Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Applique, Inspiration, Magazines, Quilting on Oct 8th, 2010
I bought the Homespun magazine (not the current one but the previous issue) because it came with Inspired Machine Applique with Michele Hill DVD. I love doing applique, but I’ve never worked out the best way of attaching my shapes to the background fabric. Michele’s (she’s the one on the left in the image) quilts [...]
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery on Mar 26th, 2010
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.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery on Mar 8th, 2010
I’ve made a baby present for a friend. The elephant design is from here (their service is fabulous). Here is a closer look …
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Feb 1st, 2010
I’ve started cutting my alphabet blocks. I used template plastic, which I’ve never used before, to fussy cut the squares. At first I tried to use my rotary cutter, but that was a bit of a failure. Now I draw around the shape with a disappearing pen and then cut it out using scissors.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Jan 26th, 2010
This is the spring block and is the last of the blocks to be made. I’ve enjoyed the embroidery process – there is something almost meditative about it. Now I need to cut each block to size and decide on a border/sashing fabric. I’m determined to use something in my stash.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Jan 23rd, 2010
Autumn is finished – only Spring to go…
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Jan 23rd, 2010
Winter block is finished.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Jan 21st, 2010
This is the start of the corner blocks. The embroidery is slightly bigger than the Alphabet Blocks – I thought this would help to book end the other blocks.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery on Jan 19th, 2010
A friend had a baby just before Christmas. I appliqued a little t-shirt… Here is a close up of the front. And here is the back. The Russian Doll design is from Bunnycup Embroidery and the mini applique on the back is from Designs by Juju.
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Jan 18th, 2010
Z is finished.