tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23585802250568580242024-02-20T01:38:26.382-08:00Stitching AdventureSewing and Machine EmbroideryMargiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-18268036867904315032020-02-13T13:00:00.003-08:002020-02-13T13:37:27.421-08:00<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Vinyl Purse<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Materials</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Marine Vinyl – 12 inches x 28 inches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Fabric – Cotton print – 1 yard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Pellon Décor weight Fusible Interfacing – ¾
yards (42 inches wide)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very stiff <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Kam snaps – 6 sets – 12 caps, 6 female
connectors and 6 male connectors<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Get Long Prong Kam Snaps if possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">2 pieces of metal measuring tape<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>¾” by 10 ½ inches each<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Batting – 9” x 10”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Plastic needle point webbing
3 “ x 8” (for bottom of purse)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Heat N Bond 8” x 10”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Duct tape<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Embroidery pattern for front of purse</span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Cuts</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Marine Vinyl – 12” x 28”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Fabric - <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>12”
x 33” – main purse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>3”
x 42” – strap<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>2
pieces – 9” x 10” – outside pocket<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>2
pieces – 8” x 18” – inside pockets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>1
piece – 8” x 10” bottom of purse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Batting - <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9”
x 10”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Pellon - <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>12”
x 33” – main purse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>3”
x 42” strap<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>2
pieces – 8” x 9” – inside pockets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Mark the vinyl on the wrong side with the
following lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will help you
embroider the front of your bag with it perfectly centered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">1 ¼ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">inch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">wide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">5 ¼ inches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">5 ¼ inches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">wide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">2 inches <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">wide <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">2 inches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">10 ½ inches wide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">1 ¼ inch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">wide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">IRON TO FUSE the Pellon on to the back of
the main purse fabric, purse strap and inside purse pockets. The inside pockets
will only have Pellon on one half of the fabric:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">For the inside pockets, fold fabric in half
(8” x 9”)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Sew around leaving opening at bottom for
turning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Turn inside pockets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The opening at the bottom will be closed when
you attached the pockets to the inside of purse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Press.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Attach 1 Kam snap and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 male connector to the top middle of pocket.
<b>DON’T FORGET….OTHERWISE LATER ITS IMPOSSIBLE….. :-)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Place fused main purse fabric right side
down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please vinyl piece right side up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will notice that you have 2.5” inches on
either end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I measure down 4.5” from each side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I center the pockets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mark on the main purse fabric where the Kam
snap and female connectors should go and attach those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>AGAIN DON’T FORGET … OTHERWISE LATER ITS
IMPOSSIBLE….. :-)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Press the strap in half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then press each side to the center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The strap will be ¾” wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Press well and then top stitch strap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set aside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Now its time to make the outside
pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t have a Destiny,
Solaria, Dream Machine 2 or Luminaire you will have to make the quilted pocket
on the sewing machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">To make on the above machine go to IQ
Designer (My Design Center) Select shapes and a square.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Size the Square to 6.25” wide and 7”
long”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use a double run stitch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Save shape to pocket. Click to
Embroidery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Click ADD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recall the shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change color. Turn off the outline stitching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fill with the fill of your choosing. Click to
Embroidery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Click ADD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recall the shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change Color. Use double run stich, erasing
line on bottom so you can turn pocket. Click to Embroidery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Click ADD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I place the batting and the front side
of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9” x 10” fabric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I run the first step.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then run the fill (quilting).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then place the second 9” x 10” piece of
fabric face down and run the next step.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Turn and press.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bottom will
be closed when the pocket is attached.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Attach 1 Kam snap and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 male connector to the top middle of pocket.
