Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, miscellaneous on Dec 3rd, 2008
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 thread changes [...]
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.