Childhood Heroes Embroideries

Jenny Ryan is an artist, crafter, and maker of things. She lives in Los Angeles with a pack of various animals (including her husband) and writes about her adventures in creating at Exit Through the Thrift Shop.

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February 4th, 2008 6

Craftster user Merwing has been sharing pix of her awesome “Childhood Heroes” embroidery series, featuring portraits of such luminaries as Jacques Cousteau, Shel Silverstein, Crystal Gayle and Bob Ross (seen above). Check out the thread to view them all. Link.

6 thoughts on “Childhood Heroes Embroideries”

Average Jane Crafter says:

February 4th, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Um …. that’s about the most awesome thing I’ve seen in ages!
CalamityKate says:

February 4th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

Merwing is the Craftster username for Aimee Ray, the author of the lovely book “Doodle Stitching.” And she’s super nice!
Jessica says:

February 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

Woo, look at those happy trees!