Our granddaughter had her first stitching lesson about six weeks ago. She is 2 1/2 years old and I knew she would like to be such a big girl by learning a bit about stitching. I took a square of a light yellow or cream colored fleece and placed it in an embroider hoop. I placed several skeins of embroidery floss and a tapestry needle in a bag so that she could have no fear of sticking herself with a needle as she stitched. The first floss she chose was pink. I knotted the floss after I threaded it through the needle. She then stuck the needle wherever she wanted and I drew it out so she could stick the needle wherever she wanted. When we ran out of floss on the needle, she could choose which floss she wanted to use next. She chose pink, red, purple and blue flosses. If you look closely, you will see that she took some very long stitches, so I topped the square with a piece of tulle before adding the inner and outer borders to turn the piece into a pillow. I think she is so proud of her first stitching.
This next project was made with strips of fabrics and then turned into potholders. So fun for fall.
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