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Projects ho!
Sep. 23rd, 2013 08:15 pmI'm probably being too ambitious, as usual.
It turns out my real first embroidery project is going to be a bunch of tote bags, some of which are going to turn into hostess presents for folks we're staying with in November. Hence, so as not to spoil the surprise for Some People, I'm going be rather vague about what I'm actually doing.
I found a design online that I really like. Thing is, it's big and it's solid; it's something like 48,000 stitches, and close to 6"x7". Which is fantastic for the front of a tote bag. But it's also about a zillion times bigger than anything else I've embroidered thus far. It's a simple design: 6 colors, with switchings back and forth for a total of 9 spools used, with huge swaths of one color or another. It looks rather like a large patch in terms of its makeup, actually.
I've got the fabric for My Very First Bag (tm) cut out, and done the various measurements to get the design centered. (Much more work than I expected, but I took notes so that hopefully it'll go faster next time!) I've got some medium-weight cutaway stabilizer for it, which is what the design company recommends, and which they say is excellent for the light canvas/duck that I'm putting it on. I'm not actually trying to stitch the design today/tonight, because I need to pack for our trip tomorrow, and because the machine says it'll take 77 minutes (!) to do. If that's just stitch time, it'll probably be more like 1.5-1.75 hours, and I want to have plenty of time when I do it.
Anyway. Exciting!
It turns out my real first embroidery project is going to be a bunch of tote bags, some of which are going to turn into hostess presents for folks we're staying with in November. Hence, so as not to spoil the surprise for Some People, I'm going be rather vague about what I'm actually doing.
I found a design online that I really like. Thing is, it's big and it's solid; it's something like 48,000 stitches, and close to 6"x7". Which is fantastic for the front of a tote bag. But it's also about a zillion times bigger than anything else I've embroidered thus far. It's a simple design: 6 colors, with switchings back and forth for a total of 9 spools used, with huge swaths of one color or another. It looks rather like a large patch in terms of its makeup, actually.
I've got the fabric for My Very First Bag (tm) cut out, and done the various measurements to get the design centered. (Much more work than I expected, but I took notes so that hopefully it'll go faster next time!) I've got some medium-weight cutaway stabilizer for it, which is what the design company recommends, and which they say is excellent for the light canvas/duck that I'm putting it on. I'm not actually trying to stitch the design today/tonight, because I need to pack for our trip tomorrow, and because the machine says it'll take 77 minutes (!) to do. If that's just stitch time, it'll probably be more like 1.5-1.75 hours, and I want to have plenty of time when I do it.
Anyway. Exciting!
