I’m not artsy … or craftsy.

So when I discover DIY that I can actually do! I get excited! I mean really excited! I mean me stitching an M into a sleeping mask at one o’clock in the morning, just to see if I could do it.

Wait let me back up …. first, I saw this ….

on PDX Bride – My Oregon Wedding and I thought to myself, “Self! I must have this in my world! It is too perfect!” … of course this precipitated a long chat between the two sides of my brain about how I am bad at artsy things and how maybe I don’t need more projects??? But these concerns were clearly overwhelmed by the incredible cuteness and seeming simplicity of this DIY … check the steps …

Draw out your design with a pencil or water soluble pen.
Tighten on hoop. (Ok so I didn’t actually do this, cause I don’t have one of these and it still totally worked! … but I might invest in one of these since it def makes it easier.)
Chain stitch along the design.
This is when panic set in for me, I don’t know how to “chain stitch”! But PDX came to my rescue! She told me to just google a video of how to chain stitch! So smart! So simple! So brilliant. Here is the video I followed, but there are tons of them! So go explore.
And then of course there is the end result ….
How great are these? Let me answer that for you … they are effin fantastic. You go check out the detailed instruction on PDX Bride’s blog. And I will saunter on over to ebay and start shopping for hankies to embroider for everyone I have ever met!

posted by Bridechka