Monday, June 2

Rabbit on a dress


Just a few days ago I wrote about Michele Carragher and the embroidery work she did for the Game of Thrones series. It really inspired me to try and embellish my own clothing with embroidery. I have had this black 'baby cord' (really fine cord) dress for at least 6 years and I thought the plain, soft and not too thin fabric was the perfect candidate for my experiment!

First I traced the rabbit on some tissue paper (the wrapping kind of tissue paper, not the other type of tissue paper). I then stitched the outline of the rabbit on the fabric by stitching a kind of running stitch through the paper. It wasn't perfect but I covered the wonky looking stitches later when I started stitching the fur and it was the only method I could think of with the materials I had on hand.



I then continued to embroider like I usually do, except it's a little less subtle. I used two strands instead of one for example and while the cord is not too bad to stitch on, it's not like the very fine cotton satin I usually stitch my furry creatures on, so I shouldn't expect the same result, right? I'm not quite finished with this rabbit but it's nearly done I think...and after that I plan to add flowers, or branches, leaves that kind of stuff.

p.s. Luna made the first photo, where I'm wearing the dress as it's kind of hard making a photo of yourself wearing something and I think she did great. Yay Luna!


11 comments:

  1. This turned out so cute, I love it! I really like the idea of adding embroidered embellishments to my clothes!

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    1. you totally should try it. Makes older clothes much more interesting!

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  2. It turned out great! I really like the way the little bunny looks on black, too. So cute.

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  3. I LOVE this! It looks amazing - I am totally inspired to try this on some clothes! Cxxx PS Fantastic photography... ;-)

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    1. I should have done this a long time ago! I'll pass on the compliments to the photographer :)

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  4. This is so great! I love the subtle bit of whimsy it adds to the outfit. Such a wonderful idea!

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  5. Gorgeous! I love the shading on your bunny - lovely stitching

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    1. Thanks! My shading is not as subtle as usual but it works well on this dress as it is :)

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  6. Cute! I did some cross stitch on shirts before, with waste canvas, but then I found I was terrified of spilling something on all that hard work (and I do tend to be a giant klutz). Maybe a skirt would be safer from spillage and grubby toddler hands? ;)

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