BUBBA is displayed in font 02 in ecru thread. All of the children’s names are displayed in font 03 & color-matched to lauren’s requests.
What Started As A Bespoke Project…
Hand embroidery is unique & timeless, offering a more intricate option for those who want something that feels truly special. When people come to me with bespoke embroidery projects, these are where the magic of handmade really shines. I want to highlight one client’s incredible custom project she gifted to her mother & mother in law for Christmas.
Lauren has purchased several of my items in the past so she knew how it generally worked, but I was still beyond honored when she reached out for these sweaters. Her initial idea was to take drawings of the grandkids & have me embroider them onto a sweatshirt. I was sold & jumped at the chance to tackle this project — how incredibly fun!
CICI is displayed in font 02 in ecru thread. All drawings were color matched according to what colors the children used in their pictures.
Construction
Each sweatshirt was embroidered with the grandmother’s name & each drawing had a label of the child’s name. The children who were old enough to write had added their names to their drawings while the younger kids got to choose a font for their name.
What started as a very creative idea from a client ended up being a treasured, wearable piece of art. I got to mimic each child’s crayon strokes, whether steady or shaky, practiced or beginner. Every sweet mark made by them is now preserved with hand embroidery.
These grandmother’s get to keep a bit of their grandkids’ whimsy in a way that wont clutter up the fridge — no shade to fridge galleries, of course ;).
Handmade Gift Idea For Mother’s & Father’s Days
With mother’s & father’s days coming in the next couple of months, iId invite you to reach out to start your own custom project! Bespoke bookings are open exclusively to the email list year round so please sign up before reaching out. This particular project will take 1-2 weeks per garment so please reach out soon if you’d like your own hand-embroidered sweatshirt. I’ll take custom orders until capacity is reached so please let me know if this is something you’d like to reserve for yourself.
Pop-up Event Idea
Alternatively, if you are a small shop in the denver area & would like to host a pop-up event where people can order these sweatshirts in person, I would love to chat with you! Please email hello.theminimalsewist@gmail.com.