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 ; )

New baby

"New to me" Melco Amaya.

Loving! it! gb

Fun with machine memory

Most computerized sewing machines will allow you to change their stitch attribute settings. Some will allow you to save and combine these changes to create your own "new" stitches. (click image to enlarge)
The Bernina 1630 came out in 1993 and there are many of us still in love with this remarkable sewing machine. There are a couple of newslists that offer a wealth of info about the Bernina 1630.
The first is on Quiltropolis.com
The second is the one I started on Yahoo.Groups
In the files section of the Bernina Devotee list on Yahoo, you will find info that has been shared by members of the newsgroup. In the photo sections you will find member projects as well as pics of our past 1630 Devotee seminars.

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.