Category Archives: Machine Embroidery

March 26, 2009 · 6:33 am

Easter T-Shirts

I’ve made the girls Easter T-Shirts. The above is the front of A’s and below is the back.

The Sunbonnet Sue is from here and the flower from here. I didn’t stabilise enough, so the fabric is a bit puckered on the Sunbonnet. I attached the embroideries to the T-Shirt using a small zigzag stitch and Sulky Invisible thread in the needle. This did involve lowering the needle tension quite a bit, but I’m happy with how it turned out.

This is the front of P’s

And the back …

The designs are from the same place.

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March 23, 2009 · 10:19 pm

Free Machine Embroidery Design – Foundation Pieced Pictureframe block

I made this block using my embroidery machine – there are instructions on this page on how to use an embroidery machine for foundation piecing. Here is the design – it’s free to use, but don’t sell the design.

sewwittypictureframe

NOTE: The font is not included in the download just the quilt block. Also, it is in jef (janome) format. I’m happy to provide other formats just let me know what you need.

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March 18, 2009 · 5:38 am

Second Anniversary and a Give Away

Today is my second blog anniversary! When I started I thought it would be good to keep a record of my craft activities and it has been useful – a couple of times I’ve looked back to see how I did something.

I also thought it might help me to focus my energies, but it hasn’t. I still have heaps of unfinished projects. I start something and then get distracted by something else.

The image above (because I think all posts need an image) is another T-Shirt applique. I used my embroidery machine to foundation piece the quilt block.

To celebrate my second anniversary, I’m going to give away one of my T-Shirts (like this one, or these or the russian doll or maybe a dinosaur or sunbonnet sue or maybe just a name). Anyway, to be in the running for one of my childrens’ T-Shirts leave a comment by Friday the 20th at midnight (Perth Australia time – GMT + 9)

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March 17, 2009 · 9:02 pm

Applique T-Shirt

Another T-Shirt commission. Here is a closer view of the front …

Here is the back…

And a closer view of the back …

I’m really pleased with how this one turned out – very girly.

The font is Love Letters from GG Designs.

The Strawberry design on the back is from Itty Bitty Spring Fling from Designs By JuJu.

The heart and circle I digitised using Thred.

Tomorrow marks my Second Blog Anniversary and I’m thinking of some kind of give away (probably a T-Shirt like this one).

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February 3, 2009 · 6:10 am

Embroidered T-Shirts

I’ve been making a few presents for some little people …

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December 29, 2008 · 8:01 am

Blackwork Butterfly

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 a bit of work and it will be quite a drawn out process (not as long as doing it by hand though)

And another wing …

I’ve also changed the angle of the fill slightly.

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December 3, 2008 · 1:05 am

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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November 24, 2008 · 12:25 am

Advent Calendar – 7

The buttons are on. Now I’ve just got to finish the ornaments…

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November 20, 2008 · 6:03 am

Advent Calendar – 6

All of the pockets are attached! I need to sew the buttons onto the tree and finish off the ornaments.

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November 17, 2008 · 6:18 am

Advent Calendar – 5

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 I’m not sure if that would work with felt). I’ve made 8 so only 16 to go … (I am feeling positive that I will get it done in time).

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