Tattoo Quilt Embroidery Patches

[vinnie451]

Recently the Army decided they would rather have my husband in the US than in Germany. I don't mind, the craft stores there are seriously lacking. But it meant I wouldn't see my craft supplies for over two months while our household goods were packed up and sent across the world. So I had to decide just what to bring with to keep me busy. This craft had to be light and compact, keep me busy for looooong periods of time and be allowed on aircraft. I narrowed it down to embroidery. It is small enough that I could put it in my pocket if I had too but varied enough that I wouldn't get bored with it easily. But what will I do with all these little works of art? The inspiration was just next door. My neighbor in Germany made a quilt of little skulls for her son and I totally ripped off the idea (with her approval, of course). I was also inspired by the tattoos that my husband and I had recently got. Add it all together and you get an Embroidered Tattoo Quilt.

Here are the first panels from a project that will probably take me 15 years to finish.









Larger pictures are available on my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/31123197@N08/ . You can also read descriptions of each design on my blog. http://vinnie451craft.blogspot.com/

Please let me know what you think.
Thnaks!

[NH822]

wow!  amazing attention to detail!  Good luck with the quilt!

[jessewynn]

these are so cool! makes me wish i was (a lot) better at embroidery! lol

[fiberartsy]

Great stuff!!

[morrisun]

I love the moustache! That's awesome!

[rollerderbyqueen]

Cool idea with the quilt.  Your stitches are very pretty

[ragdollpirate]

Wow this is going to look awesome when you are done.

[lisalady161]

Love them, love the idea, can I rip it off, too?

[LostInOz]

Wow! They're amazing! I love the last one, but they're all great.

[kittykill]

Great stuff! Where did you get the images from? How long has it taken you for each one? Did you use stabilizer?