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Pinterest Made Me Do It :: Embroidered Map

January 6, 2014 by Ashley Mayes 14 Comments

I’m back at the “Pinterest Made Me Do It” posts; at least for this week. =)

I saw this embroidered map on Pinterest a month ago and fell in love.

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On our travel gallery wall, we have a world map that is magnetic. We have different magnetic balls placed where we traveled. We love the map, but it doesn’t have a breakdown of the United States. So, that’s where this little project comes in. I thought it would be fun to do the United States and we will cross them off only when we have traveled to each state as a family of three. Luke and I have been to most of the states, but we want Greyson to continue to take an active part in our travels.

Step 1: Gather your supplies. I picked up the embroidery thread and hoop at JoAnn’s. I used a coupon and I think it came to about $3.20. I have quite the fabric stash, so I dug through that to get a piece that would work.

Step 2: Print or draw (which Luke did by hand – our printer isn’t working right now) a map and tape it to a window. Make sure your map is small enough to fit in the embroidery hoop.

united states map DIY

Step 3: Tape your fabric over the map and use a Sharpie to trace the United States.

tracing map on to fabric using window light

4. Put your fabric in your embroidery hoop and start filling in the places you have traveled.

DIY united states map wall art

Embroidered United States Wall Art

I really like how it turned out. Each time we travel with Greyson we can fill it in and I think he will really enjoy that. Now, I just need to add it to the travel gallery wall.

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Some of my past “Pinterest Made Me Do It” posts include: Creating a cursive quote art, How-To Clean a Mattress and a Photoshop tutorial for get a circle cut picture.

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  1. Charlotte @ couldntkeepit2myself

    January 6, 2014 at 11:02 am

    I love this! Such a cool idea. And, uh, totally impressed that Luke hand drew that. I think he missed an opportunity in Art/Graphic Deign! =)

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    • Ashley Mayes

      January 6, 2014 at 1:44 pm

      Thanks! It’s funny that you say that about him. What first attracted me to him was that he was an artist. He used to paint, draw, doodle… all the time. He had a sketch book that he used and I used to always love looking through it. He doesn’t do it much anymore ( I think the lack of personal time is what is lacking), but I do enjoy it when he does. If I’m lucky, I get hand-doodled love notes…my favorite. =)

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  2. [email protected]

    January 6, 2014 at 11:25 am

    Love this idea! i should do this with Europe for my kiddos. Looks great

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    • Ashley Mayes

      January 6, 2014 at 1:42 pm

      Thanks Julia! You could also do some sort of yarn stitching for each individual trip…kinda like showcasing a road trip. =)

      Reply
  3. Ashley

    January 7, 2014 at 9:02 am

    Love this so much!

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    • Ashley Mayes

      January 7, 2014 at 1:14 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  4. Megan

    April 13, 2014 at 9:02 am

    I love this! We have a giant school map (the vintage pull down type) in our son’s room but this would be a fun addition as we continue our travels. Plus the customizable colors is nice!

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    • Ashley Mayes

      April 13, 2014 at 4:00 pm

      I’ve been looking for one of those pull down maps. I love those!

      Reply
  5. Heather

    February 25, 2017 at 9:08 am

    I love this and would like to make it just wanted an explanation on how you filled in the states. Did you see around the outline of the state first and then wrap your thread under each stitch??

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      March 7, 2017 at 9:19 am

      I just went over and under on the state lines.

      Reply
  6. Renate

    September 9, 2017 at 5:23 am

    Love IT! What type of embroidery fabric did you use?

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    • Ashley Mayes

      September 11, 2017 at 10:01 am

      I just used some linen scrap fabric that I had.

      Reply
  7. Melissa

    August 8, 2018 at 7:23 am

    How are you going to/did you fill in the Great Lakes? Love this!

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    • Ashley Mayes

      August 16, 2018 at 10:12 am

      We haven’t been yet but that would be a fun addition!

      Reply

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