One of the first crafts I remember doing is learning to stitch along-side my aunt and my mom’s mother. I am so thankful for their patience in teaching me things and for not thinking that a child of five was too little for a needle. My grandmother was a seamstress in Belfast and managed to raise five children on her own when her husband’s heart failed young. I have no idea how she did it. I remember her making me lovely dresses for church and the most beautiful needlework pieces for her home. I think I started with easy cross stitches and then crewel work but a life-long love of creating was born.
While I rarely hand stitch any longer, I do love adding touches of sewing in most projects. For Cath’s current Moxie Fab World Fun With Floss Challenge, I just couldn’t resist playing along. This card incorporates floss in three different ways: tied on a button, a border along the bottom with stitched embroidery floss scallops and in french knots along a piece of eyelet lace. I chose three eyelet holes along the pattern of the lace and then accented them with french knots, repeating along with the repeat in the lace.
Sew Special
The scalloped border is part of a piercing and stitching template by Every Thing Creative.
Supply List: Piercing template by Every Thing Creative, ribbon by Making Memories, embroidery floss by Bazzill, flower by Bazzill, vintage style button by Jenni Bowlin, Journaling note by Maya Road, Sew Special stamp set by Cornish Heritage Farms, butterfly by Jenni Bowlin, white pigment ink by Clearsnap
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