Well, I've been playing around with making cards again. The lettering on the first one is part of my 5D software and the frame is one of Elsa's. The Christmas cards are designs from Embroidery Library which were free if you joined their Christmas Club t
I may have missed it; however I've not seen anything about the passing of Nancy Zieman. So many of us learned so much from her TV programme. The link shows a tribute to her and it's well worth watching. It was because of her shows that I invested in my
Doily using Sue Box's designs: Versatile Doily 4 (smallest size) and Roses 3 (smallest size). This fit in my 240X150 hoop. Finished measurement: 5" wide and just short of 8" long. It's good to be sewing again now that summer has gone and garden etc. i
I don't very often check out the projects that come to me via Pinterest; however, this morning one little project looked quite interesting so I followed through. I made the pattern as directed and then made my prototype. It's a great stash buster and I
My youngest sister turns 65 next week and she's relocating to the Sunshine Coast in BC so I made her a set of pillowcases and used the Wedding Font J in white-on-white. I'm a little disappointed in the puckering and can't figure out why. This is a beau
I took a class about a month ago at one of the quilt shops and we made this potholder with layers of folded strips. The most fun was sharing time with other sewers. I need to tweek the design a bit as the one point of my star just disappeared into the bor
A couple more bags and a set of coasters. I love doing ITH projects!! Avis
Set of 3 lined accessory bags done ITH. Pattern from The Stitch Connection - #323 Bag It! There are 3 variations for each of the 3 sizes so many options. This is for a friend who has had radical cancer surgery. She's quite a fighter. I'm doing bags for
Well, this is addicting!! Yesterday I didn't do much around the house...my sewing room called! The lavender doily uses 3 designs from Sue Box: one called Lavender Spray and the border is made using the corner and straight edge from her Straight Ed
My first embroidery machine was the Pfaff 7570. The designs I used were Creative Fantasy and were on purchased cards that fit into a slot at the side of the machine. Well, I traded that machine in for the 2140 (which I still have, although it's been upda
This is probably a strange question but here goes. How do you get rid of the number in your Inbox after you have answered the person who sent you the message? I guess I'm still learning!! Avis
Some time ago Lidia commented that she wanted to see what I'd do in the way of using a design big enough for the Pfaff 360X350 hoop. Well, I've played around with several smaller designs and have just stitched out one of them. Design is from Sue Box an
Greeting Cards: A friend I used to work with sent me a birthday card with machine embroidery on it. I loved it! So...I thought I'd give it a try. I starched my fabric first and then used a sticky stabilizer to embroider on...cut out the shape of the card
I was just going through some of my pictures. Last Christmas we invited a retired pastor and his wife to share the day with us...they have no family close by. I wanted to make them something that they would use. Here's a set of pillowcases I did for the
Placemats - using up fabric in my cupboards! Avis