Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery and Sewing
Posted in Machine Embroidery, Software on Nov 30th, 2007
As I’m planning on making a few more of these towels as gifts, I thought I would describe the process.
I like to use a sans-serif font. Less fiddly when you come to sew the letters on! My favourite at the moment is Verdana.
I use a combination of Paint, Scansoft PC (an old Janome Package) and [...]
Posted in Etsy on Nov 29th, 2007
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Posted in Machine Embroidery, Sewing on Nov 25th, 2007
I’ve been working on more T-Shirts…
One of these is an order for my shop and the other are christmas presents – I hope to get some into my shop soon …
Posted in Machine Embroidery on Nov 17th, 2007
I’ve been working on some things for my store.
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I’m pleased with how the Elephant T-Shirt turned out. I have more of this fabric with different coloured animals and I plan to make a few of these T-Shirts with circles as well as hearts.
Feel free to email me (info@excessivelydiverted.com) if you’re interested in one (it will [...]
Posted in Machine Embroidery on Nov 12th, 2007
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I’m making embroidered towels for a friend (see my store for other stuff).
The font is verdana. I digitised it using a very old piece of software called Scansoft (I picked it out of the discount bin at my local Janome store). It creates designs in the old .sew format, so I converted to .jef in [...]
Posted in Machine Embroidery on Nov 9th, 2007
I love the look of cross stitch, but simply don’t have the time (or patience) to make them by hand. I made the one above using my Janome 350e. I used a cross stitch design program to make the design (it’s one that saves into machine format) and Embird to convert the design into the Janome [...]
Posted in Sewing on Nov 5th, 2007
I was motivated by the team at SewMamaSew! to attempt an apron from a tea towel. It is part of their 30 Days of Gifts to Sew.
The original idea for the apron is from Randi (i have to say ) – there is a tutorial and everything.
As the T-Towel is enormous (it’s one from Ikea), this [...]
Posted in Sewing on Nov 1st, 2007
I finished the summer top. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out – the sleeves are a bit dodgy and next time I would make my own bias binding rather than using a shop bought version.