A few posts back, I went through a long discussion with lots of math of how to get the lines in the lace base to align perfectly. For this set of earrings, I followed the procedure and got everything to… Read More ›
Earrings
Flower Earrings 2
Well, that was interesting. The flower didn’t fall apart when I removed the WSS, so I suppose it was a technical success. However, I really don’t like the way it looks. (That’s not a great photo, by the way. The… Read More ›
Floating
This is an embroidery topic, not really digitizing. I just finished putting logos on 14 Cool-Dri shirts. I floated them on no-show polymesh. The job got ten times easier when I created a file to mark the center of the… Read More ›
Heart Earrings – Part 6
Math Time Feel free to skip all of this. Changing the Grid You can use any set of numbers you want, but if you want an even grid you have to follow a formula. For four layers, pick any number… Read More ›
Heart Earrings – Part 5
I realized today that I’ve never given you a step-by-step procedure for creating FSL, so here we go. Candy Heart Earrings Create the background fabric Use Create Freehand Area to draw your basic heart shape. Adjust as necessary using Adjust… Read More ›
Heart Earrings – Part 4
Success! I stitched the large heart with a proper underlay using a 2 mm satin stitch and a 3 mm satin stitch. Both held their shape in water. I like the look of the 2 mm a bit better. I… Read More ›
Heart Earrings – Part 3
I played around a bit more with my heart earrings. You may recall that I ended Part 2 with a number of questions. I have some answers now. Everything looked great while it was in the hoop. However, things weren’t… Read More ›
Heart Earrings – Part 2
As you can see, I stitched out the heart earrings. I would call them a partial success. On the inner ring of the largest heart, the satin stitches didn’t cover the entire base and I have some loose threads. I… Read More ›
Heart Earrings
We’re coming up on another holiday, so of course I need new earrings. I’m trying something a little different this time. It’s still FSL, but I’m covering the underlay with a single wider (3 mm) satin stitch instead of… Read More ›
Freestanding Lace 5
Okay, I’m really proud of this one! You may recall that I said I can’t draw. (See Freestanding Lace 1) To make these earrings, I started with some basic shapes, drawn with the Create Circle tool and the Create True… Read More ›