<b>DON’T FORGET….OTHERWISE LATER ITS IMPOSSIBLE….. :-)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">This pocket is placed on the vinyl 3 inches
down from side of vinyl:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">BEFORE SEWING DOWN POCKET!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place pocket and mark where Kam Snap<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and female connector and attached that kam
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">NOW IT’S TIME TO DO THE EMBROIDERY ON THE
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">The space you have is about 8 inches by 8
inches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use variegated thread a lot on
my designs because it gives a nice effect and they work well with open
designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Do not pick a large stitch count
design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned recently that I could
hoop my vinyl in my 8 x 8 magnetic hoop and I didn’t have to use
stabilizer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>HOWEVER</b>, Centering
design is important and its tricky with the magnetic hoop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">If you use stabilizer mark the horizontal
and vertical centers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use a bit of spray
adhesive to hold your vinyl in place using the markings on the back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Once you finish your embroidery you are
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Take the two pieces of metal measuring tape
and round off the ends with an old pair of scissors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t want to have any rough edges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wrap the ends with duct tape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Place MAIN FABRIC PURSE PIECE right side
down.</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Place VINYL PIECE</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">right side up.</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">On the ends fold fabric once then again and
pin down. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">See photo below.</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">You
will be topstitching along the edges to make a casing </span><b style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: red;">(see red arrows)</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; mso-no-proof: yes;">Insert metal tape measure
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</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">The vinyl can be slippery.</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Once that is done you can fold with the
right side of the vinyl together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sew
a ¼ inch seam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I backstitch a the top
and bottom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once that is done I zigzag
the edges (you could use a serger for the edges if you have one… I don’t)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trim loose threads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">You are ready to turn your purse, put
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Take the remaining 8” x 10” piece of fabric
and fuse the Heat N Bond to wrong side of fabric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place the fabric down Heat N Bong side
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place the 3” x 8” plastic webbing in
the middle of the fabric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iron the
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">SUPPLIES:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Vinyl – <a href="https://www.mikriworldllc.com/store/p332/Marine_Vinyl_for_Sewing_and_Embroidery.html" target="_blank">Mikri World Supplies LLC</a>
online.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marine vinyl – lots of colors,
fast delivery and great product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
mainly use their vinyl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Variegated Thread by <a href="https://www.threadart.com/collections/multicolor-polyester-embroidery-thread" target="_blank">ThreadArt</a> online.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good prices<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-11844938194698625172017-04-06T21:57:00.000-07:002017-04-06T21:57:03.801-07:00 MAKING THE QUILT WITH IN THE HOOP QUILT BLOCKS - Part Two<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In my previous blog post, <a href="https://stitchingadventure.blogspot.com/2017/03/making-quilt-with-in-hoop-quilt-blocks.html" target="_blank">Part One</a> of Making the Quilt with in the hoop quilt blocks, I showed how I made each block. This post, I will show how I sew them together</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The blocks are the ones I created using the method described in my blog post <a href="https://stitchingadventure.blogspot.com/2017/03/creating-quilt-blocks-using-contour.html" target="_blank">CREATING QUILT BLOCK USING CONTOUR FILL - STITCH ARTIST 2 or 3</a>. In that blog post I described how I created the contour design. I created a Sea Horse, a Sea Turtle, a Fish and a Shell. For the Shell and the Sea Turtle, I added more detail than just the contour fill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We need to trim away the excess top fabric and excess polymesh ONLY! We will be cutting them to fit the 9" x 9" piece of batting that is under the top fabric. To cut, place the block on cutting mat FACE DOWN:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, fold back the backing fabric. With ruler and rotary blade cut polymesh and top fabric along the batting edge:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Make sure not to cut the backing fabric or the batting</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you cut all 4 sides, turn over and your block will look like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I iron my blocks. I received an early birthday present last month of a <a href="https://www.laurastarus.com/en/steam-stations/laurastar-lift-pinky-pop-311" target="_blank">LauraStar Iron</a>, which is the greatest iron EVER. It's a bit pricey, but I got a deal from my Brother Dealer because I purchased a machine from them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After