Saturday, December 10, 2011
Embroidery Quilt Making
Do you like to do embroidery work? Have you done or have you considered embroidery quilt making as the next quilting or art project? Artists will be familiar with this technique as it is similar to pen and ink drawing.
I am directing the information in this article towards the quilter who is planning to use pen and ink drawing for a new or different technique for their embroidery quilt making projects.
You can draw your own pen and ink, copy, or trace from another drawing which has not been copyrighted. Then duplicate the drawing with your threads. Select the colors which will complement your quilt. Select straight stitching or different embroidery stitchery which will give the outline, filler, or texture you desire in the pen and ink drawing.
Stitching by hand, machine, or a combination of both will be your tool choices.
Transfer your drawing onto the quilting square using any of your favorite copying methods.
Use the computer and computer paper
Trace onto lightweight paper, stitch and tear away
Rub on
Use graphite pencil tracing directly on fabric
Any smooth paper will work
Light box
Do not use permanent ink if applying drawing directly on fabric. You will definitely want ink which is water base and will wash away or fade with time. If you wish you may want to think like an artist and consider the qualities of light and shadow and any effects which you wish to create.
If you are not a pen and ink artist, do not be overly concerned. The light or brighter colored fabric will represent the light area and the darker pattern or fabrics will represent the shaded areas. Look at your quilt from a distance and observe if effects are being created by the fabric or its content. Make any necessary adjustments.
Keep your first pen and ink drawings simple.
Review children's coloring books and story books and note the simple illustrations.
Do a drawing to note your abilities.
Abstract designs rather than realistic items may be used.
Keep your finished drawing nearby with its color markings to be your guide.
Having your original drawing with you is very handy when you are mobile. There are times when we grab and run with our quilting supplies and on arrival at our destination we lack our color codes. I keep a copy of my original in my purse.
Types of threads to use in quilting and embroidery:
Cotton - cotton fabrics
Quilting cotton - has a slick wrap around cotton for ease in stitching layers of fabrics
Polyester - stretchy fabrics
All purpose - for all fabrics
Fine cotton or silk thread- best for delicate fabrics
Silk threads - stretch fabrics
Metallic - great for decorating
Rayon - embroidery. Excellent for machine embroidery.
Types of needles:
Sharp - for cotton fabrics because it will penetrate the fiber strand
Ball point - for synthetic fibers because it separates and stitches between the strands of fiber
Metallic - the design of the needle eye allows the thread to pass with less breakage
Be creative quilters. There is no real need for hard rules. Understand how the needles, threads, and fabrics work with each other and build on their strengths. Embroidery quilt making is another creative step to making your quilts unique.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Apr 14, Crazy Quilt Egg in Needlepoint
The Embroidery Blog is my project scrapbook for what I've been working on lately. This blog will...
let you know whenever any new web pages appear on the Embroidery Methods website, sharing new tips and project ideaskeep you up-to-date with other postings or news about embroidery, like the latest new materials available for stitching and stabilizingpoint out some special past ideas and advice that you might have missed.To subscribe to my blog (no e-mail necessary!), click on one of the buttons to the left in the box that says "Subscribe to This Site". Choose the orange RSS button to use the feed or click the button for your favorite service (Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc.)
Learn how to share your photos and stories and how to comment on what others have made. You are also welcome to ask questions and give answers! This is an interactive website.
The most recent blog items are listed below...
Nov 3, 2011Who's that? It's Oscar the Owl!
This free cross stitch pattern comes from DMC and uses Pearl cotton.
Oct 28, 2011My great-aunt Helen Black made this religious cross stitch that says, Give us this day our daily bread. It's a line from the Lord's Prayer. Her husband
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Daily Bread"
Oct 7, 2011The double running stitch or Holbein stitch and some easy crewel form the basic blackwork embroidery stitches.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Working Blackwork Embroidery Stitches"
Sep 23, 2011I was taught by a wonderful teacher, Ellen Temkin who realized that the horizontal patterns of Swedish Weaving would be perfect for a tallit - a Jewish
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Tallit Prayer Shawl"
Sep 23, 2011It's a hand embroidery by cross stitch. It was embroidered for my mother's birthday as a present. It shows the famous clock Big Ben reflected in the Thames
Permalink -- click for full blog post "London - Heritage"
Sep 2, 2011I need a program that will convert embroidery formats .dst and .pes to True Type lettering on the computer. My computer does not recognize embroidery
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Format Conversion Software"
Aug 31, 2011DMC now makes a fabric covered wire to match embriodery thread colors. It's called Memory Thread and can be used to create 3D embroidery.
