Friday, June 17, 2011

Lemonade Stand ABC - embroidery pattern and a recipe

$5.00

Here's another alphabet. This time I wanted to design something bright and colorful. Something that shouts "Summer!" After I designed the alphabet I started to map out the words I wanted to stitch as a sample. My plan was to do three small hoops with Laugh. Play. Make. in them. But as soon as I traced the word "make" I couldn't help adding "lemonade." And by the time I was done stitching I knew I wanted to name this font Lemonade Stand. Enjoy! And scroll down to the end of the post for my lemonade recipe. It's the best!

What you get:
  • regular pattern for tracing (complete alphabet including capital and lowercase letters)
  • reversed pattern for iron-on transfer
  • complete color and stitch guide
Materials you'll need:
  • fabric to stitch on
  • favorite pattern transfer tools
  • embroidery needle, thread, and hoop
Skills you'll need: (links to video tutorials)
Time you'll need:
  • Depends on the length of the text you want to stitch. This took me an evening.
$5.00

When you're done - please share your creations at the Shiny Happy Embroidery School group on Flickr. I love to see what you make!

I can't do a post mentioning lemonade without sharing my recipe. You cannot be unhappy while drinking this!

Wendi's Perfect Lemonade
  • juice of 6 lemons
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups hot water
  • 4 cups ice water
Mix the sugar with the hot water. Using hot water will help it all dissolve. It doesn't have to be boiling - hot water from the tap will do the trick.

Add the lemon juice and the ice water. Stir.

Serve over ice.

For an extra special treat, puree some strawberries and freeze the puree in ice cube trays. Use those instead of plain ice in your lemonade. Sooooooo good!

Happy stitching! And have a great weekend!

Best,
Wendi

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