by – Gina Roberson
It’s so hard to think of presents you can make for men with an embroidery machine! I have embroidered a lot of Polo tops for my husband and he loves them but besides that I never can think of anything else a man would like. I wanted to make something special for my Dad using my embroidery machine but couldn’t decide what. I thought and thought on it for days and this is what I came up with.
I took some white cotton fabric and I embroidered out “World’s Greatest GranDaddy.” Then underneath that I embroidered a picture of a little boy’s head and 2 little girl’s heads with pigtails. I then added the names of my 3 children around the appropriate head. It turned out so cute. So I ironed it down where it would look nice and neat and cut it to fit into a 5 x 7 double picture frame. After I got this into one side of the picture frame then I had the other side ready to put a picture of GranDaddy with his 3 grandchildren in it.
I’m going to give this to my dad and bring my camera with me to take a good picture of him with my 3 children. Then I’m going to get a 5 x 7 print made up while I’m visiting and finish up the gift! I think he will really like it and it will mean a lot to him because it’s a gift that comes from the heart. He can put it on his desk at work and show it off.
Gina,
what a cute idea… Know Grandaddy was proud of “this special gift”.
This gives me lots of ideas for Christmas gifts.thankyou so much for the article. Judy
What a great idea. I also struggle with ideas for men. You could also do this for any relative. Uncles, brothers, aunts, etc.
A very thoughtful gift for a granddad.
Jacqualin
What a cute ideal!! Would love to know where she found the designs for the childrens heads!! Anyway to find out????
Love those faces! What’s the name of that design collection? (I just know I’ll have to get it.)
This is sew cute and special! i think your dad will be very pleased. I have this set so I am very lucky. I have made sweatshirts saying I am the little sister or brother.. You are right it can be challeging making gifts for men, I think a cute cap to match would be cute as well!
That is a lovely idea…could be adapted in many ways…thankyou for sharing.
love it!! very creative, thanks for sharing
What a lovely idea!! I will have to find a double photo frame so I can make one too! Thank you for sharing.
Love
Dianne x x x
Thank you all for your lovely comments…The name of the set was Grandma’s gang, but I can’t remember exactly where I got it at. sorry!
What a lovely idea, he will be so pleased with it.
Maggie x
That’s a neat Idea, you did a great job. I will have to try it. One of my Christmas gifts for men & boys was Flannal p.j’s with a back pocket with a design and their name on the pocket, very useful for billfold or keys, been’s they weAR THEM EVER WHERE.
How about on a pillow case? Sweet Dreams for Grandpa!
Such a cute idea. I would love to do something like that for my husband from my kids for fathers day. I will have to look for the kids faces that you used. It looks so cute. Thank you so much for the idea.