Do you hand stitch? Embroider? Cross stitch?
Or are you a knitter? Crochet?
My grandmother was a stickler for always having your hands busy, so I learned to crochet from my paternal gran and hand embroider from my maternal gran. I am sure I gave them both headaches being the only lefty in the family! LOL
Today I want to talk with you about hand stitching. Being left handed, I used to say I was 'allergic' to hand stitching. :-) Then I discovered cross stitching! Oh my! I have been cross stitching for years and love it! But, an opportunity arose to be a pattern tester for Chickadee Stitchery . I applied, not really knowing what I was doing but very curious about 'floss drops' and other ways to store my floss as I am stitching.
Jessica not only chose me to test for her, but sent a wonderful array of patterns, floss, bobbins and things to test and give feedback.
She sent these 2 adorable ornaments!
I had such fun stitching them and giving the polar bear life. :-)
And she sent an embroidery. I am still stitching, but I love it!
Isn't it adorable?
It sure brings back memories of stitching with my Gran. When I first started with Gran, I had my hoop propped on my thigh as I stitched-- can you guess what I did? Yes! I stitched my project to my pants! I was so bummed when Gran had to cut out all my stitches! Maybe that was why I decided I was allergic? :-)
Now, I so look forward to settling into my chair at night with my projects and just enjoying the process.
Thanks for stopping by!
I was so surprised to find comments on my last post! And so happy to know that someone is still out there!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!
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