Baby Quiet Book
Although time consuming, I love making books for babies with feel appeal. I’ve tried to come up with ways to cut back on some of the time-sucking elements like sewing the pages together and then flipping them right side out and stitching them again. I used Extra Firm Stabilizer on these. Felt would also work. Applique allows lots of fun fabric to be incorporated in the book. I love that there was an extra page at the end to add a mirror. Welcome to the world sweet Adeline!
Scrappy Ruffle Bag
If you are like me, you have a mountain of scraps so scrappy projects are necessary to relieve the build up. I used a striped fabric to line this bag that helped guide me to sew the ruffles on straight. Seemed to work pretty well. It would also work to draw lines on an existing canvas bag to stitch ruffles to. Can one have too many ruffles?
Teacups Machine Embroidered Kitchen Art
I love the simplicity of running and motif stitches throughout a design. They stitch quickly and are very versatile.
Teacups are also another favorite. They are delicate and pretty! These are stitched on broadcloth and then mod podged to a small stretched canvas. Hot glue trims on the edges.
Dinosaur Baby Set
I’ve had a lot of babies to stitch for recently which is always a favorite! Stitching these dinosaurs was more fun than fossil finding! I couldn’t resist the dinosaur puppet from IKEA to go along with the set.
Much of what you will see on my website are mini embroidery designs. I love them because they are quick to stitch and great to add a little something personal to monograms or text. I have seen them used in so many awesome ways! Here are a few examples to get the wheels of creativity turning.
More ideas are sprinkled throughout my website. Most of these projects were done by my sweet friend.
My 11 year old daughter has caught the sewing bug! She loves elephants and has been wanting to stitch some. She found a pattern on Etsy. Look how cute her elephants turned out!
Tips and Tricks-Stabilizer
Stabilizer is expensive and I don’t like to see it go to waste. One of the ways I save on stabilizer is by sewing large used pieces together. I prefer to use a zig-zag stitch. This is a mesh with a nice sized piece in the middle that I will be stitching on.
Inspired from the wedding invitation, this monogram frame was created for some newlyweds. I like to look for clues from the couples wedding registry’s and invitations to learn what colors and styles they like in order to create them a personalized gift.
I was recently sent an image of a project I worked on 4 years ago. A dear friend of mine made her mother-in-law a quilt with the birth stats of her grandchildren (all boys) embroidered on individual squares.
It’s exciting that I am now digitizing a square for their first granddaughter!
Mini Animal Train Design Set
Bibs are fun and easy to personalize. Start with some fabric and ribbon that you would like to incorporate. I found red corduroy in the depths of my fabric bin that I will be using on the back.
I stitched white flannel to the star fabric before I cut out the bib. My bib pattern is old and worn but I just keep using it! It’s a keeper!
Personalize the bib to your heart’s content! I have used my new Mini Animal Train Set.
A shout out to Kim at www.etsy.com/shop/LakeTimeCrafts for the suggestion for the mini animal train. You’re the best!
