I recently came across Debbie Smyth’s art on Pinterest…..and was floored. It is AMaZinG. She draws with thread. I would LOVE to own one of these pieces!

 

Photo source Debbie Smyth

Photo source Debbie Smyth

 

I have all this beautiful baker’s twine (from the Twinery) and decided to try some thread art myself:

 

I found this paper where Boo wrote her full name “Sienna” for the first time last year:

 

….and made it into artwork using twine:

These shadow boxes are on clearance at Michael’s right now for $5:

I used white spray paint to cover the brown frame:

 

 

I took out the foam back of the shadow box and replaced it with an 8″x10″ piece of hardboard:

 

I marked dots on Boo’s letters at every twist, curve and turn:

I taped the paper to the top of the hard board and nailed a 3/4″ brad nail into each dot:

 

Lots o’ nails:

 

Once all the nails were in place I carefully pulled off the paper:

 

 

Then I took baker’s twine, knotted it around one nail and then started to wind and loop the twine back and forth around the nails to form each letter:

 

I used different colors to make it more whimsical:

Boo is much better at writing her name now but still gets her “e” backwards every once in a while. This writing was from a year ago and it is forever sculpted in thread:

 

Father’s Day is coming up! How about some baker’s twine art made from one of your child’s drawings!