ironing, I pin the edges and with my sewing machine I stitch along all the edges of the top fabric very very close to the edges....just make sure they are secure and the top fabric doesn't shift when assembling the quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To assemble the big blocks with the 4 smaller blocks, I place one block face down and place the other block face up:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I pin along the right edge and sew along the top fabric edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have a Pfaff sewing machine which has a built in walking foot. A walking foot is your best friend when machine quilting. You are able to feed the fabric evenly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Other sewing machine have a walking foot that can be attached. I highly recommend this foot for quilting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once sewn, take to your iron and press the seam open. Then carefully turn under each side of the seam as shown:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I pin just to hold the seam and take it back to my sewing machine to sew it down. I used a decorative stitch, however you can use a straight stitch as well:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sew down both sides and then press:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each big block is made up of 4 smaller blocks. You would use the same method to assemble the big block. Place one face down and one face up, pin in place and sew along top fabric edge:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To attached the big blocks together, place one facing down, the other facing up, pin in place, and stitch along top fabric edge:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Again press seam open, fold under and topstitch. Here are the 2 big blocks stitch together:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There will be 36 big blocks in all for this king size quilt. Its going to take awhile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy sewing and embroidering!</span>Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-62854518935380193222017-03-23T18:48:00.000-07:002017-03-23T18:51:14.247-07:00 MAKING THE QUILT WITH IN THE HOOP QUILT BLOCKS - Part One<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Time to start sewing together my quilt. The blocks are the ones I created using the method described in my previous blog post <a href="https://stitchingadventure.blogspot.com/2017/03/creating-quilt-blocks-using-contour.html" target="_blank">CREATING QUILT BLOCK USING CONTOUR FILL - STITCH ARTIST 2 or 3</a>. In that blog post I described how I created the contour design. I have created a Sea Horse, a Sea Turtle, a Fish and a Shell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut my applique pieces for the design. Instructions on how to save these applique cut file using Essentials is shown in this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FruERFeV60k" target="_blank">video</a>. I back my applique fabric with Heat N Bond Lite before I cut them with my Scan N Cut. </span></span>When I saved my cut file, I inflated them 3 mm, as I am not using a satin stitch finish but a bean stitch to finish. It's the look that I wanted to achieve on this quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All the quilt blocks will be made IN THE HOOP using the design I created in Stitch Artist 2 or 3, </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">HOWEVER, THE JOINING OF THE BLOCKS IS DONE ON A SEWING MACHINE AND NOT IN THE HOOP.</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am using a 8" x 8" hoop on my Brother Embroidery Machine. I am using </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://allstitch.net/product/sheerstitch-15-white-cut-away-backing-15-wide-roll-2318.cfm" target="_blank">SheerStitch No Show "PolyMesh" Cut Away Stabilizer (1.5)</a>, which I purchased through <a href="http://allstitch.com/">ALLSTITCH.COM</a> The roll is 15" wide and I use a 15" by 15" piece for each block. I am using Warm and Natural Cotton batting from <a href="http://www.joann.com/search?q=batting" target="_blank">JoAnn Fabrics</a>. I cut my batting in 9" by 9" squares. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am using layer cake fabric pieces from <a href="https://www.fatquartershop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=sandpiper" target="_blank">Hoffman Fabrics' collection </a></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.fatquartershop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=sandpiper" target="_blank">Sandpiper Bali Crackers</a></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">which are 10" by 10" square for the background fabric of the top of my block. I am using 12" by 12" square fabric pieces for the backing fabric. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hoop the stabilizer and with the template, I mark the horizontal and vertical centers on the stabilizer with a purple disappearing marker. <span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Keep in mind to do this right before you are ready to embroider....otherwise the lines will disappear if you wait an hour or so. </span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I mark my batting so that I can place it on the center of the hoop:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Time to put the hoop in your embroidery machine and start sewing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first thing to stitch is the applique placement stitch. As I showed in my last blog post, </span><a href="https://stitchingadventure.blogspot.com/2017/03/lighting-up-you-applique.html" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;" target="_blank">LIGHTING UP YOUR APPLIQUE</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, using a light box will help you place your applique piece perfectly. I didn't take close up pictures of the turtle block, so I am showing you the shell block close up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With my sewing machine I sewed down the edges of the block. Because this is a 9" by 9" square I couldn't do that in my 8" by 8" hoop. </span><br />
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Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-20832377709444724132017-03-17T11:05:00.000-07:002017-03-22T17:08:40.319-07:00LIGHTING UP YOUR APPLIQUEI love to do applique using my Embroidery machine, but I especially like doing applique when I can cut the objects out with my Brother Scan N Cut. You get clean cuts....it's just great. <br />
