Several of my students have been working diligently on embroidery projects this year, and another has been completed! I’m so proud of my kiddos for their hard work on these projects. Jessie decided to turn her embroidery project into a pillow, so yesterday afternoon I ran out to Quilter’s Way (my favorite shop) to pick out a fabric for the back of the pillow. I was instructed to get “hot pink.” I picked two for her to choose from. She picked the one I thought she would–a marbled pink.

I showed her how to mark the fabric for cutting, lay it out, and pin. Then I taught her how to do the hand stitching. She was suspicious of the layout of the fabrics for stitching (right sides together). I tried to explain it in terms I thought she would understand, but finally just told her that when you sew, you have to sew the right sides together so that the stitches and raw edges are hidden. That’s when she finally got it. That’ll teach me to dumb it down! At one frustrating point, though, I did ask her, “Can you just trust me?”

She responded, “Oh this? No.” Gotta love the honesty.

She is terrified that it’s going to take her “forever” to hand stitch this pillow together, but I suspect she’ll have it all done by the middle of next week. It’s a Christmas present for her sister, so I know she wants to get it done. She’s motivated. She’ll concentrate on it and do it. I just know it. And then? You can see pictures of the beautiful finished product.