Czepuryk - S is for Stitch: 52 Embroidered Alphabet Designs + Charming Projects for Little Ones

Text copyright 2012 by Kristyne Czepuryk

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My big sister was given a needlepoint canvas kit of a purple elephant standing on grass in the sun. I begged her to let me do some stitches. (We had a very typical big sister-little sister relationship.) She finally gave in to my pleading and let me to do one yellow stitch in the sun, in the cornerthat was my first stitch.

Later, when I was in Brownies, I made a pink felt mushroom pincushion decorated with French knots. I also remember a Holly Hobbie tapestry kit that I got for Christmas.

My mom bought me a kit to make a pillow with candlewickinga form of whitework embroidery that traditionally uses unbleached cotton thread on a piece of unbleached muslin. It was decidedly nonbeginner, with padded satin stitches and bullion knots. My mom entered that pillow into a fall fair and it won second place. I was about twelve years old, and I seemed to have a knack for embroidery.

My first home economics assignment in eighth grade was a simple patchwork pillow with sixteen squares. The first one I made was with salvaged bits of an old sundress and blue jeans. I wasnt satisfied with the results because I knew I could do better. So I found a remnant of blue-and-white-striped fabric from the Roman blinds in my bedroom, cut sixteen more identical squares, and arranged them to look like a basket weave. But I really wanted to impress my teacher, so I embroidered over every seam with a variety of stitches I found in a craft book. It was beautiful. And I got 100% on the assignment.

Crafting is in my genes. My mom is a very practical lady, and her craftiness was usually put to use for functional applications resulting from limited funds. She made her wedding dress, our Halloween costumes, and my high-school prom dress; she mended; and she knit mittens and afghans. She rarely made anything just because. But everything she made was done beautifully and with love.

For me, its all about the making, not the having. Im always happy when Im stitching and sewing, whether by hand or machine. I love having something to stitch when Im watching TV or waiting for my girls while theyre at extracurricular activities. Ill sit and stitch just about anywherefamily gatherings, piano lessons, dance class, gymnastics practice, airplanes, hotel rooms, and hospital waiting rooms my minivan seriously. Thats one of my favorite things about embroidery, its portability. You can take it almost anywhere. If youre a stitcher, youre never bored.

And now, I love combining my love of quilting with embroidery. These two forms of needlework make a great partnership, and I loved designing the two embroidered quilts and fun little projects in this book.