Soft doodles!

Soft doodles!
Turn a drawing into a quick sewing project for children!
 
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Step 1You'll need...

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  • some scrap fabric, preferably a light color
  • an embroidery hoop
  • a water soluble marking pen
  • embroidery floss in bright colors
  • and large embroidery needles
  • an iron

If you're not familiar with embroidery, or you have older children that might like to learn more, check out my instructable on embroidery basics!

For younger children, you might need to thread the needle for them. Sometimes it's hard for little fingers to do those sorts of things!
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8 comments
Aug 14, 2009. 6:14 PMalbylovesscience says:
lol cats that are not cared for smell
Aug 12, 2009. 9:45 PMtarzioo says:
awesome! I've never really done any embroidery before but I think I might give it a go now! Oh and the Nicolas Cage is awesome, I liked his character on G-force lol. As soon as i heard the mole talk I was like "that's nicolas cage!!"
Aug 10, 2009. 4:02 PMOnePrettyThing says:
That is so cute and really similar to how I learned to embroider as well. So much fun! Thanks tons, I'll be linking.
Aug 10, 2009. 11:59 AMpaintchick says:
My mother taught me to embroider like this when I was a child, (some 40-odd years ago!) We used the embroidered pieces for pincushions, Barbie blankets and Barbie clothes. This was a great introduction to learn to sew, a skill which I use to this day. Thanks for the memories.
Aug 9, 2009. 5:32 PMWarlrosity says:
Nice

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