http://sewwitty.com Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery and Sewing Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:32:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've sewn the strips together (for this quilt) http://sewwitty.com/2009/01/01/mod-nine-quilt/ I subscribe to the Inspirations magazine and in issue 52 they had this blackwork butterfly by Tanja Berlin. I like it and I would like to try to replicate it with machine embroidery (my hand embroidery is hopeless ...). Here's part of a wing that I've been working on in Thred. It still needs ... http://sewwitty.com/2008/12/29/blackwork-butterfly/ I've made another one of these .... http://sewwitty.com/2008/12/11/another-pencil-notebook-holder/ I finished in time .... I've also been putting little presents in the pockets as well - hair clips, stickers, lolly snakes ... I'm also making some christmas T-Shirts. I didn't stabilise this enough - see all of the puckers? And it took two hours to stitch out - with all of the ... http://sewwitty.com/2008/12/03/advent-calendar-8/ The buttons are on. Now I've just got to finish the ornaments... http://sewwitty.com/2008/11/24/advent-calendar-7/ All of the pockets are attached! I need to sew the buttons onto the tree and finish off the ornaments. http://sewwitty.com/2008/11/20/advent-calendar-6/ 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 ... http://sewwitty.com/2008/11/17/advent-calendar-5/ The binding is done ... This is the first time ever that the binding went on easily. I followed the instructions for a continuous binding from here. http://sewwitty.com/2008/11/13/advent-calendar-4/ 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 ... http://sewwitty.com/2008/11/10/advent-calendar-3/ 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. http://sewwitty.com/2008/11/06/advent-calendar-2/