Congrats on the new machine. I very nearly bought myself an Innovis 4000d last night on ebay then I realized that even though it was a great price I don't actually have that money so I resisted. And my hubby isn't ob board with upgrading my machine since it is only a little more than 6 months old. (but 4.7 million stitches!)
I used the Applique Ave "Boo" when I made my friend's Monsters inc shirt:
Here is today's project before I take my embroidery machine in for service (it's fine but I feel like it needs maintenance. I have almost 5 Million stitches and Just got it in July.) These are Easter/Trip to Sunny Florida presents for my boys.The East fits as shorts I had done before captain america fully stitched out! Hulk's hair was all fill stitch too so it took forever. My boys are almost obsessed with superheroes as they are with Disney so they are going to LOVE these sets. And even though Easter is at the end of the trip I am just going to give them to them early so they can actually wear them when it is warm because who knows if/when it will ever warm up here in Chicago!
Now time to start packing for our trip, we leave Wednesday morning, driving to Alabama first to see my husband's cousin, then on to Orlando to see a friend (and breakfast at 'Ohana on Saturday!) before ultimately on to an island near Ft. Meyers my father in law lives that sells itself as an island without a beach. W/ two 3-year-olds. Should be interesting. Oh and I am told he has fire ants and poison ivy in his yard. Yikes!
Sorry I haven't been back on to update on my sewing machine, life got super busy and my new pain and inflammation meds are throwing me for a loop (feel like I had a lobotomy!).
Sooooo....went to my grandpa's house to find my grandmother's sewing machine and other items and it was crazy! Some stuff in the guest room, some tucked in closets, some stuff in her previous craft room in piles, stacks, shelves, and then some in the attic!!! There was nothing together and I have a sewing machine that I think is missing parts?!?So I convinced hubby I needed a new machine to learn on and then once I understand a machine I can figure out the old machine and I'll use it too.
So I ordered and now have a Brother CS6000i. I have used some spare fabric to play with it but haven't really worked on it too much. Need more scrap fabric to practice stitching on. I will try to take a pic and post it tomorrow, still need to name her. And the Brother PE770 is on sale on Amazon right now and I think I've convinced hubby to let me buy her (taxes came and we have been building our savings so I have the cash available, he doesn't need a new gun, LOL)...I really really want to be able to embroider on fabrics!!!
So a trip to a fabric store is in order for fabric and thread for my first project!!!!
What would you ladies recommend as a good beginner project for a complete sewing novice? I am so thankful I found this group and now will have a new hobby! I am as always in awe of everyone's work!
Sorry so long of a post! Hope everyone has a great week
The coverstitch is the finishing stitch used on knit garments that you purchase. It sews that double row of stitches on the top and encloses the inside seam in a finished stitch. It makes your garments look professional. I had been looking for a machine that just did coverstitch but they ended up being more expensive than what I purchased and now I have a back up serger. I know that I don't optimize my serger's use either. I have a ton of feet that I am not sure what to do with. I have played around with the elasticator foot and it was fun but I can't really figure out how I'd use it.Yay for winning the bid on the new machine!!I'm so serger illiterate, all I use mine for is to finish my raw edges. I don't even know what you mean by coverstitch! I don't even know what I don't know. You know?
I would love to do something on little girl's socks. I'm a bit intimidated about something like that until I get a little more practice under my belt.
The Innovis 4000d is the machine that I bought back in December. I just love it! I hope that you are able to save up enough to buy one. The biggest difference beside hoop size is that it trims the jump stitches. That feature is beyond wonderful! No more starting and stopping the machine all the time to trim them. And I don't have to babysit the machine nearly as much as I had to with my old machine.Congrats on the new machine. I very nearly bought myself an Innovis 4000d last night on ebay then I realized that even though it was a great price I don't actually have that money so I resisted. And my hubby isn't ob board with upgrading my machine since it is only a little more than 6 months old. (but 4.7 million stitches!)
I am sorry about your issues with just peachy. I use a lot of her stuff in my etsy shop and have been happy with the way it stitches out. I like the wider satin stitch. I belong to a group appliqué herald on facebook which I think she helps administer and have gotten good responses through there. I know she just moved recently and was without internet access for a couple weeks.
Hooray for a new sewing machine. I hope that you make many wonderful projects on it. I agree wit Lois that the easy fit pants on YCMT are a perfect beginner project. If I were you, I would get a few sewing projects under my belt before I order the PE770. That way you are comfortable with one machine before you start learning another one. It is hard to try and learn two skills at once.
