What's On your Needles? Super Secret Stitching

 I love surprising folks with gifts. 

Especially gifts that I make.

It can be nerve racking though.

Will they like it?

Did I do a good job?

I belong to a world-wide embroidery group.

Several of us are participating in a grand swap.

We started with an embroidery on our own towel, table runner or apron.

Some stitchers picked designs that represented where they live - like New Zealand!!

Others choose one design for everyone and then customized it for the recipient.

That's what I did.

I used this pattern that 

I found this on doe-c-doe's blog long ago.

 

Then each of us mailed our towel off to the next on the list.

We embroidered on each piece as it came to us.

Here's how I started my towel.

Looks just like me, yes?

It was supposed to take a couple of months but as you know, crafty folks have stuff to do.

I am one of the guilty ones that held up the round robin of excellent stitchery!

Almost a year later, folks are getting their original works back.

This is the one I did for Pam aka KittyKill.

We share a love of wacky, supposed to be 

scary movies 

and all things Tiki and Psych!

  

This is what I crafted for my pal Lisa who LOVES tea!

This is her towel with others' stitcheries. 

The Bigfoot was customized on everyone's towel by Tara. 

I'm only giving you a glimpse of this one. 

This towel is for our group's founder.

I'm mailing it to her tomorrow.

It's finished.

I haven't looked at any pictures of my towels 

as they have been posted.

I love a surprise! 

Please check out my friends' blogs that I stealthily linked here. 

They write good stuff!