Who Taught You To Stitch?
Monday September 10, 2007
My love for handwork was first born in me while sitting at my Grandmother's knee watching her create her beautiful quilts. I still have many in my collection that she made for me. Two in particular are my favorites - there are several squares made from my baby clothes in each, which as my ten-year-old niece would tell you, means that the quilts are very old.
Who taught you to stitch? Vote in the Poll and let us know. Use the comments section below to share your first project stories or tell us about your beginner trials and successes.
Resources for Beginning Stitchers:If you have a question about Cross Stitch, post it in the About.com Cross Stitch Forum. There are a great number of experienced stitchers who love to help who are regular participants in the Forum.
Comments
In 1978 I worked for a bank. Every time you went into the break room there was someone sitting there stitching. Come to find out there was a cross stitch store in the basement called The Strawberry Stitchery. I went in one day and told them I’d like to learn. One of the owner’s took the time to helped me pick out my pattern, material and floss. She then showed me how to stitch. Her version of stitching was to stitch in a vertical row. Therefore my backs look like my fronts. And this also gives the project more support. Makes frogging easier too! I still have friends an family who can’t tell the back from the front until I tell them to turn the piece around. When I take a piece to a frame shop I have to mark the back for them. LOL