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Advent Calendar – 8

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 and careful cutting of the applique fabric, but I think P will be happy with it.

Below is the one A picked – this is just an image from Embird.

I haven’t decided the fabric yet (which then determines the thread colours). I’ll use a layer of romeo in the hoop to try to eliminate the puckers.

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Advent Calendar 2

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.

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More Embroidered T-Shirts

Another T-Shirt – design from here – on my machine it takes 49 minutes of sewing time (more real time because of all of the colour changes).

and

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More Applique T-Shirts

I’ve made more Appliqued/Embroidered T-Shirts …

Here is a closer image …

And I put a little embroidery on the back …

And an embroidered bug …

and

Obviously I need to do a bit of ironing. The Sunbonnet Sue comes from here and the Bug from here.

I use two pieces of calico or homespun in the hoop (I don’t use any ‘proper’ stabilisers anymore – I do starch the fabric before I start). I use Robinson Anton Rayon thread (I found a great supplier here) and then I stitch away. They take about an hour to do – taking into account changing thread colours and laying and trimming the applique fabric.

 

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Applique Embroidery

I made the embroidery above as a present for one of A’s friends. I used a design from here (by the way I find her designs always stitch out well). 

I should have starched the base fabric as that usually seems to help with the stabilising (it’s a bit puckered in places).

I’ve forgotten how much I like doing these – I’m currently working on some more …

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Applique Towel

A present for a little friend …

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