February is International Embroidery Month
SEW, what does this mean for me?
Well, I am trying to use my embroidery machine more!
I told you that I worked with a friend and she made a cute little pouch. Well, I had to make one … actually 2.
This is a free pattern from Kreative Kiwi. It is all done in the hoop … zipper and all. I made the one on the right first … and I realized that the embroidery didn’t really show up on the print … I like the 2nd one better. I did make them 10% bigger and the pattern turned out just fine!
I also made a bunch of lace bookmarks for members of the book club I belong to. Anita Goodesign – Lace Bookmarks. It was my first time trying lace and it was so much fun! I hooped solvy and organza and went to town. SO FUN!! I soon realized that the organza didn’t necessarily need to be the same colour as the bookmark … so freedom reigned. I had lots of fun experiementing with different colours!
Boundary Bay Guild Highlight
This week at our guild meeting, Barb Round, a Certified Zentangle Teacher presented. She does awesome work! To view some of what she showed click on the following link.
Unfortunately, one of the pictures turned itself upside down and I couldn’t fix it!
You can also visit her website HERE!
I was Featured!
The video on measuring perfect borders without a tape measure.
It shows how to do this with ease. If you haven’t seen it – and you want perfect borders the EASY way – make sure you check it out! HERE.
One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!
Happy Quilting!
Gail
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Linking to:
- Midweek Makers @ QuiltFabrication
- Wednesday Wait Loss @ Inquiring Quilter
- Happy Needle and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation
- Andrée / Free Motion Mavericks @ Quilting & Learning – What a combo!
- Put your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese
- Can I get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
- Sherry @ Powered by Quilting
- Off the Wall Friday @ Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever
- TGIFF @ Twiggy and Opal
- Peacock Party @ Wendy’s Quilts and More
- Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts
- Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
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OMG, Gail those bookmarks are amazing! I really like both of your pouches and thanks for sharing the Zentangle presentation with us. I always thought that it would make amazing FMQ! Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks.
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Glad you liked the presentation!
As for the bookmarks … it’s a matter of setting up the embroidery machine, choosing thread and pressing a button. Easy peasy!
Thank you for hosting Free Motion Mavericks!
Happy Quilting! 🙂
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Kudos on trying something new! Both projects are wonderful. Really love the lace bookmarks. Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Thanks, Jennifer! And thank you for hosting Wednesday Wait Loss!
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Great bags! So glad you are using more embroidery machine more. I made our guild’s donation quilt for this year and digitized some really pretty butterflies and added some embellishments. I stitched them on my Bernina 830 with the 10×16 hoop! If you care to look, you can check my blog home page. There is a snippet of the quilt there!
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Hi Brenda,
The heading of your blog is pretty cool! For others – you can reach Brenda’s blog at this address: https://songbirddesigns.biz/blog-page-with-sidebar/
Happy Quilting! 🙂
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What a wonderful way to practice your embroidery skills. Your friends will treasure those bookmarks for years.
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Thanks, Gwyned!
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Very pretty stitching!
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Nice embroidery. I have plans to spend a lot of time with my machine next year. I already have this year booked with other things I need to do!
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