Patchwork Cards
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Nov 23rd, 2009
I’ve been working on patchwork cards …
I foundation piece the cards using my embroidery machine – I’m happy to share the designs.
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Another Applique
Posted in Applique, Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery on Mar 31st, 2009
Another T-Shirt.
Here is a close up of the front …
I put a dragonfly on the back…
It is for a little boy in P’s class. Both the frog and dragonfly are from here and the patchwork Pictureframe I digitised myself and you can download it from here.
Free Machine Embroidery Design – Foundation Pieced Pictureframe block
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery, Quilting, miscellaneous on Mar 23rd, 2009
I made this block using my embroidery machine – there are instructions on this page on how to use an embroidery machine for foundation piecing. Here is the design – it’s free to use, but don’t sell the design.
sewwittypictureframe
NOTE: The font is not included in the download just the quilt block. Also, it is in [...]
Second Anniversary and a Give Away
Posted in Applique, Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Mar 18th, 2009
Today is my second blog anniversary! When I started I thought it would be good to keep a record of my craft activities and it has been useful – a couple of times I’ve looked back to see how I did something.
I also thought it might help me to focus my energies, but it hasn’t. [...]
Flying Geese Card
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery on Jul 29th, 2008
Another foundation pieced card …
More Patchwork Cards
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Quilting on Mar 8th, 2008
I made more patchwork cards – this one is based on a flying geese pattern and the two below are half of a garden path pattern (from this book)
It’s an easy process – a bit time consuming, but I do get to use up tiny bits of left over fabric. I’m happy to share the [...]
Birthday Card
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery on Mar 4th, 2008
We have two birthdays coming up, so I decided it was time to design a new card. This one is foundation pieced using my embroidery machine.
I digitise the design in Thred, convert it to the right format and resize it in Embird and then stitch it out. The cards are from Officeworks (you can get [...]
Snail Trail Embroidery Design
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery on Oct 4th, 2007
The instructions and design (in pes, jef and hus) are now available here or check out my sidebar (Machine Embroidery Designs).
Snail’s Trail
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Oct 2nd, 2007
I’ve been working on my Snail’s Trail block.
It is working better now that I stitch the entire foundation first and then the seams (before I was doing a bit of the foundation and then the seam and it took much longer). As the final block is 13cm by 13cm, you can see the ‘trail’ is [...]
Foundation Piecing Using Machine Embroidery – 2
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery on Sep 2nd, 2007
This is the block I made using my embroidery machine (a janome mc350e). The block is 13.8cm by 13.8cm. If you would like a copy of the design, check my sidebar or go here.