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Posted by Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. on October 8, 2009, 11:40 am
Doc, watch that video in my link. ANYTHING you can draw you can free motion
machine embroider! You just drop the feeddogs and fill in the shape with
free motion stitching. Save your money and don't buy all those machine
patterns- all you need is a $3 embroidery hoop. And it's MUCH more fun and
satisfying to 'do it yourself'! (And if you run out of thread or bobbin in
the middle of the process it's no big deal!)
BWHAHAHAHAHA back atcha! LOL
Leslie & The Furbabies in 'bracing for a wild storm today' MO.
Who, me? I figured I'd be doing different amounts of different
things. I have some machine patterns I purchased, more I'd like to
get, some DW collected, some that are built-in to the machine, and the
decorative stitching that's built-in. I think that's what you mean by
free motion(?) I'm going to have to use the latter just for attaching
pieces together and to the foundation, so I figured it was a given.
As far as using them for pictures/designs on the patches, I hadn't
gotten that far in my thinking/planning, but thanks for bringing it
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up; it's something else I can "obsess" about... >8^D BWAHAHAHAHA!
Doc
On Oct 8, 10:35 am, "Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
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> And..... you could always skip the embroidery machine and do free motion
> embroidery and use any ol' thread that suits your fancy! (That's what I
> do.)
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Posted by Tutu Haynes-Smart on October 8, 2009, 2:13 pm
Great video, thanks Leslie!
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Cheers for now
Tutu
RCTQ DOL
Cape Town, South Africa
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> And..... you could always skip the embroidery machine and do free motion
> embroidery and use any ol' thread that suits your fancy! (That's what I
> do.)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaS2ENYlbWQ&feature=related
> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
>> Dr. Zachary Smith wrote:
>>> ...And embroidery floss is usually silk (animal protein, but not the
>>> same as wool), rayon, or poly (man-made chemicals).
>> IME the most common brands of hand embroidery floss (DMC & Anchor) are
>> actually cotton, even tough we still call them embroidery "silks" for
>> historical reasons. Machine embroidery thread is more likely to be rayon
>> or polyester.
>> Lizzy
>
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Posted by Sherry on October 14, 2009, 9:44 am
wrote:
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> Heavens! =A0I've never had this happen! =A0I will be duly cautious from n=
ow on.
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> ep
Last cross-stitch I did, (or, started) a year or so ago I noticed an
odd warning on the instructions. It said that
because of environmental issues, they have changed what they use to
dye
the thread, and it is not as colorfast as the old thread was.
Especially the red.
Have no idea about the validity of this warning, as I have not
actually
*finished* a cross stitch since 1999, let alone washed one.
Just thought I'd throw this info. out there. :0-)
Sherry
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Posted by AuntK on October 8, 2009, 8:26 am
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> I've been given three Helen Hobbie [?] beautifully embroidered panels,
> about 16 by 16 in.
> My downstairs neighbor died [ at 94!] and she had just finished the
> group a few weeks before. =A0Her daughters gave me the panels, and I'd
> like to make a quilt with them.
> Would embroidery thread run if the panels were washed in cold water? =A0
> I'm sure it's good quality floss.
> TIA!
> Martha
I agree with the other poster regarding dish detergent for washing
embroidery floss. I read that somewhere decades ago and that's all I
use when cleaning those type projects. Gentle hand washing with any
dish detergent. I use any old brand of dish soap so I never know
what's on hand when I (anymore) rarely do these type projects. But
I've never had an issue with anything running or fading when washing w/
dish soap. And I usually use warmer than cold water. Roll up in a
towel to soak up excess water and than lie on a rack to dry.
You'll have to decide if that's how you want to treat your quilt if
you elect to use these panels in one. I don't know that I'd risk
machine washing w/other detergent once it was completed.
Just my 2 cents.
Kim in NJ
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