We saw embroidery in trends right now, every piece of clothing even shoes and bags have been decorated with all kinds of embroidery.
No need to rush to the stores to get one! make one instead! 
😊 Hand embroidery is an affordable and the easiest way to update (personalized) your old plain wardrobe to the latest trend! 
😊 Hand embroidery is an affordable and the easiest way to update (personalized) your old plain wardrobe to the latest trend!
I wanted to try hand embroidery like what my late mom made when we're growing up. Back then when I was a teenager, I admit, maybe it felt not so cool wearing clothes that mom made. Every cool kids in school had this "cool outfits", you know like those we saw in teens magazines .. I remember Esprit and Benetton were some of the cool outfits that I never could afford to buy (and never had the courage to ask my parents, either) .. it seemed like their answers would be NO 😝
Now I regret I didn't keep those handmade clothing that mom put beautiful embroidery on it. If only I could find the photo album from my days back in junior high, I could show you some of them ...
Mom was a very creative person. Her background was a BA in English Literature from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. After she was married to my dad, mom moved to the Jakarta because dad found a promising job in Indonesian Central Bank in the capital. Before they had children (about 4 years) mom worked in The British Council, and left after she gave birth to her first child. She decided to stay home to look after her 4 kids (us), but she always find time to do things she loved and inspired her.
Mom was a very creative person. Her background was a BA in English Literature from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. After she was married to my dad, mom moved to the Jakarta because dad found a promising job in Indonesian Central Bank in the capital. Before they had children (about 4 years) mom worked in The British Council, and left after she gave birth to her first child. She decided to stay home to look after her 4 kids (us), but she always find time to do things she loved and inspired her.
So, as a tribute to her, I decided I'll try to do it myself. How to do basic embroidery stitches you could easily find in YouTube, the rest is your imaginations! .. If you could draw just a little .. no need to have an artist skills, you could do it, I guarantee .. embroidery is easier that cross stitch (at least what I see) because we could make anything we want without any pattern to follow .. feel free to try.
As a start and a trial, I used my old plain white shirt. I tried 3 types of stitches: french knot, daisy and satin stitch .. and here's the result .. (I guess it's not too bad for a complete beginner) 😉
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