The last couple of weeks has been busy with family, Easter and just relaxing. Sometimes we need to be kind to ourselves and just rest, recharge and move forward. Things that need to be done, got done in small pockets of time and steps.
The spring quilt is now getting machine quilting in the form of machine embroidery in the hoop designs.(Quilting outline designs, which are done using a digitized quilt design on an embroidery unit on a regular sewing/embroidery machine).
The new machine is now the one I am using. It is sewing like a dream. The embroidery area with the machine is so much bigger. (The trade ins being offered at the moment for a new machine is amazing!) Over the years, I have been blessed to have machines from different makes and manufacturers. Along the way there have been favourites, my first machine was a Necchi? it cost the grand price of 20 bucks and it was bought second hand. It was all metal and weighed a ton. Modern machines are made with more plastic and less metal.
Before stitching the design on the quilt, a sample is stitched on some stabilizer, in this case a paper tearaway. It allows me to audition the design over the space it will be stitched on the quilt. This is very useful, once a sample is made : it can be used over and over again. It is then placed with all the other stitched templates in a binder. This saves time and makes quilting in the hoop a fun process.
The square 8 inch hoop came with additional quilt and embroidery designs, which is a great size and fit for the square blocks. The hoop was on back order, it was absolutely worth the wait. In today's world, many shops have closed. The new machine is a Husqvarna, the shop is still local and worth the drive. It takes about a half an hours drive to get there. The owners John and Monique is an amazing couple, a phone call away. They know their product well. We can recommend them highly, so if you need a new machine check out what they have on offer at : Brampton Sew N Serge. (www.shopsewnserge.com)
The little dress is done, it still needs a placket at the back with buttonholes and buttons. The pattern had crochet loops for button holes, not what I want to do. This is what I worked on the last while, easy to do while watching movies, chatting and relaxing.
This was monday afternoon, we had snow on tuesday. It has all melted and we are very glad it is gone now.
well that quilting will be so pretty with designs that would be used for embroidery - I have not seen it done this way. Hope all that snow goes away now and doesn't come back until late fall or you!
ReplyDeleteThe snow has all melted and we have sunshine! A lot of embroidery designs also come with just outline designs. One can use just a part of an embroidery design as well, as they are broken into each colour in a design. Embroidery can be used very creatively.
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