Have you tried it? Please share a photo!
Aug 25, 2011I have always wondered what the difference is between needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, and cross stitch. Can you help me out with that, as I have patterns
Permalink -- click for full blog post "What is the difference between Embroidery and Cross Stitch"
Aug 25, 2011Learn useful advice about buying and using huck toweling or huck cloth.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Toweling for Swedish Huck Weaving"
Aug 13, 2011Here's a creative idea for what to do with extra embroidery hoops!
You can mount them on the wall and use them to store jars.
Aug 5, 2011Hi! I am very new to hand embroidery! My mother did it a lot while I was a child, but I never had an interest in learning how to do it. Now that I am
Permalink -- click for full blog post "When to Use Different Stitches"
Jul 21, 2011My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You"
Jul 16, 2011I have been having a problem with my punchneedles. The thread keeps breaking and it doesn't matter which needle I use or how many plys of thread. What
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Needlepunch Thread Keeps Breaking"
Jul 1, 2011Hi, I'm Lien from Malaysia. I've just started to learn ribbon embroidery this year from books and internet. These are photos among the first. I hope you
Permalink -- click for full blog post "First Attempts at Ribbon Embroidery on a T-shirt"
Jun 10, 2011Looking for crewel embroidery kits that include everything you need to complete a project with crewel embroidery stitches? I found some nice embroidery kits and listed them here.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Crewel Embroidery Kits"
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Apr 14, Crazy Quilt Egg in Needlepoint
The Embroidery Blog is my project scrapbook for what I've been working on lately. This blog will...
let you know whenever any new web pages appear on the Embroidery Methods website, sharing new tips and project ideaskeep you up-to-date with other postings or news about embroidery, like the latest new materials available for stitching and stabilizingpoint out some special past ideas and advice that you might have missed.To subscribe to my blog (no e-mail necessary!), click on one of the buttons to the left in the box that says "Subscribe to This Site". Choose the orange RSS button to use the feed or click the button for your favorite service (Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc.)
Learn how to share your photos and stories and how to comment on what others have made. You are also welcome to ask questions and give answers! This is an interactive website.
The most recent blog items are listed below...
Oct 7, 2011The double running stitch or Holbein stitch and some easy crewel form the basic blackwork embroidery stitches.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Working Blackwork Embroidery Stitches"
Sep 23, 2011I was taught by a wonderful teacher, Ellen Temkin who realized that the horizontal patterns of Swedish Weaving would be perfect for a tallit - a Jewish
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Tallit Prayer Shawl"
Sep 23, 2011It's a hand embroidery by cross stitch. It was embroidered for my mother's birthday as a present. It shows the famous clock Big Ben reflected in the Thames
Permalink -- click for full blog post "London - Heritage"
Sep 2, 2011I need a program that will convert embroidery formats .dst and .pes to True Type lettering on the computer. My computer does not recognize embroidery
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Format Conversion Software"
Aug 31, 2011DMC now makes a fabric covered wire to match embriodery thread colors. It's called Memory Thread and can be used to create 3D embroidery.
Have you tried it? Please share a photo!
Aug 25, 2011I have always wondered what the difference is between needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, and cross stitch. Can you help me out with that, as I have patterns
Permalink -- click for full blog post "What is the difference between Embroidery and Cross Stitch"
Aug 25, 2011Learn useful advice about buying and using huck toweling or huck cloth.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Toweling for Swedish Huck Weaving"
Aug 13, 2011Here's a creative idea for what to do with extra embroidery hoops!
