Feathered Friends

I have just finished listing these little cuties on Etsy.   You can find them here.   Any questions about this design set?  You can contact me via email directly - see sidebar.

Bye for now.

Sue xxx

Feathery Update

The quilt is well underway, quilting done, just adding more "stuff" because I can't leave well alone.

 

Some in the quilt world are living by the mantra "Put a bird on it" - for me, it is usually butterflies or dragonflies.  I have also used the fancy stitches on my machine.   You still need to use some sort of stabilizer underneath the quilt when using these stitches.   I used tear away first on a couple of rows but this is somewhat problematic because it is a PITA to get all the bits out of the embroidery.   I have now had a go with the wash away stabilizer.  I will wash the quilt when I have finished everything, after clipping the wash away as close as possible to the stitching.     I use the vylene type wash away.

 

      The butterflies and a couple of the big flowers have been added after I did the quilting.     This means the design is visible on the back.    The first design I added, I didn't think and used the blue thread in the bobbin.   It is okay, but then I wound some bobbins with the colours in the flowers and used them on each colour change.   They are not offensive is all I can say!

Included in the sets, are some quilting outlines.    It is hard to photograph blue on blue.   Basically, it is a bird with leaves on each side.   There is also a flower and leaf outline and a single flower and leaf.     

I have added flowers to the design file for the single baby on the branch.   He looks good either way.

 

I am now working on a 5inch x 7inch set.    I am please the way they look in yellow.   I used gold metallic for the head and tail feathers. 

 

 

Each design set consists of  at least 20 designs and will be available in 360 x 200, 300 x 200 and 5 x 7 (sorry, I think that is 180 x 130 - I flip between metric and imperial measurements - not necessarily in a good way).   If there is a single design you are interested in, then you can email me here for pay pal details.  Single designs will be available for $3 each, the full set will be $20.

Norm is giving the quilt a bit of loving and a stamp of approval - who am I kidding - it is soft, it is in the sunshine, it is a perfect storm.    He has seen my new suitcase and has struck as the phantom piddler once again.   I am currently waging chemical warfare with him.    He is under constant watch and is spending a lot more time out in the cat run.

Well, back to the machine, bird nest squares to do next in 5 x 7 and then I am hoping to finish the quilt  to take to the Guild tomorrow night for show and tell.

Bye for now.
Sue xxx 

Feathered Friends

Working away on this piece of feathery fun.   A lot of  "unsewing" has taken place to get something that is "squared".   Hopefully borders and quilting will be finished in the next day or two. 

Have a great week.

Sue xxx