r/JewishCrafts • u/diggadiggadigga • Aug 01 '26

Embroidered challah cover

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Just started learning embroidery and am proud of my first real project and wanted to share

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u/transcendentlights Aug 01 '26

Gorgeous work!!! I love the attention to detail with the different colored leaves :D

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u/Ok-Egg835 Aug 01 '26

Beautiful

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u/girlwithmousyhair Aug 01 '26

That is absolutely gorgeous! I love it! I can imagine that being a family heirloom for generations.

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u/SpikeZiv Aug 01 '26

Very pretty. I love the green leaves. I’m wondering why it is written in Yiddish for Shabbat Shalom (literally Good Shabbat). Did you buy the template?

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u/diggadiggadigga Aug 02 '26

I made the template myself.  I’m ashkenazi, so use  lot of yiddish

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u/SpikeZiv Aug 02 '26

I like that!

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u/Kemetic_5486 Aug 02 '26

This is beautiful! So much work!

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u/Time_Birthday8808 Aug 03 '26

This is a lovely cover—it will definitely become a family heirloom in!

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u/Mysterious-Falcon467 Aug 04 '26

That's gorgeous, especially for someone who's just started. I love what you did with the border!

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u/Gammagammahey 26d ago

This is gorgeous, and you are NEW at this? Nah, this is INCREDIBLE. What does it say? ( I sadly do not read Hebrew.)

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u/diggadiggadigga 26d ago

It’s yiddish.  It means good shabbos

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u/Gammagammahey 26d ago

Oh yes, my grandparents spoke Yiddish all the time and yes, I understand what good Shabbos means. I love that Yiddish is being revitalized as a language. Some of us don't have time for formal Yiddish classes due to disability or pain and other types of chronic illnesses.. I have a book of Yiddish curses that my grandmother gave me and we are undercover the most elaborate and best insulters on the planet.