embroidery

I have always loved looking at embroidery. I have a beautiful tea towel set that Micah's grandmother made for me when we got married. I have a quilt that my grandma made me when we got married, and some pillowcases from both of these grandmas too. Both of the boys have a quilt that my mom embroidered, and Jaden has one that my grandma embroidered. None of these are used in our house because I dont want anything to happen to any of it! Haha!

I recently got into it for myself and am having so much fun! My mom had taught me a few of the embroidery stitches last year when I made a stocking for Jaden, and it has helped me get started. 

I had this pattern from Micah's grandma, but it wasn't transferring, so Micah drew it on for me. I was pretty impressed with his skills.

It's my very first attempt at embroidery, and I still have the filling in on the birds to finish, but I think its so pretty so far!

I am enjoying looking around online at different patterns. There are some realllly cute vintage ones out there!  I think I am going to try to make my own of a chandelier and hang it in our bedroom. Modernize it up a bit.