DIY stitched Mother's Day Card
Need a last-minute Mother's Day card idea? Stitch one! Chronicle Books has offered us this tutorial from Jessica Marquez, author of Stitched Gifts. The book offers 25 simple embroidery projects for weddings, holidays, baby showers, anniversaries, or just because. Here's one for mums.
Stitching this card should take 30-45 minutes according to the directions, so you don't even need to start until about 10:30 PM on Saturday night, right?
Download the how-to PDF (4 MB, so give it a minute)
Download the stitching pattern
Only a couple types of stitches are needed. These steps are also included in the PDF, but if you need quick refresher...
How to backstitch:
How to make a French knot:
Happy stitching! For more projects, get the book Stitched Gifts right here.
20 comments:
Beautiful! What a great idea! Love the photo tutorial too - beautifully shot :)
YOU need to start before Sat. night, since you'll need to get it in the mail by... er... today! Darn... wish I could see YOU instead of a card on Mother's Day. ;)
Mum
Beautiful idea. Not sure I could pull it off, but it's really pretty and I love the idea!
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love the mother's day card. very nice.
I love the card
lovelly card
This is what I'll be doing tonight! So excited! It might not get there until Monday, but it'll be worth the wait. :D
I love paper embroidery, and this card is lovely. That book looks fantastic too!
I don't know how to sew or stitch but this just inspire me to learn! :D
adorable idea!
thank you for sharing!
Very, very wonderful and original!
Mary
Thank you for the pattern. I love paper embroidery.
Beautiful! What a lovely idea. And I love the colours
Great idea for a quick DIY project. =)
So pretty! (And perfect for those of us who cough-cough-forgot-to-buy-a-card.) Have you SEEN the leftover cards that are available on Mother's Day itself? At least this will look like I meant to give a handmade card all along... :)
Yes. Of course you planned to. :)
yay! thanks so much for sharing my card Jessica. Makes me so happy to be on How About Orange!! thank you
This was a great idea, thank you for sharing! I stitched up a version of this for my mom Friday afternoon and she loved it, thanks again!
I made this just last night and it came out beautifully. I'm hoping the homemade element will make my mom forget that she is getting it a few days late . . . .
I love stitched cards! It always turns out really nice. :)
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