Monthly Archive for March, 2006

Free Machine Embroidery Designs – Baby’s Day Out!

Published on March 31, 2006 in Brother Embroidery Designs, Free Embroidery Designs and Machine Embroidery Designs.

If you are searching for charming baby embroidery designs, your search ends here!

We have for you here some unique free embroidery designs straight out of Disneyland! All characters at Needlework have been embroidered really well. What is more important is that a great deal of information has been given for each of the free machine embroidery patterns. To give you an example of the free cartoon embroidery design of Minnie Mouse next to this post, the total number of stitches is 18958 and the size is 88×113 mm.

The free download contains the .dst file needed for your embroidery machine and the image contains the thread consumption details – White(4.5m), Medium pink(11.2m), Pink(6.0m), Meadow(1.6m), Orange(0.2m), Marine aqua(5.7m), Floral pink(0.7m), Red(0.7m), Silver grey(1.8m), Black(26.1m). The upper thread is 59.6m and the bobbin is 19.9m. The polyester details of each thread are also well detailed. These disney embroidery designs would be suitable for baby dresses, bibs, towels and bedsheets. Very very cute indeed!

Beginners Guide To Quilting – Hand and Machine Embroidery Special!

Published on March 30, 2006 in Free Embroidery Designs and Hand Embroidery Designs.

Quilting was earlier practised only by a few institutions on a larger scale. These days, this technique has entered the house with ordinary embroiderers practising this with ease. If you are a novice and interested to learn, we have the perfect resource for you – The Beginners Guide to Quilting by Penny Halgren. The goal of this guide is to teach you to transform ordinary fabric into a beautiful handmade quilt. With just 9 easy-to-follow steps and full photographs of the quilt (work-in-progress), quilt sewing is not only easy but also fun. At the same time, Penny ensures that this is not just another blanket. The book comes with five free bonus gifts which includes an offer to post your handmade quilt on the website for free for one week. If you just want to check your skills on quilting, try the free 7 day mini course which will give information on fabric cutting, colors management, keeping blocks in order among other important tips on quilting. Take a look at the butterfly quilt next to this post. This has been split into 3 parts to be paper-pieced. Then the center body is appliqued. The antenna are drawn on with a pigma pen. 4 fabrics would be needed for this quilt block – 2 colors for the wings, a background color and black for the body. Before you leave, dont miss the 200 free quilt patterns available!

Party Appliques For You!

Published on March 27, 2006 in Applique Embroidery Designs and Machine Embroidery Designs.

A great set of applique embroidery designs specially designed for party animals! Visit Sew Many Designs and you will be treated to a colourful set of ready-to-use appliques which include teddy bears, balloons, cakes and animals. It has been quite vividly done and my favourites include the giraffe, the party mouse and the happy teddy bear that you see alongside this post.

What are the embroidery design techniques used for these appliques?

All the applique designs are done using machine embroidery and are available in PES HUS DST CSD EXP ART JEF VIP XXX SHV machine formats. The information on machine embroidery would come in handy here.

Some of the projects done through party appliques like baby bibs, baby frocks and shirts are also displayed at the above mentioned website.

Home Cutwork Embroidery Designs For You!

Published on March 25, 2006 in Cutwork Embroidery Designs and Hand Embroidery Designs.

Some great cutwork embroidery designs by Paula Heckmann is available for view at Keep Sake Cutwork. Paula was raised in a family of artists and needleworkers and has been in the field of drawing, painting and stitching since childhood. Cutwork, quilting and beading held a special fascination for her and she started teaching her art for the Embroiders’ Guild of America, Inc. One of her dreams on cutwork is to add a Gallery on some of her students’ work.

To reiterate on cutwork embroidery designs:

This is a beautiful form of needlework where portions of the background fabric are cut away and discarded, with the edges worked over in buttonhole stitches.

The simplest form of cutwork is that which contains small open areas, such as eyelets, with no connecting bars. Teresa de Dillmont calls Broderie Anglaise – openwork or “cutwork”. Renaissance embroidery is cutwork that needs stabilizing bars worked within the cut-away designs. The edges are connected by buttonhole bars, worked over a single thread and is the same width throughout, except possibly on the edges. Satin stitch fillings are used in the design, then the openwork is done, cutting away unnecessary background fabric to give a much lighter appearance. Richelieu embroidery is similar – only the connecting bars are ornamented with picots and occasionally worked rings are added to give it a studded look. Venetian embroidery is thickly padded buttonhole stitching. The high relief of the outlines is what makes this stand out. Plenty of surface embroidery is included in Venetian designs and open areas with lots of lace stitches! Reticella, or Italian cutwork, is the ultimate and most elaborate of all cutwork. It is just one step away from needlemade lace.

Paula’s works are intricate and disciplined and this reflects in the perfection of her designs. There is also a sense of beauty in the product as a whole. Take the example of the table linen beside this post – the cutwork design stands out prettily in the piece of cloth.

Poncho Panache – Crochet Embroidery – Hand Embroidery Special!

Published on March 17, 2006 in Hand Embroidery Designs.

