Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery on Apr 20th, 2011
It’s almost Easter – I wish the weather would be more April-like (it’s still warm!). I like to make the girls applique T-shirts for Christmas and Easter. Above is Miss P’s T-shirt. The design is from Bunnycup. Below is Miss A’s – her design is from Designs by JuJu.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery on Nov 22nd, 2010
This is Miss P’s Christmas embroidery (the design is from here) – I used a christmas print on the Sunbonnet Sue, but the Christmas parts are a bit hidden. I used two layers of iron-on tear- away stabiliser and it has worked well. I also starched the fabric, which does seam to make a difference.
Posted in Applique, Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery, Sewing on Oct 16th, 2010
I finished the T-Shirt for Miss P. Here is a close up of the front … The Water Lily blocks were foundation pieced using my embroidery machine – you can find the design here. I attach the block using a blanket stitch (width 2.5mm and length 1.5mm). I also used Vliesofix to get the appliques [...]
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery on Oct 15th, 2010
I like to put little embroidery motifs on the back of my girls’ T-Shirts – like this (see the second image). Last night I embroidered four at once – one for Miss P”s T-Shirt and I can store the others for the next project. The designs are from Designs By Juju.
Posted in Applique, Inspiration, Magazines, Quilting on Oct 8th, 2010
I bought the Homespun magazine (not the current one but the previous issue) because it came with Inspired Machine Applique with Michele Hill DVD. I love doing applique, but I’ve never worked out the best way of attaching my shapes to the background fabric. Michele’s (she’s the one on the left in the image) quilts [...]
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on May 31st, 2010
I finally finished this quilt for Miss P. I free-motion quilted the borders and sashing, stitched in the ditch around each block and did straight line quilting on the diagonals of each block (skipping the applique). I managed to make this quilt entirely from my stash – I’m not sure if this is a good [...]
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Apr 27th, 2010
I’ve started quilting the alphabet quilt. I’ve decided to ‘stitch in the ditch’ around the blocks and free-motion the sashing and borders. I think it will be quite a while before I get this finished.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Mar 30th, 2010
I finished the Alphabet Quilt top. In one of those bizarre quilting incidences it is bigger than I expected (bizarre because I know how big each individual bit is so I shouldn’t be surprised by the size of the top!). I’m piecing the backing and I think I’m even going to piece the batting (this [...]
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery on Mar 26th, 2010
I’ve made another baby present. This time I stitched the hearts to the bodysuit by using a straight stitch and the same embroidery cotton as the satin stitch edging. In the past I have used an invisible thread and zigzagged, but I never really liked the invisible thread.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery on Mar 8th, 2010
I’ve made a baby present for a friend. The elephant design is from here (their service is fabulous). Here is a closer look …