Sublime Stitching Tara McPherson T-shirt

I can’t stop stitching Sublime Stitching onto t-shirts at the moment, I think in combination of wanting stuff to wear for Halloween and feeling so Halloweeney I absolutely don’t want to be doing what I should be doing, i.e. work on Christmas presents and stuff for my Christmas stall, just not feeling Christmasy.

Anyway, this is from the Tara McPherson pattern sheet and is probably the hardest Sublime Stitching pattern I’ve ever done, specially trying to transfer the pattern on to black fabric. I used carbon transfer paper but it didn’t transfer that well and it rubbed off after a while, so in the end I was sewing by eye, referring to the pattern sheet. So, it’s more than a little wonky. I also didn’t include the lips because when I tried they just so did not look right. But otherwise I’m really pleased with it and definitely want to stitch some more from the sheet, may see if I can work them into my Christmas presents.

Robot Parts T-shirt

I made this for Boy Lacer yesterday. It’s the Robot Parts T-shirt from Sublime Stitching’s Embroidered Effects book. This is my first project from the book and I really enjoyed it, I liked how although they’re giving you’re a pattern, they also give you so much control about what you’re going to do with it (in my case I used different colours and the dial and the gauge at the bottom are the wrong way round compared to the photo in the book).  Boy Lacer really likes it.