As of late, I've had an intense urge to learn the art of embroidery. I knew Aunt Mary had excelled at this, as she had in all things crafty, so I pulled out her sewing basket. Inside I found all the things I needed to get started: a hoop, embroidery needles, and an abundance of embroidery floss.
I have yards and yards of muslin that I bought sometime in junior high, back when I was determined to teach myself to quilt (it didn't go over so well the first time), so I cut a 24 by 18 inch piece, found a drawing of a flower that I liked, traced it onto the muslin, and commenced embroidering.And a tea towel was born.
It was easier than I thought, and oh, so very fun.
I found the how to page over at Sublime Stitching very helpful. I also enjoyed looking through this:
Just another treasure from Aunt Mary's sewing basket.
13 comments:
Great Job Belina!
whatever! get back down here RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!! that is a fantastic tea towel! oh, the possibilities!
Why is that tea towel hanging on a fence in the out-of-doors?
Because it is a FLOWER.
And it's a TRELLIS for FLOWERS.
Geez, lady. Is there anything you can't do?
I am so freaking jealous. You are so crafty and talented. One day when you go see Kim I'm coming up and we're all going to learn a thing or two from you.
Wow, you blow me away! They look like they came out of a magazine.
I'll be needin to learn, do you do lessons?
Love it!
Thanks, guys! Sure, Heather, I'll do some lessons, but you would need to come up here and visit me!
I love it!!! That turned out great i am getting into embroidering and loving it- if only I could get my hand on all that floss- what a wonderful gift
Cute, cute! Pretty sure even embroidering tea towels counts as nesting... and, despite how you may feel, you are SO NOT huge. I should send you some pics to make you feel better... hmm... maybe not.
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