More felt hair clips.
I sewed my finger (with my sewing machine) while making these – the needle went completely through the edge of my finger. Fortunately the needle didn’t break and the machine stopped stitching – still there was blood.
These are quite fiddly to make and I am still not sure that I attached the owl to the base very well – I hand stitched them on, but maybe glue would work better.
The design is from here, but I am currently working on some designs of my own.
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So I am continuing in my efforts to get these cards right.
Yesterday (when I should have been doing something else) I came across a tutorial on Urban Threads for making a card using machine applique, but they don’t stitch out the satin stitched edges – genius! The satin stitching is always do dense the fabric puckers and it always looks a bit too perfect – I prefer a less perfect more home made look.
This morning I stitched the above flower card (using this design). I stitched out the applique placement line, placed the fabric on the design, changed thread to a matching colour and stitched out the applique tack down line. I then skipped the satin stitched borders. I much happier with this look – it wouldn’t work on anything that needs to be hard wearing..
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I’m still refining these cards. The first thing I’m trying to do is work out the best way of attaching them to the card stock. The embroidery tends to pucker the background fabric a bit and then I get crinkles when I sew the fabric to the card.
I could stabilise more, but I don’t want the fabric section to be too thick – water soluble stabiliser perhaps? And then I really need to decide if it is worth all of this effort.
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I’ve started thinking about Christmas.
I’ve decided to make some Christmas cards. These cards are quite labour intensive, so I shall be using purchased ones as well!
The above image is off my sewing machine stitching the christmas tree design, (Design is from here ).
Below is the finished card. I’ve simply sewn the fabric onto a piece of card stock.
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I’ve made more coasters – they’re quick and easy and use up small amounts of fabric (I can make 6 from one fat quarter). This time I used a machine embroidery design from here.
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I finished this sampler – I’ve blurred the name and birth date in the middle.
Here is the back …
I used 2.5 inch strips to bind the quilt. This worked much better for me than 2 inch strips.
I quilted in straight lines using a stitch length of 3.5mm – the normal setting for my machine is 2.2mm – I think the longer length does make for nicer quilting.
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It’s almost Easter – I wish the weather would be more April-like (it’s still warm!). I like to make the girls applique T-shirts for Christmas and Easter. Above is Miss P’s T-shirt. The design is from Bunnycup. Below is Miss A’s – her design is from Designs by JuJu.
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This is Miss P’s Christmas embroidery (the design is from here) – I used a christmas print on the Sunbonnet Sue, but the Christmas parts are a bit hidden.
I used two layers of iron-on tear- away stabiliser and it has worked well. I also starched the fabric, which does seam to make a difference.
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It has become a bit of a family tradition that I make Miss A and Miss P Christmas T-Shirts. The design above is for Miss A – it’s from Bunnycup embroidery. I used two layers of stabiliser, but it still puckered a bit.
I’m stitching Miss P’s at the moment.
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