Back to School
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 9:53PM 
I vividly remember getting new clothes to wear on the first day of school when I was little. I also seem to remember they were always inappropriate for the weather – corduroy and velveteen even though the thermometer indicated it was still summer. My boys are too young to appreciate news clothes (oh, wait! They are boys. They will probably NEVER appreciate new clothes) but nonetheless I made them something new to wear for their first day at school yesterday. Last year I made my oldest a little outfit of shorts and matching shirt and he wore it to school that day and never again so this year I took a little different approach. I used purchased t-shirts and embroidered on each and that was that. It took little time and they turned out cute. Plus they can wear them for a while until the weather turns cool. For my oldest I used an appliquéd tree frog design (his class this year is the Frogs)
and for my little guy I made an appliquéd elephant. Both designs are from Embroidery Library.
Since someone has already asked I will tell you I used Floriani No Show Nylon Mesh Fusible on the back of the design. I also fused a second layer over the back of the stitched out design on my fussy older son’s shirt to prevent any scratchiness. This stabilizer works really well on knit t-shirts and keeps everything nice and stable for stitching.
Reader Comments (2)
I too was listed in the 50 Best blog list and I am really enjoying the tour through the 50. I have also used the tropical frog from emb lib and love all those in that set. Interesting to see other combinations of same pattern.
Your back to school article also refresh childhood memories with these type of embroidery artwork. I remember my mom bring dresses for me with animals, flowers and birds. This was really a great time with beautiful artwork dresses.