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<b>HOWEVER</b>..... trying to place those pieces on to your hoop accurately so that the tackdown stitches catches all of the edges and ultimately be covered by the satin stitches or bean stitch (If that is what you are using) for your finished stitching THIS CAN BE TRICKY.<br />
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<b>BUT - </b>I found a solution. I was cleaning out my sewing room closet for an upcoming garage sale and I found a light box that I bought ages and ages ago. Mine is by <a href="https://www.artograph.com/light-boxes/light-tracer/" target="_blank">Artograph called a Light </a><i><a href="https://www.artograph.com/light-boxes/light-tracer/" target="_blank">Tracer</a>. </i>It has a screen that is 10 x 12 inches. I bought it a long time ago, but I am sure I bought it at Michael's or Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon. <br />
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My idea was what if I could place my hoop on to the light box, turn the light on and then be able to see where to place my applique piece ACCURATELY! Because the light would shine through....my fingers were crossed.<br />
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And you know what? IT WORKED. It work even on dark fabric. I was able to place my applique piece on my hoop making sure the tackdown stitches would be caught on all edges. It also insured that my bean stitch would catch as well.<br />
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In the example I am showing below I did not use a satin stitch and I inflated my cut file 3mm. Its the look that I wanted to achieve on this quilt. <br />
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For a satin stitch finish I usually inflate my cut files about 1.2 to 1.5mm.....more often 1.2mm<br />
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But this method would work for placing applique pieces when using a satin stitch as well.<br />
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When I placed that shell piece over the applique position stitches I could see through the green fabric and was able to accurately place it on the hoop.<br />
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As you can see, I was able to stitch the tackdown stitches and catch all of the material. <br />
This isn't rocket science, but I have 164 more of those blocks to do and this is going to be a lifesaver in placing my applique pieces.<br />
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<br />Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-34113992386178611692017-03-08T09:59:00.002-08:002017-03-08T09:59:21.719-08:00Using the Flatten Tool in Stitch Artist Level 3<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even if you have been using Stitch Artist for awhile, its always good to go back to the videos that Brian created on the Controls for Stitch Artist Level 3. I spent the morning doing just that and wanted to write a post so that I wouldn't forget this technique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used the magic wand to create my outline of the sea horse and I assigned a run stitch. As you can see I set the Sensitivity of the magic wand to 225. I find you get less nodes if you increase the sensitivity number. Good rule: Less nodes gives you smoother designs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I then copied and paste another sea horse because I will be using it later to create the contour of the block. I then go to the object library and add a square.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You get stitches that look like this below....too many for a quilt block but you can change that. You want <b>Contour Echo Outline Inward</b>....because you are going inward from the square, not outward from the sea horse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I decided that I needed some quilting stitching inside the sea horse to give it some dimension. I copied and pasted the sea horse object. I then again, selected the <b>Contour Fill</b> </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Echo Outline Inward </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with the </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">9.6mm</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> offset.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I make one more copy of the sea horse and add it to my object pane. You will see why for the I do this in the last step.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am now go back and make the first the sea horse in the object pane an <b>applique</b>....so I change it in the object pane from a run to an applique with a position and tackdown stitches. I use the fabric preview to show the fabric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My quilt block is 8 x 8....so I go to the object library and add another square, this time making it 7 1/4" by 7 1/4". I assign it a run stitch. I then select this square and the sea horse above it and right click, and select <b>Combine With Hole</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And there is my block. I suppose I could just have added the square at the end without adding the sea horse outline, but I want the sea horse to stand out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I then go back and adjust my stops and starts and my stitch lengths. I also decide which will be a single run and which will be a bean stitch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was such a great discovery and I am thrilled with my outcome. I repeated these steps for my other shapes....the shell needing a little more digitizing than the magic wand...but that's another tale to tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hope this helps you.</span>Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-45338166229976612962017-02-21T06:23:00.000-08:002017-02-22T16:10:31.625-08:00Making Stippling Around an Existing Embroidery File<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We all have a boat load of designs on our computers that we would love to make in a quilt or pillow. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to add stippling around those designs using digitizing</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I use</span><a href="http://embrilliance.com/stitchartist" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank"> Stitch Artist by Embrilliance</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> for digitizing embroidery. Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwm56yBBUPANKjPTcmD1cQ5i2movusdnH" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">Stitch Artist Videos</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to help you get started. The online </span><a href="http://www.embrilliance.com/emb_downloads/pdf/1148/EmbrilliancePlatformWin1148.pdf" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">PDF manual</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is full of great instruction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am using a 8 x 8 hoop on my Brother Embroidery Machine. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is my existing design from Amazing Embroidery. I open the object pane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Select the outline of the design.</span></div>
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I then select Create an outline from stitches on the page icon:</div>
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With the object still selected click the next icon - Inflate outline. Make sure you click Remove Holes. I used 4mm for my inflation. </div>
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IF YOU HAVE STITCH ARTIST 1, you must draw your own outline using draw with points. Obviously, you will want to move the nodes til you get the shape around your object the way you want it to be:</div>
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For all levels of Stitch Artist you then go to the shapes library and add a box. </div>
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My box is 7.25" x 7.25"</div>
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I then select the outline and the box I have created. I go up to Create and I select Outline and then select COMBINE HOLE.</div>
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Then you can adjust the stippling as you would like:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you just want to create an outline of your existing embroidery design, you can also use<a href="http://embrilliance.com/products/enthusiast" target="_blank"> Enthusiast by Embrillance</a>. With the use of knockdown stitches, you can make the outline of existing embroidery. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Here is my existing design from Amazing Embroidery. I open the object pane and s</span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">elect the design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the object selected in the object pane go up to Utility and select Add Knockdown Stitching:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And this is what it will look like:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the knockdown stitches selected in the object pane, open Stitch Artist by selecting Create. Then select run stitch from the stitch selection. The knockdown stitches will change to a run stitch around your embroidery design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-11191646739252031332017-02-10T17:52:00.001-08:002017-02-11T05:59:37.591-08:00Stitch Artist - Creating an Outline using Two Objects<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometimes you want your object to have an outline maybe wider than a regular satin stitch or maybe you want that object to have smoother 0r sharper points. I tried to figure this out....but Harper and Brian at Embrilliance came to the rescue and showed me a very good method.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I use</span><a href="http://embrilliance.com/stitchartist" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank"> Stitch Artist by Embrilliance</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> for digitizing embroidery. Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwm56yBBUPANKjPTcmD1cQ5i2movusdnH" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">Stitch Artist Videos</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to help you get started. The online </span><a href="http://www.embrilliance.com/emb_downloads/pdf/1148/EmbrilliancePlatformWin1148.pdf" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">PDF manual</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is full of great instruction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used a star for my example. I open Stitch Artist (Create) and select the Design Icon. I selected the 5 point star (First one). I copied the star so now I have 2 stars in my object pane. I reduced the size of second star.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I then centered both stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I then select both stars and right click on the objects on the screen. When you right click on objects, a popup menu appears. Select <b>Combine With Hole</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once you do this your object pane will show one object:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Select a node from each star....I did mine on the bottom:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Right click on one of the nodes and a pop up menu appears. Select <b>Connect to Hole.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now they are connected. The photo below, I have pulled them apart just temporarily so you can see where they are connected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now you can add your stitching. I selected satin column and then added inclinations to sharpen the stitches at the points. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Works with rectangles, circles.... Again, a big thank you to Harper and Brian at Embrilliance for helping me with this.</span></div>
