Thursday, July 8, 2010

Embroidery

I've been trying my hand at some embroidery recently, and I've REALLY been enjoying it. So far I've only done a few onesies, but I'm looking forward to tackling a little pink hoodie next. My mother-in-law just bought me an AWESOME book about embroidery with tons of photos and illustrations. She found it at a thrift store... what a treasure! I wish I had taken a photo of it to show you all its magnificence. Perhaps that will be in a later post.

So with all that said, here's my first attempt... I took the photo in the car right before I gave it to a sweet friend who just had a little girl.

This is the one I just completed. I got the pattern from this delightful store on etsy.com.

It's such a cute little graphic!

Here's a question from an inexperienced needle-worker: is there anything I could or should attach to the wrong side of the design so that it won't fall apart in the wash or irritate baby skin? I use the wash-away stabilizer while I'm stitching, but that's it. Does anyone have any insight for me?
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10 comments:

  1. CarrieJuly 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    Sorry, I don't know. But those are SO cute!

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  2. LaurenJuly 10, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    Check out the different fusible interfacings available at the fabric store. After the design is done, you can fuse a piece of interfacing to the back of the embroidery. Look for a tricot or something that is woven, rather than the papery kind. I think Gymboree does this with it's embroideries on baby garments...

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  3. *jjJuly 10, 2010 at 9:17 PM

    thanks Lauren! I'll look into it.

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  4. Elisa LehtoJuly 13, 2010 at 1:08 AM

    Lauren's definitely right!
    I actually saw your post not that long ago of the cute lil winged-onesies and had to try it myself!
    I teach preschool and my co-teacher was pregnant with her first baby girl. I made a set of 5 butterfly winged-onesies (all with different polka dot patterned fabric) and used some light interfacing for the embroidery on the front of each.
    I really love your crafts & DIY projects --- I can't stop sharing them with my friends!!

    Oh yes! And lastly, have you looked into http://www.nutandbee.com/ ? They've got some great lil friends there!!

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  5. AnonymousJuly 15, 2010 at 2:24 PM

    yay! I can't wait to take a picure of Abigail in her onesie ~ she's growing fast so it will be fitting her sooner than later! :) thanks again my talented friend!!

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  6. hope chestJuly 16, 2010 at 5:09 AM

    That is so cute. That is going to be perfect to my baby girl. I can't wait to take a picture of her with that very cute baby dress. It is lovely.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 26, 2010 at 10:47 AM

    Those are super cute! I love all the crafty things you do. Oh I totally have a question for you if I may? At Diana's "thank you/Christmas concert" you sang a song that you wrote for Lucy. I was wondering if you had recorded that song? I just loved it!

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  8. AnonymousOctober 26, 2010 at 4:58 AM

    Lucy's new pillowcase dress belongs in this category...even though I didn't do the embroidery..I found the pillowcase at the Goodwill for .99 and washed it..it took 20 minutes to sew it and 2 minutes to put the ribbons thru..Hope she enjoys it..

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  9. UnknownMarch 7, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    I'm pregnant with my first and starting to make some things like this. Fusible interfacing is awesome. I'm also making baby quilts and thought of making you one! I think I saw from a post of yours we're about a week apart. If I ever get it done, I'll send it to you! www.babydaisyquilts.com

    Love your posts!

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  10. MelDecember 10, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    These are adorable! I've embroidered a few pillowcases as gifts for people and its really fun and much easier than I thought... or I'm doing it wrong, haha!

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