embroidered pin up girls – in my bathroom?

Burlesque Fan Girl - Pattern from Sublime Stitching

Who doesn’t love pin up girls? I’m talking WW1 / WW2 beauties draped over an aircraft with perfectly curled hair and pristine makeup. Something about the photos, either the daring way they are shot or the shear amount of guts it must have taken to be in pictures like this, make me think these women were strong.  Every feminist bone in my body fights that sentiment, but I find a source of power in their boldness & I decided to celebrate this… in my bathroom.  The bathroom is where the ladies ended up (in embroidery, in frames – not in reality.)

The ‘fan girl’ was a pattern from Sublime Stitching out of her amazing book, Embroidered Effects. If you haven’t checked out her work, quirky patterns, and step-by-step instruction…it’s a must see.

The other two girls are from pictures of pin up girls I found and altered into a pattern.

They could definitely use some work, and aren’t anywhere close to perfect, but just like the buxom beauties that dared to bare it before photoshop and airbrushing — I love them just the same.

I made a pattern from some old pinups I found and improvised.

Burlesque Dancer in a Martini Glass - Based design off of an old pinup girl photo

Baby Shower Invitation With Baby Elephants

A baby shower invitation I recently did for a family friend. She had a blanket set picked out with little brown patchwork elephants on the pink and white bedding, so I used that inspiration to design a baby shower invitation. They also wanted something that could be printed out on a standard printer, so I used a standard A7 size and simply added some little pink rhinestone eyes on the baby elephant on the inside and outside of the card to add a little bit of ‘bling’.