My first stumpwork experiment - Slipping some tongue

[supervelma]

I'm fairly new to embroidery and still kind of experimenting with different stitches and making different things happen. After seeing that amazing tentacle stumpwork by Jemimah I decided to try my hand at some 3-D stitching. I decided that if anything deserved to be in 3-D, it was Gene Simmons tongue (another plus was that his makeup design is pretty simple)



EDIT: I thought the world needed a fun-sized Gene, too



The makeup is just silk stitching and the tongue is felt stuffed with batting, then felted a bit to make it a little more solid and then covered in floss.

[aethelberga]

I cannot even tell you how simultaneously cool, yet disturbing, this is. Awesome!!

[Megzy818]

lol this is awesome!

[SonjaBoo]

Oh wow, that is just hilarious! And beautiful needlework, too.

[guldikr]

I so agree with the first reply to this thread!!! Really need a like button!! LOL!!

[luckdragon]

HA!  Really great!

[Dawl]

OMG I'm in love !! That is fantastic !! this so rocks

[supervelma]

thanks, y'all - I knew it was going to be creepy when I spent a better part of my Friday night poking needles into a big tongue 

[LaundryBunny]

Effing awesome!  GREAT idea for stumpwork!

[kcartwright856]

So delightfully gross! Great work!