It was my boyfriend, Wes’s birthday yesterday but we are celebrating it tonight where I’m giving him his gifts and where we plan to drink a meter of beer. Being the DIY/Thrift-obsessed person that I am I decided to make him a gift as well as find something spectacular at a thrift store. Wes is obsessed with bikes (he has four) and doesn’t have any decorations on his wall. (Yes two unrelated things but I’m coming to that.) He also loves t-shirts, weird right? He has over sixty t-shirts, plain shirts, patterned shirts, wolf shirts, and band shirts. So for his birthday I decided to hand embroider a picture of a bike so he can hang it on the wall AND find him a hilarious vintage t-shirt.
Bike Picture:
I used a backstitch for the frame and a chain stitch for the wheels. Check out the videos below on how to perform these stitches.
A Handy Video on how to do a backstitch
How To Do a Chain Stitch
The T-shirt
I found this funny T-shirt at Common Sort, an awesome consignment store on Queen East. It has a small collection but every item is special. Watch for a full review in the next two weeks!
Final Thoughts
I hope he likes it! Tell me what you think!
PS. It’s all about the guys today! Check out My Vintage Addiction’s post on GeorgeAccessories
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Super awesome post! I have wanted to learn to embroider things, I am just not sure if I have the patients.
Hope you have an awesome evening and can walk after your meter of beer.
Super cute t!! I’m sure he’ll love it.
I love the idea for wall art.
lools good but aren’t they for boys?
@Crystal Thank-you! Embroidering is time consuming but it’s so relaxing. It’s the perfect thing to do while watching a movie.
We did have an awesome evening! Almost didn’t make it but we conquered the metre
@Ran thanks! He did like it
@Dad yes! I got this for Wes dad! (Love you!)
Thanks for your comments everyone!