WIP-FMQ Mule Portrait
 

We had a "snow day" today so I got to stay home and play! I spent the day stitching on a portrait of "Ben", a friend's mule. He still needs eyelashes, and I think I'll use the bright green thread to add some vibrant background quilting so that he stands out from the brown background, but here he is so far. The portrait is done totally in Isacord poly embroidery thread on a single piece of fabric.

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And here's the pic I've been working from. I think it looks at least sort of like him...
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You play beautifully! Great job.

Wow very nice

Wendy, you are sooooooooooooooooooooooo wonderfully imaginative and creative. I love seeing your things.

Fantastic! Can't even imagine doing this!

Amazing!!!! What a talent you have!

Kat

Wow, awesome, You are very talented!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is fantastic..

I am SO looking forward to seeing the 'finished product'! What a beautiful piece of art you're creating....I had to pick my jaw off the floor!

Wow that is stunning, you do beautiful work.

Wow!! that is so amazing.

Wow you do wonderful work

What talent! Your interpretation is spot-on.

How gorgeous. You are so clever and imaginative

Amazing!! I like this even better than Eddie the Mule. What is it with people and their mules in your area? Or did word get out? LOL I can see it. Eddie's proud owner showing off your thread portrait to his friends who also have mules they love. Obviously Ben's owner is just as proud of Ben as Eddies owner is of Eddie so you get another thread portrain commission. The cycle begins. Who'da thunk such a niche existed! Fabulous work Wendy. I think once you put the green on it will just pop!

Beautifully thought out in wonderful quilting designs! Love it!

Thanks for sharing - I can't even imagine trying to do this. You have done a fantastic job.

I love your version. Your thread painting is wonderful.

Fantastic job!

wish I could play like you, that is awesome

I can't believe it!! This is incredible. How beautiful, what an amazing talent!! I've never seen anything like this before. Well done. If you put it in any competitions, you'll wipe the floor with the opposition!! You should be proud.

That is a great job.

All I can say is...WOW!!! It looks awesome!!! :)

Very nice piece of work.

oh my, you are talented

You did awesome work to create the mule in thread. I love it. Please post again when it is finished.

wow that looks like tooled leather!!!Excellent job!!!!

Wow, what an artist you are.

Incredibly beautiful! This looks like so much fun I think I'll need to add this to my bucket list...the list that has grown in leaps and bounds in the past year. lol

that is amazing work.

great job!

Absolutely beautiful!! Your thread work rocks!!

"Who'da thunk" is right! I don't know how many of these I'll do, but people sure do seem to like them. I enjoy doing them too, and like I told my sweet neighbor lady last night, I'll only do them for people and mules I want to do them for. I'm getting a pretty decent price, but I think it's going to go up a bit after this one so it will be more worth my time. It takes at least a day to do the drawing, a day to stitch the mule head, and another day to stitch the background, and those are 8-10 hour days of hard work. Happy mule owners sure do love their mules and this is something very unique (after all, I'm making them up as I go along). I want to do our 2 mules next fall too. I need to wait until late summer when they are shedded out nicely to get some pictures to work from. I've got more ideas I want to try out too!

WOW - Just beautiful, great job and thank you for sharing
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

Beautiful...what a sweet face!

Can't wait to see it finished. Looks great!

This is just amazing--I want to try it right now! Thanks so much for sharing with us.

You have done a wonderful job - it's beautiful!

WOW what an artist you are!