Grand Format Embroidery and Mylar
This has been the most fun project so far!
Sometimes I get a little carried away with adding bling. Someone needs to restrain me. Seriously. But when I have an embroidery area that is twelve feet long, it’s easy to let my imagination run wild!
Antique Quilting In A Modern Way
I’m frequently surprised by new technology within the sewing industry, but never more so than when Innova added embroidery to a computerized quilting machine!
Grand Format Embroidery by Innova
I just can't believe that it has finally happened! I am soooo excited! Innova Longarm Quilt machines now have the ability to embroider! It wasn't that long ago that I wondered about the possibility of combining my two favorite things --- quilting and embroidery--- and now the future has arrived!
Embroidery contest at Urban Threads!
The premise was simple, and a really great idea! Everyone who wanted to enter could download a free embroidery design, and it was up to us how we wanted to color it. I stitched mine on off-white fabric with copper colored thread. I know, I know..... everyone does these things in black and white, right? But since when do I do anything "the right way"?
Coffee Break
OK, I'll admit it.... I am a coffee-holic. I drink at least two pots of "leaded" coffee every day. I consider myself a professional (kids, don't try this at home!). Drinking this much coffee allows me to thread a sewing machine while the needle is going up and down -- truly my best skill!
Bloom where you are planted
With spring finally arriving, I had the urge to embroider some designs with flowers in them. One of my favorite expressions is "Bloom where you are planted", so when I saw this design from Embroidery Library I knew I had to stitch it. Other designs from their garden department shortly followed, and then they just "grew" into a quilt! Isn't it amazing how a small project can just grow into something larger, and then blossom into a rare gem?
Elaine's Quilt
This quilt was partially hand quilted, and then Elaine decided to try stitching the outer border on her sewing machine. After trying to tackle something so large on her home machine, she called me to ask if I could finish it for her. Only half of her blocks were cross-hatched, and none of the sashes or cornerstones were stitched. There were lots of basting threads holding everything together, and grey pencil marks in all of the backgrounds on the un-stitched blocks!
Painting a Rose
Inspiration struck the minute I saw this design from Christy Dillon at My Creative Stitches. I love roses, and this is one of the prettiest ones I have seen. This pattern has so many possibilities! I could see it as an edge to edge (the way it was designed), and I could see the rose as a motif in pretty white blocks done with a pale pink thread. I also started dreaming of a whole cloth, and ways to add a touch of color to the beautiful design. That's when the idea of painting it occurred to me.
Vintage Table Runner
What happens when you walk past a vintage piece of linen? You stop in your tracks, back up, and take it home with you! This is the piece that I found, and it just spoke to me.... I envisioned quilting this piece, and adding to the life of something that had been lovingly stitched many years ago.