Some more fun stuff with my machine. I know nothing I have done is exceptional or new to many of the embroiderers out there but the FUN! And maybe someone also new to this game will benefit! :) These above were kitchen towels I just did - two for my daughter's kitchen and one for us. I love the red work! And you don't have to change threads. Yes, I am working up to changing thread colors. Soon people, soon. Meanwhile I have fallen in love with Embroidery Library. SO many designs and such nice freebies every month as well as good sales. I have purchased a few, but really have to watch myself. My need now is for something to embroider on. I have never really been much for the bling or embellishing, so useful items will be what I look for. :) And with a 4x4 field there are still a lot of things to embroider! Here is a photo of the package of towels I bought at Joann Fabrics.
They also have a few more styles and one of these days I am getting more. I also experimented with the alphabets on the machine. It has four alphabet fonts, upper and lower case and numbers etc., but they are not sewing stitches, they are in the embroidery location. In addition there is a built in very nice monogramming font which has larger and smaller settings, as do the rest of the embroidery patterns, including the builtin four font sets. I experimented with my name, and it seemed to come out well. I could position it better. I expect that to come with practice. When I have something amazing, I will post the picture! HAHaaa...Meanwhile I am slowly getting my Blue Quilt quilted. Pictures will follow when that project is done. After that I am starting on an old fashioned pieced squares quilt made out of a collection of shirt fabrics my son gave me - it will be a quilt for him. I will add solids out of my stash and maybe buy some red to set the squares off a bit.
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I have oodles of dish towels and when I got my machine, I embroidered on them. It's great practice and testing. My machine uses memory cards and I got the one with the kitchen items which includes an alphabet in cross stitch. Love it. I did some phrases on the towels also and one is "Martha Stewart I ain't!"
Love what you've done. Golly, it *is* fun, isn't it? Changing colors is easy. The machine will lock the stitches for you and stop when it's time to change the colors. Show more as you get them done.
Thanks glorm!! Isn't it fun!!!???? Love it. :) I would love to see pictures of your towels!!!
Kudos to you.. I was so nervous with my first emb machine I actually took a lesson before I would touch it. I love those towels.. and the redwork, a classic. I am sure there is an addiction terminology for anyone stumbling across Emb Library.. So many fab designs just on that site alone to keep you in stitches for a long long time.. am thrilled you are enjoying this..
Thanks Pigling!! Yes, Emb Library is like nectar to a hummingbird!!! HAHAHHAaa.......
Catspec, don't forget ibroidery.com which is Brother's design site. This is in case you run out of designs at other sites. LOL.
I have already downloaded a couple there. HAHAHHAa.....now I have more designs than time or things to embroider! ;) After the quilt I am gonna just have some embroidery fun I think.
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