Monday, August 03, 2009

happy birthday aaron

I had a great weekend in Chicago with my Eastman siblings. I made this for my brother Aaron in honor of his birthday. He's a SciFi fan and Space Invaders lover, so this project was perfect for him. I was even nice enough to frame it. I *love* how it turned out.

Here are pics of the finished project. The first shows the detail, the second shows it framed (with a little bit of glare on the glass).



If you are in awe of my design talents right now, I must come clean. I got the pattern from a fellow blogger and crafter, SpriteStitch (click on her name to find the pattern for yourself). The pattern does not apply the colors - that's for you to decide. If you'd like to replicate my stitching, I used DMC floss in white for the lettering and #907 for the aliens.

If you decide to make your own, send me a pic and I'll post it on the blog.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

love it! wish i had more time to work on all of my projects! :o)

Robin (RsIslandCrafts) said...

Looks great! I loved playing space invaders when I was younger at my father's bar/restaurant.

Lady Rose said...

Happy b-day to him!!

Claire said...

This has inspired me to start embroidery.i would be so pleased to receive this as a gift!! It looks great :)
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melydia said...

So cute!