Oh my yes years ago, I taught myself and won a blue ribbon in the county fair for a pillow i did,this must have been 15 or more years ago. infact my eyes got so bad that when I was in calif several years ago i gave all my supplies away books thread everything the sad part, the year before i just rebuilt my thread stash to the toon of 300. its beautiful three dimentional embroidery.
Have a fantastic time learning this!!!
this is a link to what it looks like not my work unfortunatly it was before computers and digital cams
http://www.google.com/search?q=brazi...iw=956&bih=647