My husband gave me a sewing/embroidery machine last Christmas. I opened it up, ooohhed and aaahhed over it, and then put it away. Life was just to busy to get started on any projects just then.
In July I pulled it out and set up a sewing/embroidery area in my daughter's old room.
I got started on a sweet baby girl dress and got about 50% finished when I kept getting the pull from the embroidery fairy. Sorry Leslie the fairy won, hope KK can still fit into the dress by the time I finish it!
Sunday I headed to Joann's again to get supplies so I could get busy embroidering!
I started out by doing a test on a old piece of t-shirt. It looked OK but here's what I learned from it...
1. Don't embroider with the stabilizer facing up,it goes on the underside
2. Use at least 2 layers of stabilizer
3. An old t-shirt is not the best material to use since
it's kinda thin
4. To trim the connecting thread as you go.
Next I headed to the internet to find out what kind of designs I could find. This was tons of fun and I really had to restrain myself! Most of the designs were very reasonable in cost and most sites have lagniappe designs. The one I used to test was a freebie from GG Designs.
I ended up buying from Stitch on Time, Little Applique Factory and Digi Dolls but I found many other sites I'll be buying from in the future!
Here are the main tools I am using while the machine is working. Thank God my machine has a needle threader! However, I still have trouble moving the thread around and holding it to trim so I use these wonderful little tongs to grab it!!
Here's what it looks like when the machine is hard at work...
The first is a little girl size small (6/6x) the designs are from Stitch on Time and Little Applique Factory.
The second is a little girl size extra small (4) the designs are from GG Designs and Digi Dolls.
Practically instant gratification!! I LOVE IT! Love having a finished gift in almost no time at all!
