Sues Sparkely Stitch Along.

Monday. Its one of them days. We all get up, tired, wishing it was still the weekend, wishing we could have that elusive extra hour, wondering what the week will bring. But that should not be your Monday KNS fans, no, your Monday should be filled with excitement and anticipation of the frills to be experienced at your evening with your KNS friends! Yep, and this Monday is no exception folks. We are back at trusty old New Bradwell Community Centre, and to celebrate our return we are having a little informal stitch along.
I have gathered some stuff so we can all have a little play with design transfer for hand embroidery. I am loving having a play with this at the mo, the beauty being its ability to beautify the dull and worn. Vamp up an old t-shirt, tart up an old apron, give an old cushion cover a little lift. Yep, I reckon, if you can draw on it, you can probably embroiderer (is that a word?) it. I recently stretched my skull and roses piece onto a wood frame and its sits on my antique cabinet looking just fabulous.
So what do you need? Nothing really as we have lots of stuff to start you (apart from embroidery hoops which we had trouble sourcing in bulk) But if you so wish....  needles, if you have a embroidery hoop you might find that helpful, (do you have any spare ones to bring you can possibly lend to another member?), do you have anything you thing you might like to embroider, a tea towel, a table cloth, a piece of clothing... (if not that's not an issue because we have some nice material to get you all started ) threads you might like to use (again we have a load in group to get you started) embellishments you might like to add to your design (beads, buttons.....etc), a design to transfer... If you have not embarked on embroidery before we recommend a simple pattern such as...

We will have lots of sample patterns on hand for you to use, things you need to transfer a pattern,  embroidery stitch instructions, material, threads, and a shed load of cake and inspiration.

 

Looking forward to tomorrow KNS fans. See you there yeah?

 

Big Love and keep stitching Sue x