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Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-76641982521362237642017-02-01T08:45:00.002-08:002017-02-11T06:01:13.141-08:00FINDING LINE ART DRAWINGS FOR DIGITIZING<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space: pre-wrap;">I made a great discovery and thought I would share it with you. I have been learning <a href="https://inkscape.org/en/" target="_blank">Inkscape</a> in order to make SVG files (Vector images) to use in Stitch Artist. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I use<a href="http://embrilliance.com/stitchartist" target="_blank"> Stitch Artist by Embrilliance</a> for digitizing embroidery. Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwm56yBBUPANKjPTcmD1cQ5i2movusdnH" target="_blank">Stitch Artist Videos</a> to help you get started. The online <a href="http://www.embrilliance.com/emb_downloads/pdf/1148/EmbrilliancePlatformWin1148.pdf" target="_blank">PDF manual</a> is full of great instruction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inkscape is a vector graphics editor for Windows and Mac which is free to <a href="https://inkscape.org/en/download/" target="_blank">download</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">While doing an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnXQPwHEH0U" target="_blank">Inkscape tutorial</a> by Chevee Todd, the instructor showed how to find Line Art Drawings with a Google Search. Line Art Drawings would be perfect for digitizing. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;"><u><i>Remember</i></u></span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"> , many of these images are not FREE...and must be purchased from the author of the image. Also, many images are for personal use ONLY and not for resale. Make sure to read licensing agreements. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To search for the image, I went to my <a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google search engine</a> and typed in what I was looking for. In this case, Labrador. Once the search came up, I then clicked Images:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you ca see, it comes up with loads of Labradors...but no Line Art Drawings....but they are cute, aren't they? 😍 To get the Line Art Drawings, but must click Tools. </span></div>
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Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-5646113881943139782017-01-19T08:42:00.001-08:002017-02-11T06:02:54.972-08:00FABRIC PIECING BY DIGITIZING - Part 2As part of Part 2, I will be explaining my fabric piecing technique further. This Black Labrador piece is my dog, Maybelle. We got her from a rescue in June and she is almost 10 months old here. She had a rough start in life, but we are happy to say she is a loving, sweet girl.<br />
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This is my second attempt at fabric piecing by digitizing and it been a great learning experience. In <a href="http://stitchingadventure.blogspot.com/2017/01/fabric-piecing-by-digitizing.html" target="_blank">Fabric Piecing by Digitizing - Part 1</a>, I roughed out the basic design. The eyes I covered in another blog post called <a href="http://stitchingadventure.blogspot.com/2017/01/look-into-dogs-eye.html" target="_blank">Look into a Dog's Eye</a>. In Part 2 I tweaked the design and refined it so it was ready for stitching.<br />
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I am using<a href="http://embrilliance.com/stitchartist" target="_blank"> Stitch Artist by Embrilliance</a> for digitizing. Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwm56yBBUPANKjPTcmD1cQ5i2movusdnH" target="_blank">Stitch Artist Videos</a> to help you get started. The online <a href="http://www.embrilliance.com/emb_downloads/pdf/1148/EmbrilliancePlatformWin1148.pdf" target="_blank">PDF manual</a> is full of great instruction.<br />
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For my fabric piecing project I used Stitch Artist Level 1. The whole project is done in applique pieces (except the eyes, collar hardware & tag and highlighting details) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of8ItB0gQyk&list=PLwm56yBBUPANKjPTcmD1cQ5i2movusdnH&index=9&t=19s" target="_blank">Stitch Artist Level 1, Controls Part 3, Applique</a> video is a good reference in working with applique.<br />
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The picture on the left is the one I used for my design. The picture on the right is the design that I stitched out<br />
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And here is my working file in Stitch Artist:</div>
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Maybelle is a very very black dog....and the picture doesn't exactly have all the shading that I added to this design.</div>
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<b>All the applique pieces are set at a ZigZag at 3.2mm. I started with 2mm and it was too small and for me, it left too many ragged edges. I find that the ZigZag stitch looks larger on the screen than it actually is when you stitch it out on fabric. </b></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Face:</b></span> Maybelle has a very black face.... When I lightened up the picture a bit, I could see light on her cheekbones and shadows underneath her eyes. The light on the cheekbones I used lighter applique pieces. For the shadows under the eyes I used a satin border with pointed ends, density set at 6.9 pt and width of stitch 2mm.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Ears:</b> </span> I added more texture to the ears to give them more dimension. Her big ears aren't flat, they have some curves to them. Adding the applique pieces gives them the curve they need to look more realistic. </div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Muzzle and nose:</span> </b> On the stitch out, the nose came out a little rounder than I would like...but the idea was to see the reflection of the light on her muzzle and nose. I added fill stitches to the muzzle instead of fabric because I wanted it to be more subtle. On the fill I used no underlay, inclination at a 45 degree angle. The stitch density is at 12 pt., I did not travel the edge. I also feathered on both sides 32%. </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Body: </b></span>Here I didn't really follow the picture but made pieces and moved them around til I achieved the results I wanted. Their fur has a lot of movement....even in a very black dog. I looked at other paper piecing pictures and tweaked this quit a bit from my original rough design in Part 1. I looked at a lot of other Black Labradors to see how their fur lies....and adjusted my design accordingly. </div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Collar and Tag: </span></b> The collar itself is just an applique like the rest of the pieces with a bean stitch run to show definition on the collar. The tag is a fill using density at 4 pt, pattern Corn Row 2. The metal pieces are all done in satin stitches, 4 pt, except the tag ring which is a bean stitch. </div>
