Teaching Children Needlepoint

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March 15, 2008 at 9:46 am

(1) Ruth del Valle says:

I was 6 yo when my granny taught me backstitch point. A little dog, with a ball, that was my favourite blouse (no T-shirts those days), from that day, I embroidered with many thread (no yarn) colors. Everything I made, my mom showed so proud, now you can watch at the gallery some of my work!! It is a nice skill I discovered I have. I highly recommend to teach your kids simple things, as a greeting card, for Mom or Dad (so it stay at home), and show off. Just to share, Ruth

March 19, 2008 at 1:09 am

(2) Minerva Walker says:

For a child to learn sewing, they must be comfortable and familiar with thread and yarn and needles, and know how to use them. I can’t remember a time that I did not sew — or thread a needle, or make a knot on the thread by using the thumb and forefinger. Scraps were always available for me to use– and many childhood hours were spent on my porch with my playmates back in the 30’s– as we made Yoo-yoo circles, sewing them together for doll coverlets,accessories, pillow tops. We had miniature china dolls, with moving arms and molded hair and stitched and designed their clothes, I still have that litttle doll. and embroidered muslin pillow tops. Of course,my mother was not critical of ne, And I always had my own little sewing basket. Now I have great grand children, and when they visit me,I have a homemade lift-up pin-cushion miniature chair where all manner of sewing suppliess are inside — for them alone, sewing needs. And me — there ti guide then,