Originally Posted by
misseva
I learned to embroidery in Vacation Bible School when I was about 10 or so. Start out with a pattern that you can get at WalMart, iron it on to a piece of muslin & just start stitching the stem stitch (or outline stitch). Most patterns give you directions on how to make the stitches. I always use DMC embroidery thread. They never discontinue colors.
Seems like my Mom always had some embroidery (along with sewing clothes, curtains, etc) sitting around--she either did handwork or read a book while watching TV. Can remember in 2nd grade Blue Birds (jr. CampFire Girls) we learned to embroidery a tea towel for our Mom's for Mother's Day--a picture of a Blue Bird on a Dogwood branch--well, this was when EVERY girl wore skirts to school so we were all in uniforms with skirts and about half of us sewed the tea towels to our skirts!