You can mount them on the wall and use them to store jars.
Click for more info
Aug 5, 2011Hi! I am very new to hand embroidery! My mother did it a lot while I was a child, but I never had an interest in learning how to do it. Now that I am
Permalink -- click for full blog post "When to Use Different Stitches"
Jul 21, 2011My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You"
Jul 16, 2011I have been having a problem with my punchneedles. The thread keeps breaking and it doesn't matter which needle I use or how many plys of thread. What
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Needlepunch Thread Keeps Breaking"
Jul 1, 2011Hi, I'm Lien from Malaysia. I've just started to learn ribbon embroidery this year from books and internet. These are photos among the first. I hope you
Permalink -- click for full blog post "First Attempts at Ribbon Embroidery on a T-shirt"
Jun 10, 2011Looking for crewel embroidery kits that include everything you need to complete a project with crewel embroidery stitches? I found some nice embroidery kits and listed them here.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Crewel Embroidery Kits"
Jun 3, 2011Become your own free designer and be a cross stitch pattern maker. It's easier than you think!
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Cross Stitch Pattern Maker Advice"
May 27, 2011As I continue to prepare for my marriage, I found this sweet wedding cross stitch pattern from Leisure Arts.
Click to open the .pdf file. The verse is "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, But in looking together in the same direction."
Click for more info
Friday, November 11, 2011
Adding Embroidery to Existing Quilt Patterns
Did you know that you can add embroideries designs to almost any pattern that you can find these days? All it takes is a little bit of planning and making a sample block first. Almost any block can be adjusted in such a fashion that will allow you to put an embroidery within its design.
Here is what you need to do:
Make a sample drawing of the block that you want to make. Make it to scale so that you know your exact measurements as you go along. Your seam allowance will be added after you are finished drafting.
Once you have completed your draft, mark out the area that you want to place your embroidery. If you are placing a small embroidery design, under 4 inches, you are not limited to using the center of the block.You might be able to use the 4 corners and then add a separate border once you have completed construction to separate the designs from the other blocks, unless of course, you want 4 of them together when you are done.Try different placements. You can do opposite corners, all 4 corners or just the top or just the bottom. Remember to take your over all design into consideration when planning.
If you are using a larger embroidery designs and must use the center of your block, make sure that you adjust for a border around your design. You would not normally put your design directly at your seam allowance. Try different placements here also. You can place your design straight or on point. With all designs, they can be set either on point or straight, again giving you more options to work with.
Once you have decided what you are going to do, use the pattern that you have drafted to make your templates from. No matter where you have decided to place your embroidery designs, you will need to create your new templates to ensure that your design goes together properly.
After you have cut your templates, actually sew together a sample block either with or without the actual designs. You do not want to risk mis-cutting anything so I always create without the actual design. I use a blank square with the outline of the design pencilled on the material.
It might seem as though there are a lot of steps to go thru just to change out a block or two.The extra effort that you put forth right now will ensure that the design that you are creating will indeed be telling a story of some kind. Take your time and ensure that you have accurate templates with your seam allowance added.Do not cut out an entire quilt without having tested a block first. This will save you much aggravation and much miss-cut fabric.Scraps are great but only when they come from a block that is completed!
Hugs and Blessings
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Jul 21, Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You
by Kathryn
(Salt Lake City, UT)
Believe In Happiness All Around You
My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts for loved ones. She made a series of motivational quilts for each child and grandchild. Each message on each quilt was different and was meant specifically for the recipient.When she gave me my quilt, titled "Believe in Happiness All Around You", it absolutely made me cry. The message was so beautiful and so perfect for ME and my life. It reads "Dearest Kathryn, I wish for you love, faith, hope, joy, family, friends, courgage, strength, patience, compassion, health, peace, dreams to dream, songs to sing, and happiness all around you. Love always, Mommy".
She received so many requests for patterns that we have now created a business called "The Pattern Lady" and she sells her patterns online at www.thepatternlady.com. Seven of the "Words of Love and Wisdom" series patterns are available to buy there, and they even come with instructions to customize the message for your special someone.