May 8th, 2010 by SewWitty
I’ve been wanting this sewing machine for a while (and the Mothers Day sale made it possible). My MC9000 (Janome) while good was a bit old, the touch screen was a bit dodgy and it didn’t have the built in thread cutter (which I’ve come to really like on my 1600p) and it was quite tricky to manoeuvre a quilt around it.
This new one is fabulous – I bought the table as well. The table is fabulous; it makes such a difference to be working at the right height.
The acufeed system is marvellous; my in the ditch quilting is almost perfect. I’ve also done a bit of free motion quilting and that is great too (all errors due to me rather than the machine).
I’m really tempted to try applique on this machine – there seems to be several stitches that might work. I bought two cushion patterns from Hot Possum (one a dinosaur and one a fairy) to test it out.
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Apr 29th, 2010 by SewWitty
I’ve been working on Miss P’s scarf while watching Tess. Above is the front and below the back.
Tags: Knitting, knitting cables
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Apr 27th, 2010 by SewWitty
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.
Tags: Appliquey, Machine Embroidery, Quilting
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Apr 20th, 2010 by SewWitty
I’ve been away on holiday. I needed to take something portable so I started another scarf – this one for Miss P. This does mean that I have 4 knitting projects on the go at once!
I found the pattern here (although I halved it – instead of a width of 40 stitches I used 20 because I didn’t think I would have enough yarn otherwise). The above image is the front and here is the back …
It’s designed to be reversible – although the cables are slightly different on each side. I’ve never done a cable before and I always thought it would be very tricky – it is a bit fiddly, but not too hard. Now I just need to practise so I don’t feel so awkward.
The yarn is Cleakheaton Nautica in shade 0008 and I’m using 7.5 mm needles.
Tags: cable scarf, Knitting
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Mar 30th, 2010 by SewWitty
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 way I will not have bought anything for the this quilt).
Tags: Machine Embroidery, Quilting
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Mar 26th, 2010 by SewWitty
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.
Tags: Applique, baby gift, Machine Embroidery, present
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Mar 23rd, 2010 by SewWitty
I finished the Pre-Primary quilt. It was a lot of work, but I think it will lovely reminder of her class.
I was also amazed at how much I could achieve in one week (not much else got done).
Tags: Quilting
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Mar 19th, 2010 by SewWitty
Miss P’s pre-primary teacher is having a baby and consequently leaving at the end of term. We’ve decided to make her a quilt as a memento. We used fabric paint to get each child’s hand print.
All of my spare time in the last week has been used to quilt it.
Tags: fabric paint, Quilting
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Mar 8th, 2010 by SewWitty
I’ve made a baby present for a friend. The elephant design is from here (their service is fabulous).
Here is a closer look …
Tags: Applique, elephant, Machine Embroidery
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Mar 2nd, 2010 by SewWitty
I failed to finish my olympic challenge! I finished one sock, but I haven’t even started the second one.
Was I overly ambitious? It was certainly very hot here (it was 42° C on Thursday) which isn’t conducive to knitting. But really I didn’t put in enough time – it didn’t go well and I got discouraged.
I was very unhappy with the yarn – there was a join in it! And it hasn’t been dyed very well. However, it is very comfortable.
Tags: knitting olympics, sock knitting
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