Creative Machine Embroidery Personalizes Market Tote by Nancy Devine September 9, 2014 written by Nancy Devine September 9, 2014 569 Yesterday, we considered creative machine embroidery and its application to the stylish Mezzaluna Market Tote. Today, let’s get stared on making it our very own. A lot of personalization in our projects comes down to the fabrics we chose. I like working with decorator weight linen. It’s hard wearing, and has a nice hand. It can be pricey, but I’ve found that a certain Swedish home goods store has good quality linen and isn’t only affordable, but also wide enough for many projects. Machine embroidery needles are designed to handle machine embroidery thread. Use a new one with each project to avoid disappointing results. The thread has a wonderful sheen and comes in a rainbow of colors. First, let’s change your machine needle. A brand new project demands a new needle. For this first step, let’s use a quilting and patchwork needle. It’s sharp point will glide through all the layers of the quilt sandwich quite easily. Make a quilt sandwich of the two main bag pieces, the quilt batting and the muslin. Spray baste the layers together, using 505 Temporary Fabric Adhesive. Make a second quilt sandwich of the gusset piece. Spray baste it together. Quilt in whatever manner you would like. I love Free Motion Quilting, so I dropped my machine’s feed dogs, changed to the darning foot, slipped on my grippy gloves and had a ball with freemo — because it’s premo. Learn more about it here. I used Sulky’s Polylite Machine Embroidery thread. I love the effect it brings to machine quilting, it gives a nice shimmer to the quilted pieces — sort of like moon glow — how apropos! Slip into something a little grippy when you’re doing free motion quilting. These gloves keep it all under control. When I was thinking about how I wanted to quilt the outside of the mezzaluna market tote, I considered doing straight lines on the linen, and then FMQ on the gusset, just to keep it interesting — but, I kind of got carried away with the free-mo because I really love doing it. The whole thing is free-mo. Don’t you just love design decisions made on the fly? Tomorrow, we explore with thread and stitches and see how creative machine embroidery personalizes market tote. Print this page or save as a PDF creative machine embroideryembroidery stitchesmarket totesewing machine FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Nancy Devine Nancy Devine is a self-confessed craft-crazed blogger. She is a regular contributor to A Needle Pulling Thread Magazine, one of the administrators for The Craft Café, a Facebook page devoted to the international sharing of the creative life, and a curator of an impressive collection of fabrics, notions and seam rippers. In her spare time, she wrangles dust bunnies and writes a blog called Nancy Dee Needleworks. Understandably, her house is a mess. previous post Creative Embroidery Helps Market Tote Shine! next post Getting Creative Machine Embroidery on the Market Tote YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... 2 ways to make stencils with freezer paper... T-shirt quilts – 4 ideas for layouts that... Stay warm with a quilt made with Fairfield... Pinning a quilt – It’s the little things... T-shirt quilts – Quilting rulers that make the... Making a quilt starts with choosing the right... The trick to quilting for texture | Double... Create texture with thread painting and invisible thread... How to applique houses and landscapes with HeatnBond Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
