I meant to post this yesterday but didn’t get time to. oh well. I’m here now.
I’ve been really crafty lately and have lots to post on this subject. I thought I’d start with this. I ordered some Mitch O’Connell pin-up girl templates from Sublime Stitching and transfered them to a tea towel. This is one of the patterns. I’m not sure what caused me to order pin-up girls because I’m not really into them and I never have been, but oh well. This was really fun to do. I could really get into embroidery. Actually, I think I already have. I love it. It’s really fun and very easy to do. But, still, just challenging enough to keep my mind occupied. I could never really get into cross-stitch for some reason.
I remember really loving embroidery as a kid. My mom showed me how to do it and I really got into it. It’s something that my grandmother on my dad’s side really loved to do. She would embroider pillowcases and give them to us as gifts. I still have some of her beautiful pillowcases, stored away in my cedar chest. I think it’s kind of cool that I’m carrying on the hobbies of my two grandmothers. My Granny Franny loved embroidery and my Granny Mary loved knitting.
Blatherskite 
do you just do one type of stitch for the lines-are are there multiple? I have a few cool transfers-very similar, but afraid to start as I have mainly does cross and there are no “directions” telling you which stitch to use. BTW -LOVE IT! and I am now going to unbury my transfers-after you answer my question 🙂
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Hi Maria! I'm a total newbie and only know a few stitches. My favorite one is the backstitch. It makes a nice, clean line. For the hair and the outline I used all 6 threads of embroidery, but for the face I used 3 threads. In retrospect, I should have only used 3 throughout. Six threads is too bulky. There are some really good tutorials on the Sublime Stitches website: http://www.sublimestitching.com/howto.htmlI pretty much just used her book to teach me the really basic stitches I've been using. It looks like her website has the same info as her book. I can't wait to see what you're going to do! Post it on Facebook when you do it, pretty please? 🙂
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