Blatherskite

I meant to post this yesterday but didn’t get time to. oh well. I’m here now.

I’ve been really crafty lately and have lots to post on this subject. I thought I’d start with this. I ordered some Mitch O’Connell pin-up girl templates from Sublime Stitching and transfered them to a tea towel. This is one of the patterns. I’m not sure what caused me to order pin-up girls because I’m not really into them and I never have been, but oh well. This was really fun to do. I could really get into embroidery. Actually, I think I already have. I love it. It’s really fun and very easy to do. But, still, just challenging enough to keep my mind occupied. I could never really get into cross-stitch for some reason.

I remember really loving embroidery as a kid. My mom showed me how to do it and I really got into it. It’s something that my grandmother on my dad’s side really loved to do. She would embroider pillowcases and give them to us as gifts. I still have some of her beautiful pillowcases, stored away in my cedar chest. I think it’s kind of cool that I’m carrying on the hobbies of my two grandmothers. My Granny Franny loved embroidery and my Granny Mary loved knitting.

Embroidered Owl baby bib

I bought a Sublime Stitching embroidery kit at a bookstore last weekend and dove right in.  This is a baby bib for my newest nephew, Vaughn, whom I didn’t take pictures of when I was visiting him this past weekend (DOH!). Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this! I will be doing more of it in the future. In fact, I have been doing more of it. So I’ll show you more of what I’ve done in another post.

I really love these patterns. They are cute in a way that isn’t too sugary sweet.

And that’s about all I have to say about that.