An Accomplished Young Lady

I do a lot of reading, it's no secret, and one of my favorite topics is historical fiction/non-fiction. And in almost every. single. one. of these books it talks about what "accomplishments" a young lady should have. Needlepoint being a big one. While, my stitches used may have been too big and uneven to be considered refined, I definitely felt a sense of accomplishment when this craft was done. Does this make me a proper young lady now?? Or just mean that I'm turning into a 90-year old women... I  did just pick up knitting as well...

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I've seen a lot of modern day interpretations of needle point, and was inspired after seeing how easy it could be using longer stitches as seen here! So all I did was pencil in what I wanted to write out in stitches, then outline the christmas tree. The word stitches used were smaller and uneven - which I like the spontaneity of it, while filling in the Christmas tree just constituted reaching across from one line of the tree drawing to the other side, back and forth, back and forth back and forth. Best part is.. the more you let your mistakes show through the more it becomes unique.. and the bigger your stitches, the faster you're done! Double win.

Hope you have time for this easy craft during the busy Holiday season - I've already made another - it might become a new obsession of mine.... Christmas pillow DIYs are next up for the blog!

Cheers!

Naomi Joy