Love: Imperial Royal Guard

stitched by Giggly Mama

Why hello, Shannon - your stitching's amazing.

If you only knew the power of the Dark Side

Darth Vader embroidery, originally uploaded by color and pattern.

I love a nice bit of Star Wars stitch-geekery.

You do too, right? ;-)

Vader Drinking a Pop

Taking over the universe can make you very thirsty! Thanks to Mama Sass for making me giggle today.

Honor Thy Father

Honor Thy Father, originally uploaded by bcampbell_to.

OMG! This is amaaaaazing! Embroidery will never be the same again for me.

Darth Vader! Embroidered!

This amazing design courtesy of tattoo artist and Graphic designer Gabby Moore. See original design here.

Stitching with lightsabers

there is no try, originally uploaded by krupp.

I may have mentioned this before, but I just totally love Star Wars. Whenever I see something crafty Star Wars related/inspired my heart starts racing. Star Wars embroidery especially!

This one with one of my favourite Star Wars quotes ever just makes it even better. Check out krupp's nerdy stitching set for more nerdy and Star Wars inspired embroidery.

I feel like doing some stitching in the company of Darth Vader and certain wookiee now...


Via the Official Star Wars Blog - Bonniegrrl always finds the best Star Wars crafty goodness.

May the Stitch be with you*

I love Star Wars. Love, love, love it! And when you combine it with embroidery, well, it really doesn't get much better in my book. So I was really happy when I spotted woundupladybug's Star Wars embroideries in the pool a little while ago. And of course I just had to know more about these fab creations, so I contacted her and asked her a few questions which she graciously answered and gave me some food for thought in the process. Thanks, J!

You're making some Star Wars embroidery at the moment, intended for a quilt as I understand it. Can you tell us about why you have picked Chewie, Storm troopers et all?
I picked the images that I thought would be the most instantly recognizable. Star Wars has been a part of pop culture for close to three decades. I also wanted to chose characters that were central to the original story.

What do icons of modern pop culture gain by being embroidered?
Embroidery is much like photography, it can capture the mood of the period. Embroidering these characters doesn’t add or elevate the status, but it can, in a more personal way, create a snapshot of our feelings about the characters. So it’s not so much what the characters have to gain but what we can gain. As crafts come back into prevalence our nostalgia for the eighties can be translated into to something more tangible - something we can keep. At the time our grandparents or great-grandparents were crafting, they were creating heirlooms that would be pasted down and treasured. But our culture seems to live in the moment and does not value the past. So we have lost some of the desire to record our own personal histories. I love the idea of capturing my childhood in these relics of pop culture.

How do people react when you tell them you are embroidering Star Wars
characters?
When I tell people that I’m embroidering these Star Wars characters they usually say that it “brings them back.” I also get lots of requests for my patterns for the characters.


*Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. ;-)