My Stanley fan art (fan embroidery O_o)

[birdsofshore]

Title: Tack-tack!
Character: Stanley from All Life is Yours to Miss, by saras_girl
Rating: G
Medium: Embroidery

A/N: Like many others, I am highly enamoured of Stanley, the unforgettable beetle from 'All Life is Yours to Miss'. I made this for vaysh11's birthday and have promised another one for the lovely saras_girl; I had hoped to get them both finished at the same time, but clumsy fingers prevented me.

Thank you very much to raitala who suggested I should attempt this feat of lunacy (trying to embroider a willow pattern onto an applique beetle was not the most sensible task I have ever taken on), and who luckily proved very useful with sewing advice!

Comments

[geneva2010.livejournal.com]

I'm (almost) speechless. That is lovely.

[birdsofshore]

LOL, I saw your comment in my notifications and thought it was another reply to my post of those Tom Felton gifs. Everyone there is just falling over and saying "No words."

I am very flattered to find it was for this instead! Glad you like it C:

[geneva2010.livejournal.com]

I'm actually truly speechless on the Tom Felton thing. I haven't seen any more of the photo shoot, other pics that you guys referred to - so any links you want to share will be perused at my leisure.

[birdsofshore]

I'll add some over there in a comment, OK?

*needs no excuse to look at them again*

[eidheann_writes]

That is completely fabulous. And every bit is nicer than I could manage even with pen & paper.

Well done!

[birdsofshore]

Aw thanks eidheann. It's nicer than I could do with pen and paper, too, I think. I've no great skill in any medium.

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwwww so cute :))))))

What a good job :)

[birdsofshore]

Thanks LL ♥

I worked really hard on it and I am pleased with how it turned out.

[darku.livejournal.com]

Awww Stanley!!! <3

[birdsofshore]

\o/ Yay for Stanley!

[eva667.livejournal.com]

You finished the embroidery ! It looks sooo good, so much love for this :-)

[birdsofshore]

Thank you! I'm happy you approve :D

[omi-ohmy.livejournal.com]

It's beautiful - I love it! I do like your fan art embroidery, and Stanley's willow-pattern (and his chain-stitch legs) make this. <3

[birdsofshore]

Thank you! The willow pattern aged me a little! But I learned some nice new stitches.

[isinuyasha.livejournal.com]

That's just awesome, dear! :D

[birdsofshore]

Thank you isi! I'm very happy that you like him :D

[facecat.livejournal.com]

Very nicely done.

[birdsofshore]

Thank you! <3

[who_la_hoop]

I am waiting patiently for my embroidered Nic Cage, I hope you know.

[birdsofshore]

and you were thinking no-one would go there

WHOA THAT WAS LARGE. think I fixed it now.

[capitu]

That is cute in all levels. ♥♥♥♥

[birdsofshore]

Thank you! Stanley will never not be cute. <3

[mayfly-78.livejournal.com]

OMG, I can't believe this! It's equal parts adorable and crazy! I love it!

[birdsofshore]

I love that description! Thank you so much!

[ms-hecubus.livejournal.com]

Awww, Stanley!

[birdsofshore]

\o/ yay!

[firethesound]

This is so wonderful! I love the Willow Pattern shell (which is exactly what I had in my head when I imagined him as I read the story) and the tack-tacking!! So cute! And yay embroidery! I'm currently working on a set of dishtowels for a wedding I'm going to next weekend, and it's currently a coin-toss whether I'll finish in time. So of course I'm poking around Livejournal instead of sewing on them... :)

[birdsofshore]

Ah, thank you very much! I'm glad he fits with your imagined Stanley. Good luck with the teatowels... LJ is terribly distracting when there is any sort of task to be done, I find.

[captainraychill.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Stanley!! :)

[birdsofshore]

♥ Stanley love yay!

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

It's a marvel!

[birdsofshore]

Thank you, jae!

[awickedmemory.livejournal.com]

Omg, this is so cute... ;n; Ahhh, you skilled person, you!! ♥

[birdsofshore]

That's very sweet of you! I wish I was skilled, but I did have fun with it, and I was very pleasantly surprised with how it came out!

[ldydark1.livejournal.com]

The design and intricate work are well done.
I like the colors.

[birdsofshore]

Thank you, that's a very kind comment! I love this rich shade of green. I thought it would be nice to have the writing in silver, but a shiny grey was all I could manage. I'm pleased overall, though.