Wow, so once again, it's been forever and a day since I last wrote a blog post. That's mainly due to the fact that I'm frantically working on the first quilt for my now-ten-month-old son, and have made time for little else. I did, however, find some time to hand embroider some Onesies for my nephew that is due in December. I'll let the pics do the talking.
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| Freehand drawing is not my thing. The lobster is a clipart from Microsoft, the baby budzo is word art from Microsoft, and the baby bunny is an embroidery pattern by Amy Sinibaldi. |
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| Once satisfied with the size of the art, I printed it out on Sulky Sticky Fabri Solvy. |
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| See? It looks so cool when you peel the paper backing away. |
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| It sticks right on the fabric, acting as a stabilizer and pattern at the same time. |
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| I originally went for a satin stitch on the lobster dude, but ended up undoing it. |
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| I used Sulky 12wt cotton to stitch the bunny. It looked cute, but didn't hold up as well as the others, which used three strands of your standard embroidery floss. While I adore 12wt thread, I would save it for wovens, not knits. |
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| Here's what I ended up doing with the lobster after unpicking all those satin stitches! |
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| I love how the stitching turned out on this one! Gator colors for this little guy, of course. |
Well, in my haste to put these in the mail, I forgot to photograph the final results. Typical. At least it won't be too long before I see little Baby Budzo wearing these himself.
Until next time, God Bless!
Nice Coe!!
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