There is something about creating. It is calming and enjoyable. While learning about the trinity {We loved the book, 3 in 1.}, I decided to introduce the boys to embroidery, not that I really know how to do it properly. I’ve enjoyed playing around with it when making birthday crowns or bean bags. In keeping with our discussion of the trinity, they each chose a symbol to represent the trinity: an apple, the fleur-de-lis and three concentric circles.
We drew our outline on some scraps of fabric I had lying around, selected some embroidery thread and set to work. A quiet sense of fascination and satisfaction took over our home. Aside from a mishap with the thread here and there, they were busy at work and I was able to pull out the Bible and commence with some more of our reading I pulled out some verses showcasing the trinity and read them to the boys. It was amazing to see how when their hands were kept busy, their minds could focus on our reading…
We also ended up tackling a recent read-aloud book, From the Mixed-Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler, while they worked.
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Heather
What size hoop and needle did you start them out in? I’m clueless right now when it comes to things like this….
I used a large embroidery needle that has a large head to thread the embroidery floss through. I don’t think there is a right or wrong size hoop. I used what I had from my grandmothers things. I will say that the kids seemed to have an easier time with the smaller embroidery hoop. I believe it was about 4-5 inches in diameter.
Great information.
Thank you.
What a wonderful post!! I love the pictures! My sisters and I did cross stitch when we were young and always enjoyed it. This post inspires me to get the girls into a project! Thanks!
I used to do that all the time. My favorite was counted cross stitch however. They did a very good job.
What a very creative and productive idea!!! 🙂 You’ve inspired me to incorporate this into our read aloud time. My son loves to sew by hand, but I’ve never thought to have his embroider! 🙂
I bet he’ll love it! My boys loved getting to pick their own design and then the simplicity of it all!