Embroidered caps

Digitized and embroidered caps for my favorite tatting brothers...THE SHUTTLE BROTHERS!

Sewn on my Janome 350E. I taped the caps to the cap frame to get the largest sewing field possible with my little toy ; ) Have now stitched a couple of caps on the Amaya - my boys call "Bubba". (This because I said I might call her Rissa - the daughter I never had ; )

Digitized Hand Prints

Click above link Digitized Hand Prints for FREE hand print embroidery design from ginabea

A co-worker has three little daughters and was decorating their bathroom. She made plaques for the wall with their hand prints. Their hands were the inspiration for my digitized hand prints.

Bernina Designer Plus V6!

Bernina has released the latest upgrade to their embroidery software. It has great new tools. I needed
an appliqué alphabet for an online digitizing challenge. So! I spent an enjoyable afternoon getting familiar with the new layout. I have shared the completed alphabet in several embroidery formats HERE. Did I mention it is FREE?!?  OH! and if you don't see the embroidery format that you need - give a shout - I should be able to convert the files for you.

Scissor Keeps

I used Bernina Designer Plus V5 to create these scissor covers.
They were stitched on a Bernina 200 and a Janome 9700.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

I was thinking... A novel idea for a Bride would be a tote bag that she could use to collect her Shower and Wedding cards.

The Wedding colors are to be black, white, and citron. The invitation had this motif in a repeating pattern. I scanned and enlarged it, then digitized it with Bernina Artista 5 embroidery software.

The little hankie is OLD and was 25 cents from the thrift store. The fabric was NEW (also a bargain from the thrift store). The motif was BORROWED from their wedding invitation. And there is a tiny BLUE
button holding the decorative bow in place.

I cut the hankie diagonally and stitched it back together leaving an opening for the ribbon drawstring. It is stitched to the inside of the bag and folded over to the outside of the tote bag to cover the raw edges. It was then straight stitched into place and ribbon was sewn over this stitching.
Two loops of picot ribbon were threaded in opposite directions through the casing. The ribbon ends were sewn together and pulled well inside the casing.
*Tip: When sewing narrow ribbon or elastic, overlap the ends and place under the sewing foot vertically to the bed of the sewing machine. Use the serpentine (or similar) stitch set at W-5-9 and L-0. The sewing machine needle will step across the width of the ribbon without being "swallowed" by the opening in the throat plate.