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Category Archive for 'Machine Embroidery'

A pinwheel block – foundation pieced using an embroidery machine. This one is done in four pieces and then joined together.

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I finished testing my flying geese block – it took three attempts. I made this block using foundation (or paper) piecing on my embroidery machine. I digitised the design using Embird Studio. The final design size is 138.4 mm by 139.6 mm. Read this if you’re interested in using your embroidery machine to foundation piece [...]

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I made these blocks into a cushion cover. I just added borders until it was big enough -the back has an envelope closure (no zip!) Next time I must remember to finish the edges of the construction seams – it’s not something you do when quilting (because the raw edges will be inside the quilt [...]

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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.

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Another Christmas Card

This is my final card. The design is from here. Just adding the design rather than trying to cover the front with fabric seemed to work better – not as crinkly.

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  I’ve been using my embroidery machine to make foundation pieced quilt blocks. This makes for greater accuracy. I wrote a tutorial about it a few years ago – you can find it here. There are also a few free designs available for download (hour glass, snail trail, water lily and picture frame). I digitised [...]

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Owl Hair Clips

  More felt hair clips. I sewed my finger (with my sewing machine) while making these – the needle went completely through the edge of my finger. Fortunately the needle didn’t break and the machine stopped stitching – still there was blood. These are quite fiddly to make and I am still not sure that [...]

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So I am continuing in my efforts to get these cards right. Yesterday (when I should have been doing something else) I came across a tutorial on Urban Threads for making a card using machine applique, but they don’t stitch out the satin stitched edges – genius! The satin stitching is always do dense the [...]

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I’m still refining these cards. The first thing I’m trying to do is work out the best way of attaching them to the card stock. The embroidery tends to pucker the background fabric a bit and then I get crinkles when I sew the fabric to the card. I could stabilise  more, but I don’t [...]

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Another Christmas card. The design is from here.

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