Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sunday Excitement
I am so excited today about the forecasted snow, which means I have been unable to concentrate on much. So, I decided to go shopping for my favorite things, new applique designs. Here are the ones I picked out and can't wait to try them out. One of my favorite designers had a sale on, thanks Applique Momma! Let me know if you would like to order one of these designs on a shirt, jon-jon or dress.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Saturday- Time for shopping and etc
Saturdays are usually my day to do the weekly shopping, today was a little more challenging, since the south appears to be in the path of a Winter Storm. Many more people ventured out to get supplies bought for the upcoming days. It seemed like the day before Christmas at the store I normally shop. Some shoppers were very aggressive, almost running over you to get what they were after. My husband and I were very happy to get what we needed and out of the store. I did find a few shirts that are suitable for appliqueing. It is so hard to locate shirts that are appropriate. I can't wait until I get set up to order shirts online. Afterwards, we stopped in at Wendy's to grab a little lunch.
When I returned home, I placed an order for fabric to do Mardi Gras appliques and outfits with. It is so cute, can't wait until it comes in. Will definitely post pictures of these outfits when they are finished. I also got fabric ordered for the Eiffel Tower dresses that I have orders for. Yoo Hoo!!!
I started working on finishing a pair of pants, still need to get the casing done for the elastic. Hayden was here, and he loves to help me monogram. He wasn't as interested in the serger and sewing machine. I stopped sewing and did some monogramming, so that Hayden could sit in my lap and help. He loves to push the buttons on the screen on my Brother PR 620 monogramming machine. He has learned to keep his hands in his lap until Granny tells him he can push a button (touch the LED screen and then push the start button).
The pants will be finished tomorrow, but just got to love that special time that I get to spend with my sweet grandson. Hayden and Logan both love to help Granny do monogramming. And Granny loves it!!!
When I returned home, I placed an order for fabric to do Mardi Gras appliques and outfits with. It is so cute, can't wait until it comes in. Will definitely post pictures of these outfits when they are finished. I also got fabric ordered for the Eiffel Tower dresses that I have orders for. Yoo Hoo!!!
I started working on finishing a pair of pants, still need to get the casing done for the elastic. Hayden was here, and he loves to help me monogram. He wasn't as interested in the serger and sewing machine. I stopped sewing and did some monogramming, so that Hayden could sit in my lap and help. He loves to push the buttons on the screen on my Brother PR 620 monogramming machine. He has learned to keep his hands in his lap until Granny tells him he can push a button (touch the LED screen and then push the start button).
The pants will be finished tomorrow, but just got to love that special time that I get to spend with my sweet grandson. Hayden and Logan both love to help Granny do monogramming. And Granny loves it!!!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Friday- January 7, 2011
I love it when I am able to salvage something that appeared destined to be a disaster. After alot of patience and careful removal of stitches. I was able to put the hoop back in my machine, with the t-shirt still in it, and worked though the race care design to move my needle to the areas that needed to be repaired and complete the design again. This time, without sewing the bottom of the shirt to the back of the design.
There is a lesson here! In the future, when you think a project is a total loss, just step back from it, and don't give up. If you document the position that you had the design in the machine for placement, you can go back to that spot and re-stitch the design.
Now for the finished product pictures.
There is a lesson here! In the future, when you think a project is a total loss, just step back from it, and don't give up. If you document the position that you had the design in the machine for placement, you can go back to that spot and re-stitch the design.
Now for the finished product pictures.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Monogramming Successes and Mess-ups
I was testing several designs for one of my favorite designers last night, Monogram Momma or AKA Applique Momma. You can find her cute designs at http://www.appliquemomma.com/ . I love doing test stitch outs for her and usually I just go ahead and put them on t-shirts, that I know my Grandchildren can wear. They stitch out so great on the first try normally. If it wasn't for operator error, the same would have been true for last night or better yet early this morning.
I was on the third shirt, a super cute, simple race car, which I was putting on a Navy Blue Old Navy t-shirt for my sweet 16 month old grandson, and all was great in my world. That is, until I took the hoop out of the machine and was going to turn the hoop over to loosen it up to remove the shirt, when I realized, that the bottom of the front of the shirt was stitched to part of the back of the design. Oh no!!! This was the 3rd time this has happened to me in my 5 years of doing embroidery, so I suppose that isn't too bad a history record. But it was such a cute design and a great soft t-shirt and I set out to salvage both. I worked for a while, clipping the stitches, then decided at 1:30 am to put it up, wait until the light of day and attempt to get it unsewn.
This morning, I have been able to get the shirt undone! By very carefully clipping the back of the satin stitch around the wheels and the bottom of the car. I am going to post pictures of the incident, and the steps to fix it. I wanted you all to know, that when everything seeems hopeless when you make the type of mistake, step back and take a closer look. Very carefully clip the stitches and see if you can salvage your work.
Some tips: 1- First would be prevention- always double check to make sure you have gotten the back of the shirt out of your stitching way.
2- Always write down the coordinates of your embroidery hoop placement, if you have moved the hoop up, down, or sideways. This will allow you to go right back to the place you were to start with.
3-Do not unhoop your garment!!!
4- Very carefully try to remove the stitches, in good light. This is a fairly time consuming process, but better than loosing the shirt.
5-Use a lint remover to clean up your thread pieces. (in my pictures, I have not done this yet).
6-Move your needle through the steps to return to the place in your design where you can replace the thread you had to clip loose.
Hopefully, tonight I will be able to complete my shirt, and will post pictures of the finished garment- whether I am successful or not!
These are the cute designs that I did get finished.
Be sure and come back tomorrow to see if I am successful in fixing my Mess-Up!
