Introduction: SnackBag [Needle and Thread]
My name is Caterina and I am a beginner at embroidery (by day I am a teacher, a researcher and a mum). My husband (whose account I'm using) is a fan of instructables and I found out about the Scoochmaroo Challenge by chance. I then read the rules for the challenge and found out that, being from Italy, I could not participate officially. Still, I'd like to share my small work with you all.
It all started because my daughter is going to primary school this year and I had to label everything with her name (pens, erasers, books, napkins, bags, etc.). I decided to try embroidery and found that I really like it.
Every day, my daughter takes to school a snack for mid-morning break. Her teachers want kids to eat healthy, so they asked us to give them fruit. As I needed a small bag to put her snack in and I wanted to convince her to eat fruit, I embroidered this recycled bag. I was inspired by "Alice in Wonderland" for the words and my daughter's teachers for the drawing. Being a beginner, I chose something really easy. I drew the design on the bag with a pencil and then selected the colours. I taught myself embroidery using you-Tube videos (BTW. Thanks Wendi Gratz, you are great!!!). I used two different stitches (I think one is called chain stitch and the other one stem stitch).
It all started because my daughter is going to primary school this year and I had to label everything with her name (pens, erasers, books, napkins, bags, etc.). I decided to try embroidery and found that I really like it.
Every day, my daughter takes to school a snack for mid-morning break. Her teachers want kids to eat healthy, so they asked us to give them fruit. As I needed a small bag to put her snack in and I wanted to convince her to eat fruit, I embroidered this recycled bag. I was inspired by "Alice in Wonderland" for the words and my daughter's teachers for the drawing. Being a beginner, I chose something really easy. I drew the design on the bag with a pencil and then selected the colours. I taught myself embroidery using you-Tube videos (BTW. Thanks Wendi Gratz, you are great!!!). I used two different stitches (I think one is called chain stitch and the other one stem stitch).