Macklemore Make-up Bag

As you may know I love a bit of Macklemore, and it turns out I also love embroidering his lyrics.

This lyric from 'Thin Line' always stands out to me and thought it fitting that it should go on the side of a make-up bag.

I printed out the words in a font I liked and traced them on to the fabric using a light box. Then I put the fabric in an embroidery hoop and got through lots of episodes of Grey's Anatomy as I sewed.

I made the make-up bag the same way I made all these. I gave it a black lining to match the stitching on the front.

What do you think?

Macklemore Embroidery

Have you ever searched 'rap embroidery' on Pinterest? I have, and I love it. It's the perfect juxtaposition.

The lyric I chose to sew isn't very gangsta, but it is from Macklemore. I got his album The Heist for Christmas and I can been seen bustin my moves to it that morning in my Christmas video. This lyric is from the first song on the album, 10,000 hours.

I was just going to embroider the words on to plain white fabric but then I had a brain wave to paint some colour on to the fabric first, since the lyric does mention art. I used fabric paints and copied the style of the painted skirt I made.

I drew the words on to the fabric with a pencil and sewed over them with a double strand of black embroidery thread.

When the sewing was finished and I'd ironed the fabric I wrapped it around a board that used to be the back of a picture frame so it already has a hanging hook. I folded the fabric and sewed the corners together, then put a little UHU glue along the inside.

I really love how this turned out and am already thinking what my next embroidery project will be.