Happy birthday from Marilyn

[Gege]

My sister's birthday was last month and I had a glorious idea for her birthday present. She has a love for all things 1950's- particularly I Love Lucy, Elvis, and Marilyn. So, I went to the planning board, checked out my wool stash, and voila! This is what I came up with:

 

 

Isn't that gorgeous?!? That's not all, my friends- you can't have just one Warhol-esque Marilyn- you need at least two! Here's the other side:

 

 

I didn't want to give it to her, quite honestly. I LOVE IT AND I WANT IT! She absolutely adores it and has proudly worn it everywhere- she's a great billboard.

 

I got the inspiration from Becky from beck's blog- you've probably seen her Marilyn afghan- absolutely freaking gorgeous!

 

This was the first time I felted Tunisian crochet- worked really well! It was also the first time I put a zipper in a purse:

 

 

 

SQUEE! I had to figure out how to do it all by my lonesome, but I did it. I don't know if it's done the "correct" way, but it does work and actually came out decently. The lining is absolutely beautiful. It has a shiny silver backing to it that makes it shimmer. It also makes it a bear to hand sew!! Seriously- sewing those handles and the lining into the bag was probably the hardest thing I've done- I went through 2 needles! But, it was worth it- so gorgeous.

 

Here is a pre-felting pic so you can see just how big this sucker was:

 

 

Yeah- freakin' huge!

 

Now....to decide whether or not to make one for me....hmmm.....

 

http://gegecrochet.blogspot.com/2009/05/marilyns-birthday-greetings.html

[sharp61]

one word.....AWESOME!!!!!

[MarciMarie]

WOW!! That is truly a great job. How great that you learned new skills and made something fabulous! My SIL would LOVE this and ask for a James Dean too. Certainly, be proud of yourself!!

[craziebunny]

Beautiful!!

[Julexia]

That is totally fabulous! Great job!

[imanurse55]

Truly awesome!

[momo]

WOW that is absolutely amazing!

[goldenj32w2]

Wow, that is so cool! I never knew felting would shrink like that, I have never even tried, much less tried something so hard. It is truely amazing!

[Gege]

Thanks everyone! goldenj- I like to felt the heck out of my projects- I don't want any stitch definition at all. I find that they usually shrink by at least a third, sometimes even more, but not as much as a half. MarciMarie- hmmm.....James Dean........

[melkrose]

Wow! What amazing work!

[Lera]

Wow!!

[bearlycrocheting]

Wow! You did an awesome job. Great looking purse.

TFS,

Linda

[jenniferelyse74]

I love that bag. Beautiful. I checked out your blog and got a good chuckle over your felted ends. Sort of Marilyn meets Medusa.

 

Great job.

[Gege]

Haha! Thanks I soooo HATE to weave in ends- that Medusa Marilyn was quite a shock coming out of the washer....though, I think the "nose hair" was the most hysterical for me.

 

I love that bag. Beautiful. I checked out your blog and got a good chuckle over your felted ends. Sort of Marilyn meets Medusa.

 

Great job.

[Gardener]

Its awesome! Lucky sister!

[stitchgirl]

This is so cool. You did a really good job and I love it.

[suziebelle]

WOW from me too. It's great.

[heart]

Beautiful!

[I Create]

My DD would love it! I can't even imagine all the work in this one! I do the tunesian stitch but have never done designs on it.

[dlcopper]

This is absolutely gorgeous....

[JoBug]

You got TALENT!!!! Love it!!

[Aussie_Paula]

Wow you did an amazing job

[HisTechnoAngel]

as a big time Marliyn fan I am in awe of this!!!! :manyheartI LOVE IT!!!! ahhh!!!! Wayyyy out of my league though ... oh and mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm James Dean:cheer:manyheart

[cshell]

Just amazing! You do this in your SPARE time? Hate to see what you could produce if you really knuckled down and put your mind to it!

 

Shelley

[candiwv_]

Amazing job! You should be very proud.