Monday, April 20, 2009

First embroidery (almost)

Here is my first go at the new embroidery machine (well, I did stitch out a one-colour word first, but that isn't very exciting, ergo the 'almost').

I found the design one of the myriad sites on the internet with free embroidery (there are rayguns! and robots! and skulls! and dinosaurs!).



The white bits are the bobbin thread coming through - I need to do a bit of tension adjustment.

It is rather fun. I am investigating threads and stabilisers and all sorts of supplies. There is also the world of 'digitising' which is making one's very own designs for the machine... I think that is a way off though.

This weekend I'll be having a play making an iPod Touch cover with embroidered felt this weekend.

6 comments:

  1. That's a pretty good first go, I'd say! How long did it take? It's all such a mystery to me, machine embroidery...

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  2. 10 minutes! Not long at all. Just have to change the colours (light red, dark red, light green, and dark green) in between. I can imagine sewing something while that ol' machine stitches away...

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  3. Oh fun!!! I just bought an embroidery machine about a month agao and bot am I having fuuu-un.

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  4. Digitise! Digitise! Oh yes! I want a kitschy portrait of my dog splashed large and loud across my back!

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  5. Thanks Dawn, I must say I found your machine embroidery work rather inspiring!

    Livebird - I could only hope to do the pup justice! How many shades of gold and brown would it take I wonder...

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  6. If you have a random white bobbin thread pop up, Sharpies work great in a pinch. It just means you need to loosen your top tension . . .
    Gail

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