Stitched Street Art

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  Step 1

  Begin by looking up the street on Google Maps street view. Carefully sketch the buildings onto tracing paper, making sure to capture all the major outlines, windows and doors.

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  Step 2

  Cut a piece of cork board and thick card to the size of your box frame.

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  Step 3

  When you're happy with your sketch, place it on top of the card and set up your sewing machine with black thread.

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  Step 4

  Start by stitching along the outline of the building and any long straight lines.

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  Step 5

  Once you're comfortable sewing through the card, go onto the smaller details like windows and doors.

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  Step 6

  Keep stitching adding as much detail as you can to the drawing. When you're done, tear away the tracing paper from the card and trim down any excess threads.

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  Step 7

  Place the card on top of the cork board and press some tack pins at either side of the long leading lines of the drawing.

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  Step 8

  Wrap black embroidery thread around the tacks, hightling the outlines of the building and leading lines of the image.

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  Step 9

  Keep adding threads until you have a nice 3D design of your sketch. Tr

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  Step 10

  Place in the shadow box and you're done!

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