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I think I made Maybelle too dark...but I think it looks a lot like her. I am pleased with the results. Here is a larger version of the completed design. Its at is original size which is 7 inches by 10 inches. On this larger version you can see better the detail of the stitch out.</div>
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Thanks goes to Brian, Lisa and everyone at Embrilliance who have been extremely helpful as I learn Stitch Artist. Also thank you to Jeannie and her blog, <a href="http://nonnasscraps.blogspot.com/search/label/StitchArtist" target="_blank">Nonna's Scraps</a>. Her explanation of techniques is outstanding and I refer to her blog often. Also to Nadia and her blog, <a href="http://withglitteringeyes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">With Glittering Eyes</a>. This lady is so talented and her blog is filled with great ideas and techniques.</div>
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I will return to working on the Dog Fabric Piecing, but a few words now about digitizing dog eyes. They can be tricky. There are many subtleties in colors and working with those subtleties helps you make a more realistic eye.... I am no expert.... but here is how I tackled those cute little eyes that always melt our hearts.<br />
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I am using<a href="http://embrilliance.com/stitchartist" target="_blank"> Stitch Artist by Embrilliance</a> for digitizing. Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwm56yBBUPANKjPTcmD1cQ5i2movusdnH" target="_blank">Stitch Artist Videos</a> to help you get started. The online <a href="http://www.embrilliance.com/emb_downloads/pdf/1148/EmbrilliancePlatformWin1148.pdf" target="_blank">PDF manual</a> is full of great instruction. For my fabric piecing project I used Stitch Artist Level 1.<br />
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There are 6 parts to digitizing an eye and I have listed them in the order I digitize them:<br />
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<b>Background (Sclera) </b> For humans this is the "whites" of the eyes. For dogs...their irises are pretty big....only showing the sclera at the outer corners of the eye. They also have a inner eye lid (bet you didn't know that....I only found out when I tried to put eye drops in my dog's eyes... impossible....that's another subject!) So I chose to make the background a darker shade than the iris. I then add any white as a highlight after the whole eye is made. <br />
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<b>Outer Iris </b>- Darker part of the outer eye<br />
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<b>Inner Iris </b>- Lighter part of the inner eye<br />
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<b>Highlights </b>- Usually white - this gives life to the eye.<br />
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<b>Outline</b> - usually a color that will define the eye....in my case Black<br />
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Starting with the Background I draw with points the outline of the eye. I upped the number on the density of the fill as I don't want to make the eye so dense its hard to stitch. Remember with density....lower the number if you want more density....up the number if you want less density:<br />
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The outer iris is next. I changed the density of the fill to 7 from 12. Again I use draw with points and made a circle for left eye. I don't use the circle in the shape file menu because I like more nodes to play with. I copy and paste it and move to right eye. I move the nodes around and make them contour to the picture. I then copy and paste the two outer irises to be used to make the inner irises.<br />
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Its looking very "eyelike" I reduce the size and change the color of the copies, and move them into place.....there I have the pupil. I changed the stitch to a satin column. Density 4.<br />
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Now for the highlights.... I used a fill stitch the corners of the eye and a satin colum for the highlight on the pupil.<br />
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For the Satin Columns I used a 2 pt. pull compensation<br />
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For the outline of the eye I am still working out what looks best. I tried a Bean Stitch, but it did not stand out enough against the black fabric....maybe it would stand out more on other colored fabric....will have to give that a go. So to outline you can either use a run using a bean stitch or a run using a back stitch set at 1.0mm. <br />
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I did a stitch out of my dog eyes....the second pic is an enlargement.</div>
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Here is the full stitch out of my Maybelle Dog. I will blog about that soon. I am far from an expert on digitizing but I am very pleased with these eyes. Maybelle eyes are lighter than they appear on this picture. They are actually brown. Good Dog!</div>
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I always wanted to take my love of machine embroidery to the next level.... DIGITIZING. But what caught my eye about digitizing was taking a photograph and combining fabric and stitches to create a piece of artwork from that photograph. I studied a lot of paper piecing designs to get the feel of doing this. Its a cool affect....combining the right fabrics to get the right subtleties of the photograph.<br />
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I am using<a href="http://embrilliance.com/stitchartist" target="_blank"> Stitch Artist by Embrilliance</a> for digitizing. Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwm56yBBUPANKjPTcmD1cQ5i2movusdnH" target="_blank">Stitch Artist Videos</a> to help you get started. The online <a href="http://www.embrilliance.com/emb_downloads/pdf/1148/EmbrilliancePlatformWin1148.pdf" target="_blank">PDF manual</a> is full of great instruction. <br />
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For my fabric piecing project I used Stitch Artist Level 1. The whole project is done in applique pieces (except the eyes, collar and highlighting details) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of8ItB0gQyk&list=PLwm56yBBUPANKjPTcmD1cQ5i2movusdnH&index=9&t=19s" target="_blank">Stitch Artist Level 1, Controls Part 3, Applique</a> video is a good reference in working with applique. I will cover the eyes in a later blog.<br />