An example of a poncho crochet embroidery pattern - Crochet has always been viewed with respect amongst most needlework embroidery circles due to the complexity of the art required. We are happy to inform you of a great book that we have for you on crochet designing – Poncho Panache. This is a crochet pattern book which sports 16 designer styles which covers all occasions. This is made possible with a range of yarns and fibers, details of which are there in the book. Some good examples of the crochet designs which fascinated me are Zebra Fur, Montana Blue and Flower Power. Check the example of the Kids Easy Granny Poncho you see next to this post. This is priced at less than 5 dollars and includes sizes small (2-4), medium (4-8), large (10-12) and extra-large (14-16). Happy Crocheting!

Applique Alphabet Embroideries For You!

Published on March 15, 2006 in Applique Embroidery Designs, Brother Embroidery Designs and Machine Embroidery Designs.

The letter Monogramming is fast becoming a category of embroidery designing with its growing popularity amongst embroidery enthusiasts the world over. Stylish letters interwoven with design is the fad and is frequently used for embroidery gifts and packages. We have for you a complete set of applique alphabets at – Embroidery Garden.

Each alphabet has the associated object interwoven along with it making it look cute and giftable. The entire set available in hus and pes formats comes at an affordable price. All design blocks measure 3.93″ x 3.93″. The set consists of 30 blocks which includes 4 number blocks.

The information on machine embroidery would come in handy here.

The Magic Of Silk Embroidery Designs – Embroidery Portaits – Hand Embroidery Special

Published on March 8, 2006 in Embroidery Design Web Sites, Amazing Embroidery Designs and Hand Embroidery Designs.

This embroidery website has been haunting me for quite some time and I couldn’t resist writing about it – Embroidery Artwork. The classic hand embroidered Hunan silk embroidery designs also called as Magic Art is a perfect union of embroidery designing and art. The threads used are made of silk, floss or delicate cotton thread depending on the aspect of needlework. Embroidery artisans, usually more than one, work for several months in unison to create one design! The final output as you can see from the example next to this post – is breathtaking. This is indeed a private collectors fantasy. Just like the portrait of Diana, (this one in particular generally takes one year to complete after an order is placed) embroidery portraits for customers can be done on a made-to-order basis. Apart from this, the website also portrays sceneries, lakes, flowers and meadows in all its splendour.

This is definitely among the best in the collection of embroidery designs web sites.

Embroidery Designs – Straight from Africa!

Published on March 6, 2006 in Hand Embroidery Designs and Uncategorized.

We have for you a basket of embroidery designs from Africa. Cross stitch and hand embroidery forms an integral feature in all these designs. The particular design next to this post is done using satin stitch. To know more about satin stitch, over to Stitching Techniques From EDG. The important point to remember is that when a pattern is to be filled completely, embroiderers often use the satin stitch. Zumi is a popular and cute figure for African embroidery designs and is generally shown in a warlike position. We also have Zindi who accompanies him occasionally in the embroidery patterns. His jaunts in the Safari with various animals make the set complete. Apart from usage on T-shirts and other apparel, there are the kitchen embroidery design sets which can be used for decorating the ordinary dinner table!

Murphy’s Endless Hoop Machine Embroidery Designs

Published on March 4, 2006 in Cross Stitch Embroidery Designs, Endless Hoop Embroidery Designs and Machine Embroidery Designs.

Murphy has carved a niche in the world of embroidery with her very own speciality – “Endless Hoop” category of patterns. Check out her collection at Murphy’s Designs. These are basically redwork and machine embroidery cross stitch designs and can be used in the Endless Hoop or any hoop that is 5×7 inch (130 x 180 mm) or larger. All the designs are available in the zip file which would contain the following formats – ART, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, PHC, VIP, XXX. The information on machine embroidery would come in handy here.

Her collections are categorised under various folders numerically ordered. Endless hoop embroidery designs are perfect for any running pattern – bedsheets, table napkins, frocks, curtains and other homely items. The sunflower and strawberry endless designs are pretty. The part that is circled in the image next to this post – is the portion that will be repeated again and again till you reach the end of the cloth – and hence the name ‘endless’. So once you master this part, the design becomes repetitive and simple to do.

Downloadable Machine Embroidery Designs And Free Software For Converting Embroidery Formats For Your Machine

Published on March 2, 2006 in Brother Embroidery Designs, Embroidery Design Software, Free Embroidery Designs and Machine Embroidery Designs.

For all lovers of machine embroidery patterns, this is a great resource of free downloadable embroidery designs, (all in NGS format) – Stitch.com. If you want to convert the format from NGS to something compatible with your embroidery machine, pls go to Coats EDV – You can register yourself OR use this login – “shikhadeepak@gmail.com” and password -”welcome” – all small case letters – and download the free software – Coats EDV16. Armed with this software, you can see the digitized embroidery designs used to programme major makes of embroidery machines.

You can also use it for tracking your designs and exchanging information with key friends and customers without worrying about the machine format. As for the free embroidery patterns, the best I liked was the rooster beside the post. Very colourful and complete in all respects. The shaded effect and the feathers are done exceptionally well.

Thanks to one and all for the overwhelming comments on my various posts. Keep writing back to me on your expectations OR on any topic that you found interesting! You can use the “Contact Us” button right at the bottom of any Embroidery Designs Guide page.

Powered by eShop v.6