Embroidery

I've started a course in hand embroidery and this is my first sample piece

Hand embroidery joining strips of fabric using flat embroidery stitches

My next class is this Friday and we shall be colouring cloth and I suspect sewing stitches on the samples.

When I was Young

I have always loved sewing and craftwork for as long as I can remember.  When I was about 8 or 9  I was really into embroidery and to get out of going shopping with my mum, I used to plead with her to let me stay at home so that I could sew.

My other love was reading and I spent every week in Gillingham Library choosing my books.  I loved the 'Jennings' books - for boys really but I loved reading them.  I was a bit of a tomboy.

In 1956 I embroidered this panel when I was 9 years old

This says, 'I embroidered this myself February 1956 Irene Pearson