{"id":1343,"date":"2013-05-20T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/05\/20\/an-embroidered-finish\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:47:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:47:27","slug":"an-embroidered-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/05\/20\/an-embroidered-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"An embroidered finish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When I recently began using the embroidery module on my Bernina to create labels, I had no intention at all of using it for other embroidered projects. Yup. So much for that idea! \ud83d\ude09 Since then, I’ve done a few small free-standing lace embroideries, and I did those little gift card holders before the holiday season, too. Then, during an evening “event” at my local quilt shop<\/a>, I saw a set of designs that were various French themes. I was sunk! I used to be a high-school French teacher, and I definitely have a soft spot for a lot of related things. That set came home with me, as you might have guessed. LOL! I used a pattern for a cushion (found in Creative Expressions<\/i> magazine, issue 34), though I decided to make it into a little wall hanging instead of the cushion. <\/p>\n

This quilt measures about 18 3\/4″ square. I couldn’t do a lot of quilting on it without causing the central embroidered panel to puff out, so I just did some curlicues in the floral corners and a motif I adapted from the floral print in the plainer side triangles. The braided border was done with the Double Diamond ruler, which isn’t all that easy to use when you’re left-handed. \ud83d\ude09 I added the corded piping I like so much next to the binding.<\/p>\n

I still have no intention of doing a lot of embroidered projects, other than quilt labels, but what’s the harm in doing one or two now and then? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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When I recently began using the embroidery module on my Bernina to create labels, I had no intention at all of using it for other embroidered projects. Yup. So much for that idea! \ud83d\ude09 Since then, I’ve done a few small free-standing lace embroideries, and I did those little gift card holders before the holiday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[301],"tags":[193,48,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-1343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-embroidery","8":"tag-embroidery","9":"tag-freemotion","10":"tag-piping","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0210.jpg?fit=636%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-lF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3680,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/13\/a-reveal\/","url_meta":{"origin":1343,"position":0},"title":"A reveal","author":"Sandy","date":"December 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that the holiday party for our quilt group is over, I can show the things I made for our gift exchange. 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