Embroidery: Practical Gifts

For Mother's Day my husband and I elected to pick out some kitchen towels for his mom and that I would embroider them with something vegetable related.

It's a cute brown basket holding a pumpkin and a squash with some floral branches and a carrot. Unfortunately even after practicing on plain solid, colored fabric, I didn't think the design would turn out the way it did. I was definitely expecting it to be more defined and larger. I made it the largest size it would allow me, but it was still a tad small.

We had chosen the black and white towels based on his mom's kitchen colors, but I thought the stitches would be heavier and more defined than the way they came out. However, it looks great in person and his mom loves it! Next time using this design I will plan on using a solid color fabric.

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