009 - Thread-Painted Feather

Inspiration

The author's suggestion for yesterday (day 8) is to transform an old book. It inspired me, instead, to transform an old shirt with an embroidered logo for an old employer.

Details

This is my first effort at thread painting.

I used a sharpie to draw the feather outline onto a stabilizer which will dissolve in water.  I stitched the feather with cotton thread in two shades of gray and black.

Then I trimmed away the stabilizer and sewed the feather to the shirt, adding more stitching to ensure I had completely covered the logo.