The snow suddenly came down again quite heavily this afternoon- so only four girls made it to Sewing Club this evening.
This term we are teaching them to embroider. We'd been given some iron-on transfers and a huge selection of floss, so the girls chose designs they liked and are stitching away...
...dolphins...
...fungi...
...and flowers...
There were a number of 'variegated' threads in the selection, and the girls were quite excited to see how they stitched.
I have to say, two adults with just four keen girls is great! It is so much easier to sort out stitching muddles when they occur. But I did miss the regular crowd of them chattering away, it seemed strangely quiet!
I remember my Grandma teaching me, patiently, to do lazy daisy stitch, back stitch and even French knots. Needless to say, I dont embroider now, just cross stitch.
ReplyDeleteTakes me back to the 1970s and hours of embroidery lessons at primary school - does anyone make tray cloths nowadays?! A while back we showed some of our stuff to my nieces who were astounded at the tiny stitches on the hems... stitches I was once told were too big. Times change!
ReplyDeleteI've never learned how to embroider and would love to one day. It always looks so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a sewing club to go to!
frances