'Leisure' Test out

hmnnn as I need to brush up my sewing skills + embroidery work, i decided to do a design of my latest purchase.

the color of the bird/leg is off because the machine told me 'olive green' and i didnt know its for the eyes. i mean ya, i know its for the eyes but i thought there's supposed to have another touch up for the pupil. Bad mistake.

Once I've done the design, I thought of doing a zip around the 3edges. However, since i havent done any zips since Secondary school, i decided to give up the idea. Plus, i do not have a zip thats so long.

Earlier on, I have problems finding the tension of my machine for embroidery so I've some failed designs. So i go through them and see how to cut the fabrics out and recycle them. In the end, I decided to do a pouch for my CF card and adapter. I decided to try interfacing too that I've bought. All of them are pretty new to me so its 1st time trying things out. However, i feel that i should have added Cotton-cushion in between the fabrics.

Anyway there's some mistakes here n there. I put on the lining pockets after i sew lining to the cover. hehehe so u can imagine the back of the item.

My finished project.......... score 3/10 for the effort

CF cards sit nicely inside the pockets.

Needle Cushion

Recently I tried to do embroidery on satin. I've taken some 'left over' fabrics from the bridal studio I've earlier signed on with. Hahaha. The designer very good leh. Give me quite a few and the colors are very vibrant too. I've bright RED too. Woohoo

Satin is not cheap. Duchess? Satin is most expensive i supposed among the normal satin we find here in Sg. Normally its used for Bridal Gowns due to its thicker texture.

Anyway, previously I've tried to do a pillow cushion too but thats a big failure. Because I dont know how to do the last edge (3 edges i sew on wrong side of fabrics then i turn out to right side of fabrics). I simply sew across the last edge. so u can imagine 3 sides same finishing, 1 weird edge is wrong kind of press. This time round, I understand that I am supposed to HAND SEW on the last finishing. chey! Too think that I thought sewing machine works wonder! Maybe next time, a 20k machine can insert a needle like human hands and start 'hand sewing' this type of last touch up.

i want to do one for the designer too! Give him one pin cushion because I think thats the most useful thing for him? Plus can show case also hehehe. and I saw this shawl at Liang Court. $100 or $200++. I think its hand embroidery on silk material. I'm going to try on organza? and then use machine embroidery instead. Stay tune!

Da da...... my *big* needle cushion.

Embroidered Towels (Gift)

Yoho. These are the towels I've bought. Egyptian cotton? Not sure. They are a gift to my friend's daughter. Earlier on she has a 1yr birthday party but I was unable to attend. As I've bought the embroidery machine, I decided to put it to good use.

The problem I'm facing now is lack of color threads. So i have to buy them. Really everything is about $$$


I've bought 2 hand towels and 2 dont know what towels. They are bigger but smaller than bath towels. As she's a kid, i think its enough for her. Plus too big might be difficult for me to do embroidery. hehehe.

These are the designs I've bought from www. First time using it. These are sewn onto hand towel.

This is another hand towel. The font isnt that nice because its too thin.

Name of the kid I've created using software. Then the 2 butterlies are added to make things look nicer. Notice that there's a plastic film around the butterflies/name? This is called a solvent. For this, I've a water soluable solvent. It can be dissolved easily by water. The bad thing is its expensive. Another option is to use plastic. However, as the threads will keep the plastic inside, that means it will be inside all the time. As this is towels and also used by kid, better use safer material. Even the threads used are safe for kids & they are rayon. Made of natural materials unlike Polyneon threads.

This is another big towel I've done. Nice? The fairy is also purchased from the www. Fairy so so. Noticed that its a bit far from the name. Yea. bad mistake. tsktsk

These are the 2 fonts on the individual bigger towels.

This is a closeup of the fairy. Cute for a girl? Check up the shirt. Haha i've used a 2 tone threads. I never expect it to be like this! End up like stripes shirt. I wanted it to be red/white as in multi tone. But so happened the thread counts tally the way the thread runs.

I've another friend and she told me her girls love Bunny. Initially I thought its the one eating carrots as hobby. However, not that bunny. She's talking about the PURPLE BIG Bunny. THen she told me Bunny is dinosaur? Har? Doesnt look like it. And that she has cousin etc....... or is it a He? Hmnnn lost contact with 'new characters'.

(OOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh its not Bunny!!! Its BARNEY. so there goes...... u know i'm lost with new cartoon or whatever characters)