I am not the sort of person that can sit without doing anything; so yesterday afternoon I decided that we needed a quiet afternoon at home after school. I couldn't sew the doll's clothes in front of Cristina and all my other projects at the moment require concentration. So I started to do some simple embroidery using a back stitch. This all started a few months ago when I came across a book called the creative family. The book had lots of ideas most of which we already do at home but she had one that I knew I had to do. The writer is Amanda Soule and she has a lovely website. Here is her link http://soulemama.typepad.com and she also has a new book out soon that I'm looking forward to exploring.
Basically you just trace your children's drawings onto fabric, in my case calico and embroider them. A novel way to keep a picture when you have no more room for paper. So this is what I did with both Sofia's and Cristina's drawing. I only traced a few and left the project sitting there for a quiet moment. Well, I started and Sofia became so excited that she took one of her pictures away and we sat there on the couches listening to a lovely audio edition of Hans Christian Andersen stories read by Judy Dench. Bliss. Sofia's is the multi-coloured one. Mine is plain blue.
The calico I picked up from our local transfer station for only 50 cents. I will use the finished embroideries for a few pictures for my girls rooms and some cushions for the sitting room.
Here is the link if you are interested.
Basically you just trace your children's drawings onto fabric, in my case calico and embroider them. A novel way to keep a picture when you have no more room for paper. So this is what I did with both Sofia's and Cristina's drawing. I only traced a few and left the project sitting there for a quiet moment. Well, I started and Sofia became so excited that she took one of her pictures away and we sat there on the couches listening to a lovely audio edition of Hans Christian Andersen stories read by Judy Dench. Bliss. Sofia's is the multi-coloured one. Mine is plain blue.
The calico I picked up from our local transfer station for only 50 cents. I will use the finished embroideries for a few pictures for my girls rooms and some cushions for the sitting room.
Here is the link if you are interested.
hi catherine,
ReplyDeleteso nice that you have found p mouse! that is so sweet that your daughter is saving up for a caravan. i bet its getting cold down there - up here we are real softies with the cold!
happy stitching!
louise