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September 26th, 2011
Here’s another project that I recently finished for work. I wanted to play off a Día de los Muertos aesthetic but interpret it in a new way. Foam-core was used for the base and standard sewing pins to created the larger image. After that, I used bright thread to fill in the rest of the piece.
I love how it turned out and I have so many other ideas I can’t wait to try this technique on! This first one was quite ambitious and terribly time consumming but I learned some valuable tricks along the way. I’ll be sure to share more projects soon!
September 26th, 2011 at 5:05 am
I love this! I wish I had it for my wall!
September 26th, 2011 at 7:56 am
wow! this is incredible (and beautiful).
September 26th, 2011 at 9:55 am
That is really cool! Great idea.
September 26th, 2011 at 11:59 am
Oh this is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing with us
September 26th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
September 26th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
This is incredible! Amazing color choices too. So how long did it end up taking you?
-Lisa
September 26th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
Usually this is done with nails hammered into a piece of wood, but I bet this method is much quieter and cheaper! Looks good.
September 27th, 2011 at 8:08 am
This is awesome! Thanks for posting this
PS – So glad you’re back to blogging!
September 27th, 2011 at 11:46 am
Wow! This is so cool!
September 27th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
this is pretty amazing. thanks for posting and for the inspiration!
September 27th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
you are beyond creative!!!
September 27th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
What an incredible idea! The pins add such an amazing touch.
September 28th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
amazing I am mexican and seen a lot, but this is so original
again let me tell you how glad I am you are back
val
September 29th, 2011 at 8:43 am
I love it, esp the colors.
September 30th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
This is TOO awesome.
October 2nd, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Hi Lisa! I think it took me about 25-30 hours to complete this project. A lot of late nights in front of the tv and several mishaps of dropping all my pins into my shag carpet :p heehee Thanks for the comment!
October 3rd, 2011 at 8:00 am
sooooo, wonderful, love it and have pinned it myself.
October 4th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Oh my goodness, my husband has been talking about making something like this covering an entire wall. He’s thrown out the idea of a dia de los muertos skull but keeps hesitating about the effort needed to finish! Such a wonderful job!
October 13th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
What a great way to decorate for Halloween! It will be cool to try different designs and colors!
October 21st, 2011 at 8:46 am
Awesome…I’m going to make one of these for the Day of the Dead celebration we’re having at the high school I teach at.
I also posted about it on our blog:
http://bit.ly/oLR41I
Fantastic!
October 30th, 2011 at 8:43 am
seriously this is AH-MAZING!
November 2nd, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Skull motifs usually aren’t my thing, but I love the dia de los muertos aesthetic. This is amazing! Adore the colors.