Embroidery is fun
Jenny Hart taught me how to embroider at Maker Faire Austin in October. When my 11-year-old daughter saw my handiwork, she decided to give it a try herself. Instead of using an iron-on pattern, she used a pencil to draw an elephant on a tea-towel. She embroidered it while Carla and I went out to dinner and presented it to us as a gift when we got home.
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Wonderful! I'm glad to see these skills being carried on. Your daughter does nice work.
I learned to embroider when I was very young, following my Grandma's ink-pen lines on a tea towel - fond memories, and my mom still uses it to wrap holiday bread rolls.
Great work 11yr old Frauenfelder!
That's priceless. Keep it up!
Best. Elephant. Ever!
So adorable! Both the elephant (which looks stylized and professional to me) and the fact that she gave it to you as a gift. It almost makes me want to have younguns of my own some day.
What I really like about the current crafting trend is that beginners are being encouraged to think outside the pre-packaged kit. When I learned (at age 8) years ago, kits were about the only way embroidery was being passed on.
I also love seeing something other than cross-stitch, which has come to overdominate the embroidery world. There's such a world of interesting stitches out there and so many neat effects you can get. (looks like your daughter was trying stem stitch)
I learned to embroider in the late 60s. This gave my dad the shivers because it was a "girl thing." That Rosie Grier, one of the LA Rams Fearsome Foursome, embroidered too was no consolation.
It made a lot more sense than paint by numbers.
Awesome! It sure beats the hell out of those crayon drawings mom put on the refrigerator when I was a kid.
It's very cute, but it's a dead elephant.
#8...Erm...I chose to interpret that x as a twinkle in its eye. The ruddy hue of its hide says it's quite vital.
Super cute! What an awesome gift.