Sheepy Goodness
I've been having fun with my sewing machine and some sheep. A while back I asked Robin if she would like a sheep like the one that my mom made me and we sewed on my spinning bag. She said she would , but I only just got around to embroidering it this past weekend. The sheep embroidery is a free design, available from Ann the Gran's website. It's one from Margaret Hawkins.
I made two sheep. The first one I tried to make freestanding. That was a flop! It tore apart and the edges fell apart. Perhaps tear-away stabilizer was not a good choice for this piece. The second one was a hit. I used one layer of stabilizer (tear-away) and one layer of white fabric. The sheep came out great! I didn't even have a problem with the wool thread on my machine. When my mom and I did it on her machine we had a lot of breakage with the wool thread. Check the little sheepy out!
After tearing away the stabilizer, I then cut around the sheep until I had about 1/4" of fabric left. I made slits in the sides and then glued the smaller triangular pieces of fabric to the back of the embroidery. Some of the white fabric is visible, but not much. The sheep still needs to be fluffed with velcro. The wool thread is used to make fuzzy sheep. The velcro pulls some of the thread out and fluffs up the piece. My plan is to sew it on Robin's bag first, then she can fluff to her heart's content with a small piece of velcro.
I also finished up those pins I wanted to make out of the JHB buttons I purchased a while back. See, sheepy goodness!
Enough sheep. I also worked on my mystery shawl along 3 and finished up clue 2. Good thing, since clue 3 is out and I need to work on that one next. Here's a pic of just clue 2.
How are the sockpal socks coming along? Well, they aren't right now. I have some things going on at work that are important and have kept me busy. I did however find a pair of US 2 (2.75 mm) knitting needles for the socks. Now, I just need to swatch for them again! Hopefully on this size, the gauge is right.
That's it for me. Happy fibering all!
I made two sheep. The first one I tried to make freestanding. That was a flop! It tore apart and the edges fell apart. Perhaps tear-away stabilizer was not a good choice for this piece. The second one was a hit. I used one layer of stabilizer (tear-away) and one layer of white fabric. The sheep came out great! I didn't even have a problem with the wool thread on my machine. When my mom and I did it on her machine we had a lot of breakage with the wool thread. Check the little sheepy out!
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After tearing away the stabilizer, I then cut around the sheep until I had about 1/4" of fabric left. I made slits in the sides and then glued the smaller triangular pieces of fabric to the back of the embroidery. Some of the white fabric is visible, but not much. The sheep still needs to be fluffed with velcro. The wool thread is used to make fuzzy sheep. The velcro pulls some of the thread out and fluffs up the piece. My plan is to sew it on Robin's bag first, then she can fluff to her heart's content with a small piece of velcro.
I also finished up those pins I wanted to make out of the JHB buttons I purchased a while back. See, sheepy goodness!
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Enough sheep. I also worked on my mystery shawl along 3 and finished up clue 2. Good thing, since clue 3 is out and I need to work on that one next. Here's a pic of just clue 2.
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How are the sockpal socks coming along? Well, they aren't right now. I have some things going on at work that are important and have kept me busy. I did however find a pair of US 2 (2.75 mm) knitting needles for the socks. Now, I just need to swatch for them again! Hopefully on this size, the gauge is right.
That's it for me. Happy fibering all!
-- posted by Annette @ 10:59 PM
2 Comments:
Hi Annette,
I put the details of the cast # and adaptation of the Broad Ripple on my blog. Hope it makes sense, let me know if I can help anymore.
Many thanks. I posted a message over at your blog. This is one of the few combinations I didn't try and would have been next if the 2.75 mm needles don't work, but maybe not this week.
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