I love hand work! All of my quilts to date have been hand quilted, and I have a handpieced project "in progress" as well as some English paper pieced hexagons. My mom taught me embroidery when I was about 8 or 9 using stamped embroidery and cross stitch kits. For years counted cross-stitch was my craft of choice. When my girls were little I did some smocking and really liked that, too. Huck embroidery was taught in my junior high home ec class back in the early 70's. Although I haven't done a lot of hand embroidery or cross stitch recently, I will be retiring in a month and hope to have time for more of the crafts I enjoy!
Carol