Needle work

There is a couple I know of

that is soon to be betroth...

I would like to bless them with

a hand crafted gift, so my first idea

was Shabbat Napkins... lovey, but

it would be too time consuming.

Then I thought of a "Welcome"

wall hanging... yeah... then

instead of 'Welcome' what 

about "Shalom" 

That was it!  I found what I 

wanted to embroider or cross stitch

Then I ran across this lovely 

design.  

 

 

I thought at first 

cross stitch but just transfering

it onto a cross stitch grid was

a slow process.  So I decided this

was to be an embroidery piece.

Now I've had experience in embroidery but

I'm still quit green at the craft.  I thought

I would just outline the design in

a stem stitch (outline stitch)  but

it was so beautiful it needed to be

filled in with color.  Googled  embroidery 

stitches found a youtube video and learned

how to do a satin stitch (fill-in stitch)

this is a lot of stitches... time consuming

but just one project instead of 4-6 (napkins)

My girls are already asking me to make

them one... I might use scriptures

in the next ones... I love, love, love

this design.  I just might make me

some Shabbat Napkins ;-)