07 October 2009

8-Layered Tank

Last night, I finished cutting out the felt foundation for my beaded M1 Abrams main battle tank. There are 13 felt pieces total.

U.S. Military M1 Abrams main battle tank sketch drawing bead embroidery project
Now stitched together, my tank is 8 layers thick (3/4"), measuring 16" wide x 5.5" tall (40 x 13cm).

U.S. Military M1 Abrams main battle tank sketch drawing bead embroidery project

Now, I can finally start picking out some seed beads & parts for wheels! What colour do you think it should be?

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6 comments:

the Lost Earring said...

Super neat! I was envisioning blue and green but it seems like many colors would work great :)

missbreezysbox said...

Make it the shade of green military tanks are. Who knows, maybe the Army will buy the finished product from you. Great work with the shape.

Barbara said...

What colour do you think it should be?

Depends on what you want to say with it, I suppose.... do you want to be realistic or do you want to make commentary with it, in rainbow colors?

What does TLB's Muse say? :)

Sometimes Saintly Nick said...

That tank's looking better each time I drop by. Hood job!

Snowcatcher said...

Amazing! Love, love, love the jackolantern, too!

Mo said...

oooh a tank. Looking forward to following this one.