The Sewing Place
The Emporia => Embroidery and Embellishment => Topic started by: Ohsewsimple on December 20, 2019, 16:11:01 PM
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At last I have a complete scene. The final sewing it together was a bit of a fight. I have sewn it to some black satin backed crepe and the next job is to work out how I’m going to back it to hang it. But that’s a job for after Xmas. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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Absolutely amazed what can be done. I am afraid I have neither the patience or the talent for anything like this and this is perfect. Well done.
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Very nice.
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WoW! @Ohsewsimple that is just stunning! Such detailed stitching, I am in awe. :) :vintage:
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That is lovely - well done! :D
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Beautiful work of art
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Wow, how the heck did you do that? I presume it's machine embroidered, but how did you join the squares?
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Well, that's pretty impressive! But like Bodge I wouldn't have a clue how to even begin. Could you run through the process please @Ohsewsimple, for us uninitiated?
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Totally in awe. The work in that is incredible.
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Absolutely Fabulous :loveit:
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Thanks everyone but not me that's clever.
Each panel has 3 individual embroidery designs. A roof, a middle section and a shop front.
These are a combination of appliqué and machine embroidery. Each one takes a good part of an afternoon. They are individually hooped. There are a couple of ways to finish them. I chose to have the satin stitch outline round each one. When finished, each piece is carefully trimmed making sure you don’t cut the satin stitch outline. I had to label each piece, although they are all interchangeable. Then the 3 parts of each panel are satin stitched together. That gave me 7 individual panels. They are then satin stitched from top to bottom together making one long panel. Then I satin stitched across the two long seams. Finally I satin stitched around the edges of the complete panel. The design was then stitched to the backing fabric with zig zag stitch. The whole thing is 48” by 15”. Not sure where it’s going yet but on my sewing room wall somewhere.
This is the design
https://www.secretsof.com/machine-embroidery/designs/anandas-divine-designs/euro-cafe-street
I’ve done a few of hers and like the others there were a few mistakes. But I’m used to that and can work it out. I wasn’t entirely happy with the satin stitching. Might be the machine as the others I did on my older machine were spot on.
This is another of hers I did for my mum. I had this professionally framed. It is sewn to an aubergine cotton velvet. The framers were fascinated as they’d never seen anything like it.
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Those are amazing. I had no idea that embroidery machines could be so versatile. It's a whole different process and skill (I am not tempted)
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I should imagine stitching them together is not easy, I presume that's done on a normal machine with very steady hands!
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@Bodgeitandscarper yes although my machine is both. Used a satin stitch and the start stop button which was handy. But I think I chose the wrong stitch. Should maybe have used an adjusted right hand zig zag as that would have meant the fabric was over more of the feed dogs. The weight of it was pulling somewhat and had to be supported. The other problem I had was the depth of it. I used my very large extension table for support but that meant pushing the machine back a bit. As I sew on a kitchen worktop there wasn’t a lot of room behind and I had to keep stopping and folding bits over before it got caught and distorted the stitching. But it’s done now. Just wondering which picture to do next. It does use up lots of scraps. And all those samples you order come in very handy for this sort of thing!
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Wow. I am in Awe. That is truly beautiful, @Ohsewsimple ! I hope you find somewhere really special to hang it.