Friday, March 15, 2013

Gone to the Dogz




I need some dogs for something I'm working on.  I took a photo of Rosie and inked it onto some cotton fabric with fabric Sharpies and Tsukineko inks -- sorry -- I didn't take a picture.  I layered the inked image with wool batting and used Decor-Bond on the back to make it stable, then I stitched all over it with my machine.  I did iron the sandwich to make it flat before I stitched -- and I had to hit it again with the iron to flatten it after the stitching.


I drew up some Jack Russell Terriers to keep Rosie company and did the same layering thing with batt and stabilizer.  I found some great variegated greys among my stash of Aurifil threads -- those would be the two grey ones on the right side of the photo.  These are all 50w spools.

Then I covered the little terriers with thread.

I am linking up with Nina-Marie at Off the Wall Fridays.

7 comments:

Wacky Woman said...

I love this!

Robbie said...

very cool! VERY nice!!!

Beth@IHaveANotion.com said...

Those dogs are cool!!!! and Rosie looks like Rosie!!! We're all waiting to see what the pack looks like!

Lisa Chin said...

Aww they are all so adorable!

Glen QuiltSwissy said...

Is Rosie a Berner? I had Swissys for 28 years until Dutch died last year. Now just the bassets are left!

Lynne said...

Oh my! Too clever!

Judy Ferguson said...

There is something about pet projects that makes everyone happy. Love the dogs.