Dolls de Mexico

I was just a teenybopper when I went to Mexico

to help build homes. I was hardly mature enough to understand

just how different life could be for our neighbors South of the border.

What I remember best from the trip was the laughter in the streets,

even in a small town their was so much noise. 

Children in the streets kicking balls, street venders selling

sweet bread from the trunk of their cars, music flowing in all directions.

I loved the food, and unlike my friends who were eating pb&j sandwiches

I was in the kitchen with our host family.

I recall being the only one willing to eat such delicacies,

as cow tongue and pigs heart. 

It was on that trip that I fell in love with the vibrant

folk art of Mexico.

Wooden turtles with bobbing heads. hand painted clay piggy banks,

and handmade fabric dolls, just to name a few.

Our son is Mexican and I want to educate him and our family,

of the rich traditions and history of the Mexican people.

It is all this that inspired my latest set of embroidery designs.

Dolls de Mexico

I started off wanting to make tea towels,

but the more I worked on the collection

the more I fell in love with everything that represented 

traditional Mexicana.

I was going to need a much bigger canvas...

My kiddos bathroom was the perfect place 

for such a colorful and whimsical theme.

I only wish there was more wall space.

I can just picture an entire wall covered in vintage

pin the tail on the donkey posters.

I use Sulky's printable stabilizer

just because it's so quick and easy.

I'm so please with this set, 

I put so much time and thought into each design

and I'm already playing around with a few ideas for a coordinating collection. 

You can find these and my other embroidery and digital kits

exclusively at Kitschy Digitals.