learn to embroider

I am inordinately proud of this bib for my niece. Patterns from Sublime Stitching.

I recently saw an article in a magazine talking about learning a craft like embroidery and it showed a few examples of finished pieces. I thought “I could totally do that!”

I ordered a kit online from Sublime Stitching. They specialize in funky, cool patterns (vintage tattoos, pirates, pinups, Vegas, martinis, robots, naughty librarians, monkeys, zombies… you get the idea.) Hopefully this will be something I can do, considering I have NO sewing experience at all – I mean, not even buttons that have fallen off my clothes.

Just in case the kit doesn’t come with detailed instructions (for craft-challenged individuals such as myself) I bought a book called “Doodle Stitching” as backup.