Sorry I haven't been back on to update on my sewing machine, life got super busy and my new pain and inflammation meds are throwing me for a loop (feel like I had a lobotomy!).
So I ordered and now have a Brother CS6000i
What would you ladies recommend as a good beginner project for a complete sewing novice? I am so thankful I found this group and now will have a new hobby! I am as always in awe of everyone's work!
It looks like a great machine. I wish I could read the features but I'm sure it does everything! My high school French isn't good enough to read the description. LOL!
Sorry I haven't been back on to update on my sewing machine, life got super busy and my new pain and inflammation meds are throwing me for a loop (feel like I had a lobotomy!).
Sooooo....went to my grandpa's house to find my grandmother's sewing machine and other items and it was crazy! Some stuff in the guest room, some tucked in closets, some stuff in her previous craft room in piles, stacks, shelves, and then some in the attic!!! There was nothing together and I have a sewing machine that I think is missing parts?!?
So I ordered and now have a Brother CS6000i
What would you ladies recommend as a good beginner project for a complete sewing novice? I am so thankful I found this group and now will have a new hobby! I am as always in awe of everyone's work!
Sorry so long of a post! Hope everyone has a great week
The dragon shirts are really cute and I love the saying you used. I'm impressed that you were able to figure out the problem with your machine. Great job hunting down that scrap piece of stabilizer.Here are the dragon shirts I made last night and today for my boys. I've 'owed' them some non-Disney shirts since Christmas and they helped pick the fabrics from my stash. I added the quote from Tolkien because "Do not meddle with the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." wouldn't fit.
Oh, btw, I was having terrible bird's nests the other day and my PE-770 has been acting up and making a funny noise whenever the carriage moved through a certain spot. After opening up the throat plate, and removing the bobbin case twice(!), I found the cause of all my woes. A tiny piece of stabilizer had gotten stuck to the inside of the bobbin race. It was slowly growing by collecting lint and thread bits, but the first time I looked, I mistook it for something that was supposed to be there. You know how there are tiny felt or fuzzy areas that are actually part of the machine? It looked like one of those until I touched it and some black plaque came off and I realized it was not supposed to be there.
Anyway, we've all heard a lot about looking for a stray thread when a machine is acting up, but I thought it might be useful to have another possibility to look for if you ever have a similar problem.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Regards,
C.
I have a Shark iron that I like and I think others recommended the Shark Professional series irons. Can't wait to see your latest creations. (Every now and then the picture of the cake you made for Alexa's b-day party comes into my head - it was AMAZING).Congrats on the new coverlock machine. I hope you get the binding foot figured out. I bet you would get a lot of use out of it.
The super hero outfits for the boys are awesome. I just bought that same fabric for my daughter, who loves the Avengers, but I have to figure out something to make for her.Here is today's project before I take my embroidery machine in for service (it's fine but I feel like it needs maintenance. I have almost 5 Million stitches and Just got it in July.) These are Easter/Trip to Sunny Florida presents for my boys.The East fits as shorts I had done before captain america fully stitched out! Hulk's hair was all fill stitch too so it took forever. My boys are almost obsessed with superheroes as they are with Disney so they are going to LOVE these sets. And even though Easter is at the end of the trip I am just going to give them to them early so they can actually wear them when it is warm because who knows if/when it will ever warm up here in Chicago!
And this is a fun birthday set I made for a friend's twin daughters. She wanted them to go together, but one daughter is really into princesses and the other spiderman. So I used doc mcstuffins pigtails from lynnie pinnie on just peachy's spiderman and girly-ed it up with pink cupcakes to match her sister. I think it is cute and fun and I hope the little spiderman-loving girl loves it.
Now time to start packing for our trip, we leave Wednesday morning, driving to Alabama first to see my husband's cousin, then on to Orlando to see a friend (and breakfast at 'Ohana on Saturday!) before ultimately on to an island near Ft. Meyers my father in law lives that sells itself as an island without a beach. W/ two 3-year-olds. Should be interesting. Oh and I am told he has fire ants and poison ivy in his yard. Yikes!