I was on the third shirt, a super cute, simple race car, which I was putting on a Navy Blue Old Navy t-shirt for my sweet 16 month old grandson, and all was great in my world. That is, until I took the hoop out of the machine and was going to turn the hoop over to loosen it up to remove the shirt, when I realized, that the bottom of the front of the shirt was stitched to part of the back of the design. Oh no!!! This was the 3rd time this has happened to me in my 5 years of doing embroidery, so I suppose that isn't too bad a history record. But it was such a cute design and a great soft t-shirt and I set out to salvage both. I worked for a while, clipping the stitches, then decided at 1:30 am to put it up, wait until the light of day and attempt to get it unsewn.
This morning, I have been able to get the shirt undone! By very carefully clipping the back of the satin stitch around the wheels and the bottom of the car. I am going to post pictures of the incident, and the steps to fix it. I wanted you all to know, that when everything seeems hopeless when you make the type of mistake, step back and take a closer look. Very carefully clip the stitches and see if you can salvage your work.
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This was after some work, but did not have the shirt loose yet. |
2- Always write down the coordinates of your embroidery hoop placement, if you have moved the hoop up, down, or sideways. This will allow you to go right back to the place you were to start with.
3-Do not unhoop your garment!!!
4- Very carefully try to remove the stitches, in good light. This is a fairly time consuming process, but better than loosing the shirt.
5-Use a lint remover to clean up your thread pieces. (in my pictures, I have not done this yet).
6-Move your needle through the steps to return to the place in your design where you can replace the thread you had to clip loose.
Hopefully, tonight I will be able to complete my shirt, and will post pictures of the finished garment- whether I am successful or not!
These are the cute designs that I did get finished.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
A New Year 360 days left
A friend of mine mentioned doing a Project 365 Blog. She didn't mention it until today, which is the 5th day, so I guess I will have a Project 360 Blog.
This will be interesting, certainly a challenge to me mentally, to be able to blog about my life for the whole year. I'm not really sure who will want to read it, I will try my best to make it interesting. When Angi told me about it, I responded, that I "change diapers, feed babies, put babies down for naps, play with babies, feed husband, compute and then I try to work in sewing and monogramming." She said, "that should cover a few days." And I responded, "that is all in one day." I am a Grandmother, having raised 3 very great children of my own. I am a Retired Registered Nurse, and have found my nitch in making and personalizing Children's Clothes and Baby Gifts, and many more items. I stay with my twin grandbabies during the day, while their Mother teaches school, then go home and start my work on orders for shirts and other personalized items.
I have recently learned how to make pants for boys and girls totally reversible, as well as, how to make a pillowcase dress totally reversible, like the 2 button a-lines and jon-jons. I love being able to figure out how to do things like this.
One of my favorite things to do is to make reversible outfits, so that they can be worn for longer, not just for a holiday.
I enjoy doing test stitching for the digitizers who make the cute applique designs for us all to use. Many times, that is the only way my own grandchildren get things made, because I am often too busy making outfits for other children, my own get left out.
I will be posting pictures of things I make this year and will try to do a few tutorials on how to make things. A good friend of our family is expecting a little girl and she wants to learn how to sew, so maybe I can help at least her, by posting some how to do's on my blog.
I'm really excited about what 2011 has to offer me and my family!
This will be interesting, certainly a challenge to me mentally, to be able to blog about my life for the whole year. I'm not really sure who will want to read it, I will try my best to make it interesting. When Angi told me about it, I responded, that I "change diapers, feed babies, put babies down for naps, play with babies, feed husband, compute and then I try to work in sewing and monogramming." She said, "that should cover a few days." And I responded, "that is all in one day." I am a Grandmother, having raised 3 very great children of my own. I am a Retired Registered Nurse, and have found my nitch in making and personalizing Children's Clothes and Baby Gifts, and many more items. I stay with my twin grandbabies during the day, while their Mother teaches school, then go home and start my work on orders for shirts and other personalized items.
I have recently learned how to make pants for boys and girls totally reversible, as well as, how to make a pillowcase dress totally reversible, like the 2 button a-lines and jon-jons. I love being able to figure out how to do things like this.
One of my favorite things to do is to make reversible outfits, so that they can be worn for longer, not just for a holiday.
I enjoy doing test stitching for the digitizers who make the cute applique designs for us all to use. Many times, that is the only way my own grandchildren get things made, because I am often too busy making outfits for other children, my own get left out.
I will be posting pictures of things I make this year and will try to do a few tutorials on how to make things. A good friend of our family is expecting a little girl and she wants to learn how to sew, so maybe I can help at least her, by posting some how to do's on my blog.
I'm really excited about what 2011 has to offer me and my family!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
School is almost out and Summer Fun is Here!
Here are a few of the things I have done recently, some for Hayden and some for customers. I also made the monkey outfit for Hayden to match a smocked outfit that Natalie has. Didn't get a good picture of them both in their outfits, they wore them to Logan's Kindergarten Graduation. Granny is so proud of him, he received the Highest Math Award and the Superindents Honor Roll Award. I can't believe he is already to go to 1st Grade.
New Baby Sets
Monday, April 5, 2010
Summer Fun
What a cute way to keep up with your children's towels this summer! These towels were personalized with appliqued designs and the child's name. No more getting towels mixed up. I used regular bath size towels for this project. The font I used for these towels is Kristen TTF font, that my layout and editing program converted to a digitalized design. It stitched out great, the letters are think all the way to the end, keeping them from fading into the pile of the towel. I used a water soluble stabilizer on tip of the towels to hold the stitches on top of the pile of the towels, it helps the letter stitch out smooth. These make great gifts for birthdays! For these towels, I used the alligator, boy turtle and girl turtle designs from Lynnie Pinnie, and the butterfly design is from Sew Many Designs Monkeys and More CD.
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