Yesterday was Dada's birthday. For about a week the kids and I have been planning and working on a little project. I thought this would be a good way for the kids to gift something they designed themselves but that had a bit more longevity and presentation than a piece of paper.
I used the embroidery hoop to draw a ring on a piece of paper then asked them each to draw a picture for Dad. I then traced it on to some linen and tried to match the colours from my embroidery collection.
Had we been a little more organised I might've gotten those wee hands to do some of the stitching. On this occassion I did it, however, don't for a moment think that they didn't have complete creative control. 'I want the dress pink and my eyes blue' and 'All dark blue, like Spiderman. Do it on the line Mama. And can you do his tail now? He needs more tail.'
Now we must decide where to hang our pictures.
It was lovely to do a little embroidery. I don't do it often enough. Each time I do I find it so enjoyable. And because I had a little Japanese embroidery book with me whilst I did this I now have a few requests for other embroidered items. Hmmmm, can I find the time...? Somewhere, yes. It is ever so hard to stop knitting at the moment though.
The morning after, this is all that's left of the cake. By clear decision making of our little man it is a vanilla cake with passionfruit icing. Taste testing allowed him to decide one whole passionfruit made it taste just passionfruity enough. He was right you know. It was 'alicious.'
I love to embroider too. I was just thinking that I need to put together a little traveling kit so I can grab it and take it with me-maybe I would do it more often that way!
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Yes, it is so lovely to embroider. I found these appeared quite quickly once I sat down. And to have it there just to grab quickly, great idea. Take care, Katie.
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