Yes indeed, we’re ready to hit the books tonight because I’m the Teacher got finished this morning. I just love the idea behind this piece. All you need to finish it off is a picture of the teacher’s face. You can personalize it as well. Maybe change the color of the hair, or of the sweater. Add some “tape” to the pictures, by putting diagonal stitches of Water n’Ice in the corners. So many things to make it special. And this doesn’t have to be a gift only for your child’s teacher. Why not make it as a graduation gift for someone going into teaching? What about a retirement gift for a friend or beloved teacher? I keep thinking of more reasons why you will want to stitch this delightful piece
Monthly Archive:: October 2007
Earlier this week on one of my discussion groups, someone asked about what kinds of aids there were for stitchers who had suffered a stroke and thereby lost use of one hand. This is a subject close to my heart, because my initial MS attack was misdiagnosed as a stroke for over five years (until I had a second ) attack. Many of the problems I’ve had are similar to those people with strokes have. Obviously the most useful tool here is a stand. which holds your needlework firmly in place. There are many kinds of stands from ones which sit on the floor, to ones which sit on your lap. They are big investments, which improve anyone’s stitching, so test out some and think about how and where you stitch before buying. Scissors can be a real problem, but Fiskars makes a pair of shears with short blades which
My current project and stitch guide is this picture frame from Sandy Grossman-Morris. It’s part of her Picture It! series and will make and outstanding gift. Finish it as a frame and add the face of your favorite teacher. Don’t you just love it! Pieces like this give you such a great opportunity to play with stitches which mimic different textures. T Stitch done with Rainbow Gallery’s Subtlety gives the textured background of construction paper on the pictures. Flair and Horizontal Gobelin make a great, bright flag. Vineyard Silk Classic makes a lovely sweater. Bath done in two directions in an hand-dyed Pearl Cotton makes a wonderful desk. Today I’m hoping to finish the house picture and the books and get further along on the alphabet freize