Some Samples
Here are a few samples showing how the patterns developed. All these patterns are colored and stitched by our 7-year-old.
The Blue Whale
 |
 |
| Pencil drawing: Freehand drawing | Crayon coloring: Dark and light blue wax crayons used |
 |
 |
| Stitched project: Used Running Stitch for water, and Whipped Running Stitch for the whale. | |
The Little Fox
 |
 |
| Pencil drawing: Freehand drawing | Crayon coloring: Orange wax crayons used |
 |
 |
| Stitched project: Used Whipped Running Stitch for the outline, and Running Stitch for the tummy filling. | |
The Whimsical House
 |
 |
| Pencil drawing: Freehand drawing | Crayon coloring: Dark and light Blue wax crayons used |
 |
 |
| Stitched project: Used Running Stitch for house outline, roof, and windows. Used Whipped Running Stitch for the door, and Holbein Stitch for the roof outline. | |
The Two Mountains
 |
 |
| Pencil drawing: Freehand drawing | Crayon coloring: Dark and light Blue wax crayons used |
 |
 |
| Stitched project: Used Running Stitch for the sky, and Holbein Stitch for the outline of the mountains. Used Rice Sitch, LAced Running Stitch, and Looped Running Stitch inside the mountains. | |
Dinosaur Doodle
 |
 |
| Pencil drawing: Freehand drawing | Crayon coloring: Red and green wax crayons used |
 |
 |
| Stitched project: Used Running Stitch for the outline, and Interlaced Running Stitch for the spikes. | |
Check the other lessons here
Sarah has been researching and sharing hand embroidery lessons for over 17 years, making it accessible to everyone around the globe.
My six year old granddaughter wants to learn to stitch. I’m only here for a week and her mom doesn’t stitch. I feel like with this tutorial I can get her started enough to stitch on her own.
Awesome, Sarah. I am so happy that your granddaughter will get a chance to do this fun project. It is the best way to get started in hand embroidery. Let me know how it turns out.
I’ve taught textiles to most year level school kids but the youngest ones always had me stumped, I had no idea how to turn the learning to stitch into the exciting things the bigger kids were doing were doing with stitch. It always ended up with everyone being bored, impatient or disappointed (or all three!) I now know exactly what to do, thanks so much for this- it’s going to solve a big problem for me!😀👏👏👏
Awesome! I hope you are able to apply this method successfully with the young learners. You are welcome to share some of their work with us on our website. It will be wonderful to see some of their work, in case it works. ☺️☺️
Thanks for all the ideas. It’s excellent work done by the children.
Thank you, Fathima. It indeed is! 🙂
Giya, my 6 year old loved this activity… And it was fun introducing her to the world of embroidery..
Wow! I am so thrilled to see what Giya has stitched! Well done, darling! I love the red whale and the wavy ocean. Thank you, Geethu, for sharing it with us. By far, she is the youngest embroiderer we have! Yay!!