I'm sure the boys will have a great time visiting with their grandfather. At least you will get to enjoy some Disney magic and the warm weather. YEAH! Congrats on the new machine. You can look on-line to find a pillowcase dress tutorial or a simple twirl skirt tutorial. The easy-fit pants from You Can Make This are also a great pattern. So is the Simply Sweet dress from Scientific Seamstress on YCMT. Good luck!Sooooo....went to my grandpa's house to find my grandmother's sewing machine and other items and it was crazy! Some stuff in the guest room, some tucked in closets, some stuff in her previous craft room in piles, stacks, shelves, and then some in the attic!!! There was nothing together and I have a sewing machine that I think is missing parts?!?
So I ordered and now have a Brother CS6000i
What would you ladies recommend as a good beginner project for a complete sewing novice? I am so thankful I found this group and now will have a new hobby! I am as always in awe of everyone's work!
Sorry so long of a post! Hope everyone has a great week
or just pinning stuff on Pinterest that I want to make.
Both sets of shirts look great! I love how you merged the designs. I may eventually get some software to play with for wording and merging designs. I have a Mac as well and wanted to get something inexpensive like Sew What Pro but never thought to investigate if it work with a Mac or not -- I may have to get embrillance.Here is today's project before I take my embroidery machine in for service (it's fine but I feel like it needs maintenance. I have almost 5 Million stitches and Just got it in July.) These are Easter/Trip to Sunny Florida presents for my boys.The East fits as shorts I had done before captain america fully stitched out! Hulk's hair was all fill stitch too so it took forever. My boys are almost obsessed with superheroes as they are with Disney so they are going to LOVE these sets. And even though Easter is at the end of the trip I am just going to give them to them early so they can actually wear them when it is warm because who knows if/when it will ever warm up here in Chicago!
And this is a fun birthday set I made for a friend's twin daughters. She wanted them to go together, but one daughter is really into princesses and the other spiderman. So I used doc mcstuffins pigtails from lynnie pinnie on just peachy's spiderman and girly-ed it up with pink cupcakes to match her sister. I think it is cute and fun and I hope the little spiderman-loving girl loves it.
Now time to start packing for our trip, we leave Wednesday morning, driving to Alabama first to see my husband's cousin, then on to Orlando to see a friend (and breakfast at 'Ohana on Saturday!) before ultimately on to an island near Ft. Meyers my father in law lives that sells itself as an island without a beach. W/ two 3-year-olds. Should be interesting. Oh and I am told he has fire ants and poison ivy in his yard. Yikes!
I'm excited for your new machine! I agree that the Easy Fits are a great starter project and also agree that the Portrait Peasant is very good for beginners.
Sorry I haven't been back on to update on my sewing machine, life got super busy and my new pain and inflammation meds are throwing me for a loop (feel like I had a lobotomy!).
Sooooo....went to my grandpa's house to find my grandmother's sewing machine and other items and it was crazy! Some stuff in the guest room, some tucked in closets, some stuff in her previous craft room in piles, stacks, shelves, and then some in the attic!!! There was nothing together and I have a sewing machine that I think is missing parts?!?
So I ordered and now have a Brother CS6000i
What would you ladies recommend as a good beginner project for a complete sewing novice? I am so thankful I found this group and now will have a new hobby! I am as always in awe of everyone's work!
Sorry so long of a post! Hope everyone has a great week
I think I did it the way Nini recommended and have the files by designers on my computer. I have two thumb drives. One is Disney and the other is other designs. I agree -- it's a pain finding things sometimes. Embrillance makes a thumbnailer but not sure I want to spend $50 just to get it. I also put images of a lot of my favorites on pinterest.
Have you tried running some vinegar through it? It might help. Anyway, I do that to the coffee maker occasionally to clean it.
I can't believe I haven't logged in here in almost a month. I really haven't done much sewing either 
And dare I say it but I think we are going to wear some of the same shirts from last year 
So sorry about your Aunt.On another note, i finished my under-the-sea baby quilt this morning, i love the way it turned out. It is not often that i am sad when i ship stuff off, but i will definitely miss this one.
now i have all these ideas to do other versions of this quilt with appliques. I am thinking mickey/minnie next. I know i have plenty of fabrics for that on hand even.
found it.
Erin - Congrats on the new machine for you and your mom to share. It is nice that you and your mom have a shared hobby. I don't have the 770 so I'm not sure about the extra hoops. I know other like having the extra 5X7 hoop so they can hoop while something else is stitching out. I do have a 4x4 hoop for my machine and I use it for smaller items and small ITH projects so I don't have to use as much stabilizer.
Probably not the best way but so far it works and I don't have a ton of designs. I kinda wish I had kept designers separated and I may start doing that.
