton which actually sucked way more than I had expected to work with. It's mostly in shades of black and grey with the exception of the nipples because for some reason those have to be as realistic as possible for me. I am a nipple perfectionist.


I'm very happy with how the hair turned out except for the fact that the lady on the right seems a tad bit uneven. I may go back in and fix that, I haven't decided yet. I'm not crazy about how her face turned out though. I had a really tough time with it for some reason. I think I was working with too long a needle and it inhibited the amount of detail I could achieve a bit.


But, I love the way this turned out.


And although from the picture you can hardly tell because the greys all kinda blend together, this is about five different shades of and it took about two hours to complete.

That's about all there is to say for now except that you haven't seen the last of this Dali set. I will be working up some more stuff from this, really soon.

This embroidery brought to you by: Randy "Macho Man" Savage


Oooooh yeeeah!

Some recent sketches.


This was an ad for Fringe Hair Salon. That's supposed to be a ruler. It's unfinished.


I think this is the girl from Bat for Lashes? I went overboard with the hair. The bangs and the bottoms look exactly like I wanted. The rest is total shit.


Closeup.


Another Fringe ad. Her face turned out unnaturally long. I may turn her into a werewolf.


From a photo by Matt Schwerin. Unfinished.


Closeup.


Another photo by Matt Schwerin. Super unfinished.


Closeup.



I know what you're thinking: Unabomber.