So recently I bought 63 spools of Embroidery Thread from Designs By Sick. These are mini King Spools. It's great, but I need to transport the thread - so was looking around for a deal on Thread Nets. I found some for sale in long strips so you can cut your own, but some of them had reviews of being too loose. My main problem is that I need to transport them next weekend so don't necessarily have time for an order to reach me.
I got to thinking that I probably have something hanging around that I could make my own.
I did - some old panty hose that I am not going to use.
Step 1: 2 lines of stitching down the middle.
If you have a STRETCH STITCH - use that and you can skip Step 3.
Step 2: cut carefully between the stitching lines
Step 3: because I'm lazy and don't want to sew each one separately and backstitch each one - I just used some fray check each place I planned to cut to hold the stitches in place. Time will tell if this is good enough or if you have used STRETCH STITCH then you should be able to skip this step.
Step 4: Cut apart into separate thread nets.
Voila!
I didn't need very long thread nets so I got 14 - 15 nets from each strip - 28 - 30 from each leg so that means close to 60 from a pair (assuming no runs).
Friday, 30 January 2015
A Christmas Alphabet
A Christmas Alphabet from http://lagrange-aux-loups.over-blog.com
NOTE: This is NOT my alphabet, and I never claimed it was. I am only linking to the individual blog entries for each letter to make it easier for people to find since not everyone is an expert in navigating blog sites - especially when they are in different languages.
Christmas A
Christmas B
Christmas C
Christmas D
Christmas E
Christmas F
NOTE: This is NOT my alphabet, and I never claimed it was. I am only linking to the individual blog entries for each letter to make it easier for people to find since not everyone is an expert in navigating blog sites - especially when they are in different languages.
Christmas A
Christmas B
Christmas C
Christmas D
Christmas E
Christmas F
A Precious Moments Kids Redwork Alphabet
A Precious Moments Redwork Kids Alphabet from http://lagrange-aux-loups.over-blog.com
NOTE: This is NOT my alphabet, and I never claimed it was. I am only linking to the individual blog entries for each letter to make it easier for people to find since not everyone is an expert in navigating blog sites - especially when they are in different languages.
Redwork A
NOTE: This is NOT my alphabet, and I never claimed it was. I am only linking to the individual blog entries for each letter to make it easier for people to find since not everyone is an expert in navigating blog sites - especially when they are in different languages.
Redwork A
Monday, 26 January 2015
Dandylion & Insect (and more) designs from Bernina
These designs are old, but can be hard to search through for where to find them.
Some of these designs are used in this post
Dandelions Click on S1001_03_Gardening (some of the other links here are also embroidery files)
Butterfly
Bee
Bird
Flower
The Alps
String of Light Bulbs
Easter Bunny
Flowers in watering can
Butterfly and Flower
Very cool Abstract Line Design
Pumpkin and Bird
Flower and Heart Appliqué
Christmas 2012 Design
Christmas 2011 Design
Christmas 2010 Design
Feb 2011 Freebie - 8 small flowers
April 2011 Freebie - Daffodil
May 2011 Freebie - Blooming Flowers
June 2011 Freebie - Silhouette Cowherders
July 2011 Freebie - Flowers for Neckline
Aug 2011 Freebie - Flowers in a circle
Sept 2011 Freebie - Wild Flower Bouquet
Nov 2011 Freebie - Ornamental
Dec 2011 Freebie - Applique Ornament
Some of these designs are used in this post
Dandelions Click on S1001_03_Gardening (some of the other links here are also embroidery files)
Butterfly
Bee
Bird
Flower
The Alps
String of Light Bulbs
Easter Bunny
Flowers in watering can
Butterfly and Flower
Very cool Abstract Line Design
Pumpkin and Bird
Flower and Heart Appliqué
Christmas 2012 Design
Christmas 2011 Design
Christmas 2010 Design
Feb 2011 Freebie - 8 small flowers
April 2011 Freebie - Daffodil
May 2011 Freebie - Blooming Flowers
June 2011 Freebie - Silhouette Cowherders
July 2011 Freebie - Flowers for Neckline
Aug 2011 Freebie - Flowers in a circle
Sept 2011 Freebie - Wild Flower Bouquet
Nov 2011 Freebie - Ornamental
Dec 2011 Freebie - Applique Ornament
Saturday, 24 January 2015
String Art Alphabet - Randomized - Complete
I've completed the Randomized version of the Alphabet.
Some of the pictures are a little blurry, I may fix them in the daylight, but right now I just want to get these up on the web.
NOTE: The I isn't pictured - as it is just the first half of the H
Zigzag Outline
This alphabet is no longer free - you can find it for sale on my Craftsy site.
Some of the pictures are a little blurry, I may fix them in the daylight, but right now I just want to get these up on the web.
NOTE: The I isn't pictured - as it is just the first half of the H
Zigzag Outline
Running Stitch Outline
This alphabet is no longer free - you can find it for sale on my Craftsy site.
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Throwback Thursday - Flower Fairy Machine Embroidery Design
This Flower Fairy was designed back in 1998 for a Spark/Pathfinder camp.
I didn't stitch out the final outline - but it is included in the embroidery design file. I just found with the software I was using at the time that if I kept the outline in the design it worked better for defining the other parts - I never intended to stitch the outline.
I have included only the .PES file. It fits in the 4 x 4" hoop
Please read the copyright info in the download.
DOWNLOAD THE FLOWER AND FAIRY DESIGN
I didn't stitch out the final outline - but it is included in the embroidery design file. I just found with the software I was using at the time that if I kept the outline in the design it worked better for defining the other parts - I never intended to stitch the outline.
I have included only the .PES file. It fits in the 4 x 4" hoop
Please read the copyright info in the download.
DOWNLOAD THE FLOWER AND FAIRY DESIGN
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