embroidery

I love embroidery. It is sweet and simple and easy. It adds so much to any project. This little pillow was such a simple thing. I think it belongs on a white shelf in this little girl's room, with some other sweet things to go along. I started this for a friend when she had her little one (Oct 2008) and have now finally finished it. It sat around for a while! This pattern is from a dress pattern I ordered from thehandmadedress.blogspot.com she has wonderful dresses. They are so cute, and not hard to sew. NO buttons or zippers, just elastic. And she has larger sizes (10- 12 years old) which is so hard to find. And the dresses are modest, also hard to find!

This little pattern is from the great little stitchette patterns made by Hillary Lang at weewonderfuls.typepad.com . You can order the seasonal stitchettes for about $15, and you get them via PDF. Each season has 4 embroidery patterns, so that is 12 patterns! She suggests doing a split stitch. That is my favorite stitch. If you don't know how, you can easily find out with a search.

You can do so many things with just the knowledge of a split stitch. Just trace a simple drawing onto some light colored fabric, or gingham, just whatever, with a pencil. You just get your pencil real sharp, tape down your drawing (or a name), tape your fabric over that, then lightly trace. I go over my drawing with a black marker to make it easier to see through the fabric. You could also tape it all to a window with the sun shining through, then trace it. Anyway, you just need a little hoop, needle, and thread and your off. Oh, and scissors!

I JUST realized how much I use the word "just"--blogging is an eye opener to my bad grammar, terrible spelling (I had to do a spell check for scissors!), and lack of interesting descriptive words, you know, adjectives! I only just discovered what an adverb really is when I taught it to my children a couple of years ago. How did I miss that?! Who am I?!