Embroidered iPhone!

Hey, there.  Guess what I did.  I embroidered my iPhone!

I have been enviously looking at blogs where people have embroidered their iPhone for weeks now.  In fact, I was thinking of the idea before I even saw it on any blog, and then it appeared on a lot of craft blogs.  After a quick search on Google, I found a cheap website to order from.  I ordered a couple (because they were so cheap).  After a week of hearing nothing other than PayPal releasing my money to a Chinese company, I thought I’d get in contact with them.  Using a type of instant messaging service, I spoke with a customer sales representative who had very broken English (which made me thankful for the instant messaging because I could diagram the sentences in my head when they were really bad—dork!).  This representative said that the products I ordered were, “on order behind.”  This means backordered.  They did not know when/if the product would be received, ever, so then they refunded my money.

So then, I followed a link from a blog that swore quick shipping by both the American writer and many of the commenters.  I ordered it, and in one short week, I received a package from Korea.  Inside was my shiny new cross stitch iPhone case.  I’ve had this case since September and have been anxiously wanting to stitch it.  I could not figure out what to put on it.  A whale perhaps?  “Domestigay,” maybe?  One of the included patterns of Superman?  The traditional, “Jason,” you know to make sure everyone knew who I was.  No.  Then last week, Boyfriend and I went to the bookstore and I got to page through two books I’ve been dying to get my hands on—Push Stitchery and Hoopla.  I was so inspired I decided I needed to have embroidery in my daily life.  I decided I’d tackle on the iPhone case.  Even though my canvas is for cross stitch, I used an embroidery stitch to design the cover.  The herringbone stitch is one of my favorites. So, without plotting I just took off stitching.  I started with a light grey, then moved onto a darker grey and a d

arker grey, ending the row early.  At the end, I thought the stitched sides needed to be (mildly) connected, so I embroidered Xs (aka large and spaced out cross stitches) down the center.  I am quite happy with the results.  For my next techno stitch, I want to get this MacBook case and embroider it!  Where will the madness stop!?

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November 28, 2011 | Categories: boyfriend, craft, cross stitch, diy, domestigay, embroidery, homosexual, movember, queer | Tags: Arts, craft, Cross-stitch, diy, domestic arts, domestigay, Embroidery, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, homosexual, iPhone, Men's health, Moustache, Movember, Needlework | 2 Comments