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more embroidery…
2007 @ 12:21 pm
I’ve been busy learning more about the embroidery machine. You may have seen that I did a little birdie up for Baby Gleek! It’s a supercute bluebird that I found at Oregon Patchworks. It’s a freebie, but i may have to buy the set! I must thank the members of the Yahoo! Futura listserve for pointing me in the direction of designs that did not include horses, flags, cows, disney-like characters, etc. My “style” is not readily available it seems. That just means I’ll have to learn to create my own designs faster!
Next up, a bit of Redwork. Here is a very good description of exactly what that is, but for the time being, i’m just considering it anything i do in red. By virtue of machine stitching, it is not traditional Redwork.
I found the design at the same site and LOVE it. I’m planning to do more of these mandela type designs. I definitely prefer to use cotton thread, as opposed to the polyester, high sheen thread used in more machine embroidery. Cotton fills better and seems to have more depth. Of course, it’s more expensive and it’s just a preference. I am sure there will be time when combining them will provide a nice effect.
Believe it or not, I’ve come so far as to digitize (convert to embroidery usable image) a drawing that a friend did. The kinks need to be worked out, but I am not that far from creating my own designs! A couple of Adobe Illustrator tutorials should take care of that. I’ve got lots of ideas and am looking forward to trying them out.
In the meantime, I still need practice so think of me when you need a no-time-to-knit-it baby gift!
Comments
Oh, I love both the bird and the mandela–you’re making me want a machine with embroidery capability for the first time ever! I may have to give you some commissions…
Love the designs you picked (and your new header too)!bow