Learning Embroidery !!!

Hi Everyone ! Well, I finally finished my new owner classes on how to play with Bernie. What an exciting time I had. The third and final class was learning how to embroider. I have to tell you that there is so much information on how to embroider that by lunch time my head was spinning!!! It was amazing what steps you need to go through, but when you do, it's fantastic. The class started at 10:00 a.m. and went until 4:00 p.m. It was a really long day, but full of excitement and anticipation. We just learned about everything from thread, to stabilizer, how to hoop the fabric, temporary adhesives, etc.....It was crazy. We finally got to embroider around 2:30 p.m. With only an hour & a half before class was over, I picked out a simple design with only four color changes. This simple rose and my name was the first thing I have ever embroidered with a machine. I did hand embroidery many, many years ago, but I just can't do that anymore. My hands just can't handle that type of continuous motion.





Anyway, it turned out pretty good, except for one teensy-weensy mistake, which I learned very quickly!!! Unfortunately, I started with the wrong color so the rose doesn't look exactly right. I may attempt to redo it to see what it really should look like, but all-in-all, I'm proud of how it turned out.


Not wanting to forget what I learned....and it's amazing how quickly you can forget.....I attempted to embroider a label for a baby quilt I made, ALL ON MY OWN !!!. This was my first attempt at doing everything by myself and trying to remember all the steps. I used some of the backing material from the baby quilt and decided on pink thread.





The pink thread does not really stand out that much and since this was "practice", I might go back and make another label with white thread or green to see if you can read it any better. However, just having made the label and have it stitch just the way I wanted it to, I think it turned out well.






I can't wait to try different things with embroidery!!! I'm sure my mom can't wait either !!! She has lots of projects in mind for me....just kidding ! Now, that the baby quilt is made, I'm working on the charity quilt to be auctioned off for Craig's charity function. It's coming along well, but I think I bit off more than I can chew. We'll see how that goes !!!

Love to all my family and friends !!!