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by toet 23 Mar 2010 ( edited Mar 24'10 02:45 )
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It will take a few weeks for things to get back to normal. My question is does anyone know what shadow work is and how is it done on our enbroidery machines. thanks Heather

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by mad14kt 23 Mar 2010
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Heather thank God you are well and no one was hurt! I've heard of shadow work but I don't know *2U
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by toet 23 Mar 2010
thankyou,most of the schools are closed,we are boiling all water befor drinking,we were one of the lucky ones that does not have too much damage.
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by toet 23 Mar 2010
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Sorry i spelt it wrong [Cyclone Ului]
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by designgirl 23 Mar 2010
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Thank goodness everyone is okay. Take care.
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by toet 23 Mar 2010
Yes there has been nobody hurt badly,it could have been much worse. Thankyou Designgirl[sorry i dont know your name]everyone worked hard for days prepairing,at leat we could track it. cheers Heather.
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by jacquipaul 23 Mar 2010
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Heather dear; so glad you were not harmed. Don't know how to do shadow work on the embroidery machine, but perhaps some of the experts out there will know and instruct us.
*4u!
Jacqueline
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by toet 23 Mar 2010
Thankyou Jacqueline, Megs has put up some very interesting sites.*********Heather.
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by meganne 23 Mar 2010
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Glad you are safe, it had the potential to take many lives and thankfully it didn't.

Shadow work is when you sort of do a satin stitch on the wrong side of sheer fabric and only the side stitches are visible on the right side with the shadow of the satin stitching visible through the material. This is hand sewing though and I can't imagine how it would be possible to achieve this effect on a machine, so perhaps it means something totally different in machine sewing.

Have you tried Googling your question?
hugs n roses, Meganne
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by marietta 23 Mar 2010
a Marvelous description Meganne. I used to do it by hand too, and could not describe it better. Have also not seen it done on a machine. Ever thought of trying to digitise some?
by toet 23 Mar 2010
Thankyou Megs,Airlie Beach have a lot of damage,many boats have sunk and they still do not have power. Gosh shadow work sounds like it woud take a long time to do by hand enbroidery. cheers Heather
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by meganne 23 Mar 2010
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Just Googled and found these, very interesting!!!
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by toet 23 Mar 2010
Thankyou Megs for the links,yes it does look interesting,i am going to an enbroidery retreat just south of Gladstone QLD. They have asked all that are going if there is anything that they would like to learn. One of the ladies have requested to be taught Shadow work,i am so loooking forward to this. cheers Heather
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by marietta 23 Mar 2010
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So glad you are all save. Here by us in
South Africa, especially down at the tip in Cape Town, we do not know Cyclone's, Hurricanes, even earth quakes. The closest we get is quite bad rain storms, but not that bad that we have to move from our houses. I hope all gets back to normal soon.
Hugs and Gods blessings to you
Marietta
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by toet 23 Mar 2010
Thankyou Marietta,it sounds like you live in a very nice part of the world.hugs Heather
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by gerryvb 23 Mar 2010
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glad to read you're okay!!hope everything will be okay and repaired soon!
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by toet 23 Mar 2010
Hi,thankyou,power is on in our area now,so today i can sew[embroider]. We live close the beach,i am realy pleased that we did not buy on the waterfront they have had a real mess to cleen up,all hands have been on deck. Hugs
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by becky45 23 Mar 2010
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Heather,
I don't know where you live but I am so glad that you are OK!!
Becky
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by toet 25 Mar 2010
Hi Becky thankyou,Australia. For us life is back to normal,many are still cleaning up. Today i made a bunny and also managed to sit in on a patchwork class,
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by karma 24 Mar 2010
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Sounds scary - glad you are all okay
Hugs Karma
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by toet 25 Mar 2010
Thankyou Karma,i see you are new to cute,Welcome to our big friendly family. cheers
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by beatie58 24 Mar 2010
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Hi, I live just north of brisbane and we were watching Uliu come towards the coast. I must be very frightening. Glad you have your power back and can embroider again and that you are all safe.
don't know about the shadow work only by hand!
Sally
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by toet 25 Mar 2010
Thankyou Sally,yess i must gett hopping i still have a couple of bunnies to make for the grandkids. cheers Heather