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Use a simple sewing machine to machine embroider!

At our school, we celebrate Juffendag, "teacher day" every year.  This is when all the teachers celebrate their birthday together and the children get to have a day of fun away from studies.  Teacher Day usually coincides with the end of the school year and is very much looked forward to by my two girls. I wanted to make the teachers something useful as well as include a contribution from my girls and here is what I came up with.  I got the idea from this  super blog.  I loved the idea of embroidering an artwork done by my girls, but I wanted to make more of a beach bag than a book bag.  Isn't this sweet?  It is a mermaid drawn by my 4 year old... yes a mermaid, really!   Here is a boy mermaid drawn by my 6 year old - note the "bra". This lovely mermaid princess also drawn by my 6 year old. This happy sunflower drawn by my 4 year old As much as I loved this idea, I wasn't going to be hand embroidering these drawin...