Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Machine Embroidery on Dec 6th, 2011
We made the teachers felt Christmas tree ornaments. This is one of the designs I used for my Advent Calendar – the back has the girls’ names and the year.
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing on Nov 24th, 2008
The buttons are on. Now I’ve just got to finish the ornaments…
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Nov 20th, 2008
All of the pockets are attached! I need to sew the buttons onto the tree and finish off the ornaments.
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing on Nov 17th, 2008
A pile of pockets ready to be sewn on and ornaments in a production line … The ornaments are a machine embroidery design from here. They’ve used velvet as the base whereas I have used felt, so I’m not sure how to cut the edges away (they used a candle and melted the edges, but [...]
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Quilting on Nov 10th, 2008
The quilting is done … The tree, stem and pot are free motion quilted and I used a hanging diamond pattern on the white background. Here is a closer look …
Posted in Applique, Christmas Decorations, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Nov 6th, 2008
I’m quilting the base and I’ve made one ornament … The Star consists of a front and a back and I didn’t manage to sew them together very well.
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Fabric Stash, Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing on Nov 4th, 2008
I’ve decided to make an Advent Calendar – just to put myself under a bit more pressure. I got the idea from here, but it’s developed a mind of it’s own. Each pocket will have a number embroidered on it. I haven’t quite decided on the position of the pockets yet – the one above [...]
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Sewing on Dec 10th, 2007
On the weekend I realised that I hadn’t thought of presents for my girls’ teachers. As school finishes on friday, I don’t have much time. I decided to make the bird christmas tree ornament from this book. Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t get the belly section to join the body section without puckers. The [...]