Stitching Sampler on Burlap
Many of my students have never learned how to even thread a needle, much less sew a few stitches in material. I thought I would get them familiar with the idea by starting out simple. Students were instructed to create a border around a piece of burlap using a needle and a length of yarn. Once they had a border, they needed to stitch a very simple design into the middle. When finished, they were instructed to create a textured edge, and glue the work down onto a colorful background