Door Hanging UPDATED with New Pictures

[humboldtcherry]

She won a blue ribbon  
















I hope these pictures are alright. My camera is old and the quality is really lacking.

I read a book about India and all the fabulous artwork done by the people. I decided I wanted to have a door hanging and since I didn't have $1000.00 to spend I decided to make one myself. I started out with just a small drawing I made on a piece of white flannel. ( one of the elephants ) It grew from there. I taught myself how to sew on the mirror circles from a book I found at my local library. The stitches I chose had no rhyme or reason.

Thank you for looking at my door hanging.

[alwaysinmyroom]

oh wow!! this is gorgeous!! 

[creativebirdie]

How pretty!  is that embroidered?

[xperimentl]

Congratulations on winning!  This is absolutely beautiful.  How long did it take you to make? I am in awe.

[mafiosagrrl]

you totally deserved it, because this is amazing!!  really an amazing piece.

[aethelberga]

This is beautiful. Tell us a bit about the various designs. Looks sort of part-Indian, part Pennsylvania Dutch.

[humboldtcherry]

I checked out books at the library on India. They had a picture of a wedding door hanging from the late 1800's. I really liked it and decided to try to make a piece of the pattern. I played around with material and floss and made an elephant. I didn't know what to do with it, so I made another one A few months later, it turned into this. I almost never follow a pattern and usually make stuff up as I go. That is why this doorway hanging is a little bit of everything.

[Ansie]

I find the 'make-it-up-as-you-go' stuff are usually far more interesting than the 'copy-a-pattern' stuff.  This is really special.  Tell us more about the competition and prize that you won.

[TroubleT]

Humboldt! We need close ups so that we can adequately drool over this piece! 

Amazing work! I'd love to hear more about why you chose those designs.

[Taramor]

Great - I love it.

[alwaysinmyroom]

I would also love to see more of the piece--I love that you did is randomly--when the creative mojo hit you!

Very interesting and unique piece--MORE PICS PLEASE!

[baygirl69]

love this! and yes I agree we need more pictures!!!

[CrittyLu]

I'm with everybody else, MORE PICTURES! Or, we're coming to see it in person!

[Aikibookworm]

  *jaw drops*     Stunning.

[BonEsInspired]

Wow...that is just too beautiful!
I bet it took forever to make but it was obviously so worth the effort.

[Dragonflower]

Wow. Just wow.
I'm with everyone else- more pictures please!

[lisalady161]

Holy awesomeness, Batgirl! That is stunning!

[javamama]

love it!

[Missing_Muse]

you deserve a lot more than just a blue ribbon for this piece! Besides which, they don't really give you enough ribbon to do anything with it- just more trimmings for your stash!    They ought to give you the whole roll!

[TeaCouture]

This would so match my gypsie costume as a butt scarf... Beautiful!

[Wulf]

I'm with everyone on this - that's a spectacular piece of spontaneous needlework! You've gotta give us detail photos and tell the story of your prize.

Wulf

[humboldtcherry]

Ok, I will post new pics tomorrow. Thank you for the compliments.

[kittykill]

It's beautiful! I agree-more details please!

[humboldtcherry]

If anyone has more questions about this, just ask. Sorry it took me a few extra days to post the new pictures.

[Wulf]

Oh, if only there was a "This Really Rocks!" button! It was impressive in the original photo, but the close-ups reveal how outstanding your work really is. Absolutely awesome!

Wulf

[alwaysinmyroom]

yes, the close-ups definitely show the amount of work and the detail you put into this!

Simply gorgeous and something that is going to be cherished for generations!

Wow--I am so impressed with how hard you worked on this--you definitely deserved to win for this beauty!

[Twitchyfingers]

The sheer scale is impressive - but that it is so beautiful, and detailed, and colourful is incredible! Well done.

[rottenlittleboys]

Holy moly, for that sort of work, you should have won the red and white ribbons too. 

[steenface]

Wow, the door hanging is beautiful! I love bright colors and the coin accents are a nice touch.

[humboldtcherry]

Thank you 

[brookeincraftland]

good grief. you made all that in this lifetime amazing! your work is beautiful.

[Craftgasm Kate]

Ooh, very pretty. Obviously a lot of work went into it; you definitely deserved a blue ribbon!

[humboldtcherry]

Thank you girls and boy

I now feel like I could make another one.

[booklust]

that is amazing work!  I don't do any embroidery, but I always find it amazing when I see it

[TheMistressT]

I liked this so much I made it the Craftster Pick of the Week over on the Mr. X-stitch blog!
http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/03/07/craftster-pick-of-the-week-humboldtcherrys-door-hanging/

[Dharmawaits]

Wow!!! That is some in depth work. It actually reminds me of medieval embroidery, very detailed...a lot of stitching! Really impressive! 

[Wulf]

Well, done, Mistress T. Much, much deserved!

[freckles.]

That's amazing. Really really amazing.

[cackle]

Oh my, I'm lusting after this!

[Obsessed Knitter]

That's fantastic! What kind of thead did you use? DMC stranded cotton? Wool? Other? Did you work on it in a frame?

I ask because you've seriously inspired me to consider making a doorhanging of my own. It would be a very ambitious project for me, but I'm really tempted.

[penelopewaits]

what an ambitious and impressive piece!

[mrsmarmalade]

what a beautiful hanging you have done.  What a lot of work, but really lovely.  Well done you.

[humboldtcherry]

Thank you very much. This is going into an art gallery showing next month ( Ironside Art Gallery ).