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| Designs by Jenny Haskins on a silk quilt block |
February is National Embroidery Month. As many of you know, I try to do most of my work with a machine. This is due to an injury to my right hand which limits the strength I need to complete many hand sewn techniques. That being said, I have found great delight in using my embroidery machine to enhance many of my sewn and quilted items.
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| Design by Bonnie McCaffery enhanced with fabric paints on a t-shirt |
As a quilter, I never thought that I would need an embroidery machine. But now having owned one for that past 15 years, and I have a different view on the matter. So much so that I now own digitizing software and love creating my own designs!
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| My Papa Bear Applique Design |
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| My Goldilocks and the Three Bears Machine Embroidery Designs, available for purchase soon! |
Using an embroidery machine has enabled me to create a handmade look in less time. So I can create more!
| My original peacock embroidery design, back of jacket. |
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| The front of my peacock jacket with my original peacock feather design. |
I created this scarf as a "practice" piece for my jacket.
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| Testing my original design and created this scarf. |
I entered it in the Bernina/Threads Magazine Machine Embroidery Challenge and it was one of the 5 semi-finalist!
Read about how I entered it here. (there is a link to the Threads Magazine Blog that talks more of the process)
So do you embroider? Which do you prefer, hand or machine?
I would love some feedback,
