I needed some quick gifts. I had some extra battery tealights on hand, so I thought I'd make them some little covers. I cannot digitize yet, but I do have basic Embird. I have been sewing for over 50 years and I thought I could place a design on felt, add another piece of felt to the back,use the placement stitch of an applique around the design,(make sure you leave the base section unsewn so the light can shine between the felt pieces), manually add on with my sewing machine, centered under the design, a couple lines 2 1/4 inch apart and 1/2 inch high (to fit over the tealight base). Trim around both pieces of felt and add the tealight. This is the result. If you are any good with a sewing machine, you don't have to use an applique shape. Just stitch around your embroidered design with the other felt piece in the back, and make the little base stitches to hug the tealight base.
The birds are from Embroidery Library, The angel is from Dollarstitch, and the Modonna is from Outback(although I tried to find it again, but couldn't. It was one of his dollar designs a few years ago.) I know the tealight idea is from another digitizer, and I hope I'm not doing her any kind of injustice. I just wanted to have a universal blank to add onto from my personal collection of favorite designs.
9945lovely idea of taking your favourite designs and making them into lights - well done
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by quail
09 Jan 2013
Thank you. I was not expecting to see these today. I made them nearly a year ago.
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148897hello.
They are verry nice i must try it too to make them.
GRT corrie
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778Really really nice. Great job and wonderful instructions. Thank you for sharing
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3286These are really lovely - well done for thinking out of the box!
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140717These are lovely! And thanks for the tutorial! hugs and *'s, Deb
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by quail
09 Mar 2012
Thank you. I can't share any digitizing yet since I don't know how, but I can share my ideas.
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109774What a charming group of tealights! You've done a wonderful job.
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27683Awesome, I love using the battery tea lights and that is a great way to use them! Wonderful idea!
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33580You have done a great job with these and the placement of your designs. Very nice presentation, too.
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by quail
02 Mar 2012
Thank you. I remember that you sometimes use a collage type presentation, Shirlene. I liked it when I saw it and try to do so when I can.
211079WOW I think that these are TERRIFIC! I don't remember seeing anything like this before! Well done
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14765Nicely stitched and they look good either lite or not.
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89895I like how you captured the glow thru so can really see how it looks. I like it.
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37638You did a great job on your embroidery designs in the Picture you shared with us. Thank you so very much for sharing your beautiful Idea.
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1494great gift to have on hand i love to have a few of these also .Yours look really lovely hugs carolyn
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360641What a good idea!
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by quail
02 Mar 2012
Thank you. Since I can't share digitizing, I thought I'd share an idea instead.
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119791They are all absolutely beautiful! You did a great job.
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