Beefcake Stitching

I just wanted to share a couple of recent embroidery patterns with you all - embroidery is one of those crafts that I get a little bit obsessed with for a couple of months, then I don't do any for about six months and then I pick it up again and think "why did I stop doing this?" - its awesome.

Here's a couple of embroidery hoops I made for our friends Nankz and Paul for their birthdays which are only a few weekend apart.

Recently, Nankz and I went to watch a film about the life of Rock Hudson and the Outtakes Film Festival these embroidery hoops hoops were inspired by Rock and those cheesy "beefcake" photos of the 1950's.

I used a pattern called "Beefcake Beach" which I picked up at Madam Fancy Pants on Cuba Street, they used to sell Sublime Stitching Patterns at Iko Iko too, but I haven't seen any there for a long time and Madam Fancy Pants only sells a limited number I think I the future I'll end up buying the patterns online.

I'm currently working on a third beefcake babe - he's done in blue thread and is also on the same fabric as the surfer dude (the fabric is actually an old sheet I picked up at the op shop).

I'm off to look at more sublime stitching patterns - there are so many more designs I want to make - the totally metal designs are pretty awesome.

Let's bring back the dolie!

Last night I had a craft swap with my craft group the Crafty Foxes. The theme was "housewife" which was a little bit of a struggle for me.

After working though a few different ideas I finally decided to make some dolies and here they are. I actually bought the dolies from my local craft store Goldings and I embriodered them with Subline Stitching designs.

I was really happy with the way they came out - I think it's the best embriodery I have ever done.