My First Experience With Embroidery/Hand Stitching + Free Flower Pattern!

Hi friends!

So over mother's day I wanted to find a unique gift for my beloved mamacita. (It's a name we often use in our house for my mom. It's Spanish for "little mother" or "sweet mom")

I didn't want to spend a lot of money, or any money for that matter. It's not that I don't love my mom, it's quite the opposite really. She doesn't care much for store-bought gifts. My mom would much rather have something handmade, something she knows I put a lot of thought, time, and care into. That is why I like to make her things rather than buy them. Plus, it gives me a reason to branch out and try something new and creative. It's a win-win.

So I paroozed Pinterest and started seeing cute embroidery patterns.

I found this one to be especially stunning (and easy enough for a beginner):

If you click on the picture, it will take you to Dabbles and Babbles, a lovely little blog that has this free pattern on it! So download and print it if you like, she even has links to tutorials for all the different stitches.

My project didn't turn out as perfectly beautiful as hers, but it was satisfactory nonetheless.

I started with watching some of the stitching tutorials and memorized how to do each one. Then I printed out the pattern and taped it to the wall:

Then I went ahead and taped the fabric on. I traced the pattern with a pencil, which to be honest, took a lot of time. I'm not very patient. I didn't have a special water-soluble or whatever-its-called pen that people use for this. The pencil was really hard to transfer onto the burlap, so I would suggest investing in a fancy tracing pen or marker made especially for this sort of thing.

You want something that can erase because when you are done stitching, you don't want marks to show on your fabric. That's why I used a pencil. The ink dissolving pens made for this are supposed to disappear from the fabric when you iron it or get it wet. (in case you were wondering what I was talking about)