Hello Cuties, OK, the results of washing my FSL pieces are in and they look pretty good! I had no question that the FSL
stitches would hold but wondered how the top stitching would sew out on top of the FSL stitches.I only wish that there was a way to cut closer to the threads when trimming so that there would not be those 1/16th inch threads stitking straignt up!!
Even if these twist on the tree, only the Santa will look a bit strange.
Any comments are greatly appreciated!!
Huggs Dolly
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For the Santa I must give credit to the art work which I got from ClipArtXmas.com, a freebie. Many thanks for your comments!
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62461These are really cute designs. I think you did a fantastic job. Hugs, Susan
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1494Fantastic detail on the Santa - and he is always my favorite at Christmas. LOL
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44904Lovely job and well done, Dolly. I look forward to having them in my stack to embroider myself. Thanks in the meantime for sharing with us.
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38558These really washed up beautifully, Dolly, they look great! I am amazed by the amount of detail in Santa's face, most amazed by his eyes and eyebrows, you got those black outline lines spot on! Well done! What program are you using? I think you said, but I forgot. Hugs, Marji
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334516788WalMart has a woodburner set that has a stencil cutter tip with it that works great . Much cheaper than Jenny H.
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7056these are wonderful! I adore the detail of Santa's face !
Great job!
Christmas hugs, Bonnie
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6803Fantastic job Dolly!!! These are beautiful! Anyone would be proud to sew them out! Hugs, judy
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360660Very nice job indeed!! They look great on both sides. Well done! Suzanne
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111384They all turned out beautiful, you can't tell which is front or back. Great job.
Hugs
Jerri
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30656They all look wonderful - both the fronts and the backs. You've done a trmendous job with your digitizing!!! Congratulations!!!!
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31625are these after they have dried or are they still wet? I would think they would look different wet or dry.
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by dollygk
16 Aug 2012
They are dry, in fact the Santa was lumpy so I steam ironed him under a cloth. The thread takes a darker look when dry.
533510852You think I would know better...finally, here is the link to the hot tip Stencil cutter...sorry :( for the clutter...
318493For those pesky little stitches, Jenny Haskins uses a hot tip Stencil Burner for her projects...even to cut out organza appliques. You need to be careful if you are using polyester thread as it can melt on you, but if you use rayon thread..it isn't a problem. I put the item on a piece of glass or a mirror, run the hot tip around and, voila, all those pesky threads disappear. I have used this technique even with polyester thread and haven't really had a problem, but Jenny warns about poly thread. She call her technique Embroidery Decoupage...you make all of the elements like FSL or appliques and then place them on the quilt and with a tiny zig zag and mono clear thread, sew them to the quilt or blocks. The link to the tool is below on Jenny's site...I don't have this one, but I have something very similar and it works like a charm. If the piece is big enough, sometimes I just hold it in my hand and run the tip around the edges...just be careful and keep the hot tip moving...don't let it rest in one place. Just like "Magic"...those pesky threads disappear!
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by dragonflyer
16 Aug 2012
Ooops, the link didn't attach...but you can should be able to copy and paste...
http://www.jennyhaskins.com/produ...
by dragonflyer
16 Aug 2012
Oops again....this hope this is the full link...
http://www.jennyhaskins.com/produ...
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33350Hi Dolly,
Congratulations on your hard work. I think they look
great after washing. Stitching looks greats to me.
Thanks so much for posting your results. They will
be adorable hanging ornaments.
Hugs
Linda aka Bumblebee
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