Lucy stitching it up!

It was a couple of days before the end of term, a bit tired and frazzled so a day at the studio for Lucy. Hanging out with mum was prescribed. Stitching was the cure.

These motifs are just perfect for all ages to learn basic embroidery stitches on. Lucy decided she would start this as a Christmas present for her teacher. The motif is the guide and with a little or alot of stitching they still look wonderful.  The embroidery hoop is a great help for little hands. It makes the fabric much easier to hold and keeps the panel at the correct tension so stitches aren't pulled too tight and the panel ends up a little too gathered.  This lessons the chances of  "Mum I can't do this" being cried out and then the project being given up in frustration. Lucy worked at this for a good couple of hours happy and content creating her own embroidery. Hot chocolate helped as well.

There is still some stitching to be done but there is a such sense of satisfaction in hand made. On returning home Henry,5, not to be outdone by his sister started one for Uncle Morgan and well it kept him still for hours! We love that.

Inspired by all this stitching by little hands we have put together a kit which together with the stitching guide including you can create this.

 Happy stitching Kirsten, Cath and Lucy.

Comments

[Kate]

Great job Lucy!!!

[Handmade]

Lovely work - all of your prints are superb for embroidery - bring it on!

[cathy]

Hi, this beautiful piece has just reminded me that I was going to try some kantha embroidery work. Love the fun blog ladies. Austrialian designs are always so good.

[Dana Barbieri]

Oh My. I love this. This is so great. I am just getting into stitching and my son who is 4 is rather interested in it as well. So great for the kids! I read about you two on P+P. Nice work!

[jenny]

How wonderful! My little nine year old sits and embroiders with me. I love it! I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one feeding a massive poppy flower fetish at the moment. They're addictive aren't they???