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As you can see my subject is my sweet 9 1/2 month old Lab mix puppy, Maybelle.<br />
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I opened Stitch Artist and brought in this photo of Maybelle by selecting the Image button. Clicking the Image button brings up a dialogue box to locate your image. I have Level 3 of Stitch Artist so I might have more buttons than those you have in Level 1. Once the image is brought into Stitch Artist, I resized the image to the size I wanted. I then changed the transparency to 50%. Maybelle is very dark and this helped me get more definition on the image.<br />
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The stitch I like to use on my fabric piecing is ZigZag at 3.2 mm. I started with 2mm and it was too small and for me left too many ragged edges. </div>
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To help me visualize each piece....I used different colors for each object....it makes for a very colorful doggie, Trying to do it in shades of blacks and grays only made it confusing and hard to work with. When I do stitch this out, I will use all black thread and shades of black and gray fabric (accept for the collar) as the zigzag stitches don't completely cover the position and material stitches. </div>
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After I place all the applique pieces, I go back and start to fill in the subtleties for the lighting under the eyes, the white streak on her chest and the metal on the collar....Again this is rough and will be tweaked and adjusted later.</div>
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I will add more detail to the collar, adjust the pieces on the ears, face and body. I will modify the nose and work on the eyes. Have to put her tag in.... I may will probably add more layers of applique to get more definition of her coat.</div>
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Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17888387049144460998noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358580225056858024.post-64874794692514710532016-05-28T19:52:00.001-07:002016-05-28T19:52:50.359-07:00SNAPPY BAGS<h4>
This is my first blog post and I am not exactly sure what I am doing....so be patient with me.<br />I wanted to start a blog to share my sewing and embroidery ideas.<br />Today I worked on Snap Bags that I first learned to make from <a href="http://www.cowgirlsaturday.com/summer-breeze/snapbag.html" target="_blank">Snap Bags</a></h4>
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They looked so fun and easy that I just had to try them. They were originally made with<br />
just fabric and I decided to try making them with vinyl 9" by 12" sheets that I purchased from <a href="http://www.mikriworldsupplies.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Mikri World Supplies</a> marine vinyl. <br />
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Embroidery Design for bag. Use 4 x 4 hoop with tearaway stabilizer<br />
One 9"x12" Marine vinyl<br />
One piece of fabric 9"x17" for lining<br />
One piece of fusible craft interfacing 9"x12"<br />
One set of Kam snaps (plus pliers to attach)<br />
15" inches of 3/4" metal measuring tape per bag<br />
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(Purchase inexpensive metal measuring tape from Dollar Store) <u>Must be metal.</u><br />
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Remember when picking out a design to embroider onto your bag....the area is only 6"x 9". Choose a design that is not very dense with stitches...embroidering on vinyl is easy...but keep the stitch count down. For this one I used a dragonfly that I digitized originally as a key fob. But an initial is also nice.<br />
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Here are some that I made with just initials.<br />
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Hoop tear away stabilizer in your 4x4 hoop. Mark the stabilizer to show center lines.<br />
Add painter's tape to the stabilizer - stitcky side out. This will hold your vinyl to the hoop. Important that the tape is placed out of the stitching area. <br />
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Mark the BACK of the vinyl with a line 3 1/2 " from end and 4 1/2" down center. You are marking the back because that is how you will match it to stabilizer. You can't pin vinyl....so this is the easiest way to line it up for stitching.<br />
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Match lines on back of vinyl to lines on stabilizer and smooth out vinyl<br />
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I put an extra piece of painter's tape on top. You are ready to bring it to the embroidery machine and stitch your design. <br />
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Take metal tape measure....with scissors cut 2 pieces 7 1/2" long for each bag.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>MAKE SURE TO LOCK TAPE MEASURE FIRST OTHERWISE ONCE YOU CUT METAL TAPE IT WILL RETRACT INTO THE CASE AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT.</b></span> <br />
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Round the ends of the metal tape and use a little painters tape to smooth any rough edges. <br />
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Insert metal tape into casing, plain side facing front. Make sure that metal tape is in the center of casing because you will be sewing the sides and if you hit the tape with your needle it will break. <br />
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Fold in half with lining fabric on outside. Take to sewing machine and sew a 1/4" seam on each side. Zigzag seams to hide rough edges.<br />
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Clip all threads. You are now ready to turn right side out.<br />
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The original snap bag did not require a Kam snap...but because I used vinyl and its heavier than fabric, you get a better closure with a Kam snap.<br />
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Thank you Yvonne for showing me how to make this bag and Mikri World Supplies for having such a great vinyl. <br />
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I hope to bring more designs and ideas in the future.<br />
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