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pootlflump & fruitloop - thanks for the help & advice :-) xx (err no doubt I'll be back!!)

fruit-loop

PootleFlump wrote: »

Wow!! :T They look so perfect I assumed you had bought them! Do you have a sewing machine and an embroidery machine? I only have a sewing machine and it is a good one but now wondering if I should have bought one that does both! :mad:

Nuttywoman - Ive never bought the stuff that you can print on as it seems really expensive (although tempting!). There are loads of tutorials though if you decide to just make your own. It looks pretty simple. Think you just need some temporary adhesive and some normal A4 paper and you can make stuff yourself providing you have an inkjet printer. I have some bookmarked tutorials for this somewhere and if I find them I will post (recently changed my computer). x

Yes I have 2 machines, I bought my embroidery machine in september 2nd hand to see if it was for me or not and I love it. I will eventually replace it with a new one when I can afford to. I personally wouldn't want a machine that did both though, because I can be sewing on one machine and the other can be embroidering ( I like multi-tasking lol!).:)

Misspixie ~ I hope you feel better soon and can play with your new baby!

parapusher

nuttywoman wrote: »

Hello everyone, just wondering if any of you have used that fabric that you can print on? if so, is it any good and can you reccomend the ones you like and were to buy iy.
thanks x

I use the printable iron on cotton from:
www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk

I've printed some of my son's pictures to iron on his t shirts. I make name labels for clothes by printing names & tel.no. and cutting into strips. Some of the clothes have been regularly washed for years, and the printing still looks good. May have faded slightly, I suppose, but still very readable. I also have the sew on cotton, but being lazy I mostly use iron on.

dizzytina

nuttywoman wrote: »

Hello everyone, just wondering if any of you have used that fabric that you can print on? if so, is it any good and can you reccomend the ones you like and were to buy iy.
thanks x

Nutty i have printed photo's on to fabric bags and i made all my daughters party bags out of organza and printed on each childs name. I used fabric transfer paper which you just put in your inkjet printer and print your image onto. then you cut it out and iron it onto your fabric. Works best printed onto cotton.
This is a christmas bag i made and i printed the christmas wishes bit then ironed onto white cotton then cut it out and sewed it onto the bigger part of the bag i had made.

You can get the fabric transfer paper from most place i got my last lot from Wilkinsons and The range before that. they do different ones depending on if you want to print on light or dark material.

Fruitloop i love your cushions too they are amazing. i take it your machine is programmed to just do the picture and it then does it or do you have to do each stitch yourself? i have a computerised machine that does embroidery stitches but i have to actual do each stitch rather than letting it say embroider a truck. Was your machine expensive? As i'd love to put it on my wish list:D

Pootle you could put one on your wedding list :rotfl:

fruit-loop

dizzytina wrote: »

Fruitloop i love your cushions too they are amazing. i take it your machine is programmed to just do the picture and it then does it or do you have to do each stitch yourself? i have a computerised machine that does embroidery stitches but i have to actual do each stitch rather than letting it say embroider a truck. Was your machine expensive? As i'd love to put it on my wish list:D

Pootle you could put one on your wedding list :rotfl:

Thank you the cushions are really snuggly!

You don't have to do each stitch but you do have to keep an eye on it and change colour quite often. My machine is a Janome mc300e that I bought 2nd hand in excellent condition with a couple of extras and I paid £400.00. I couldn't have afforded to buy a new one!

They are great but there ois alot more user input than I thought there would be, but once you get the hang of it, it is easy.

meggielo

My machine is an embroidery machine and also a sewing machine. It never used to bother me that I could only do one or the other at one time but now it does. So I have a very cheapo Argos unbranded sewing machine for normal sewing and my embroidery machine for the embroidery. I have to admit my Brother embroidery machine is a Rolls Royce compared to my cheapo sewing machine but it does the job. I can normally be found embroidering something or other on the Brother whilst making sock monkeys on the cheapo:rotfl:

I am upgrading my Brother this time next year to a bigger, better model that has a bigger embroidery area.

Fruitloop, I don't know if you are familiar with the in the hoop projects but that kindle case is not very straighforward. I have been making in the hoop things for a couple of years now and thought I knew all there was to know but the kindle case....wow, it threw me no end and I had to email for further instructions before I finally 'got it' :rotfl: What is your biggest embroidery hoop?

Tamster, thank you for following my blog. I just realised the button that you were having problems with under the follow button. I will sort that tonight...I was trying to hide the free background button LOL. I must give the blog an overhaul with a new header I think.

A question here....does Etsy UK get more traffic than Folksy UK? I really need to shift some of my makes...either that or give them to the local hospice to raffle....hhhmmm an idea there. But I'd really like to make a few quid for all my hours and hours of toll if possible.

Whoops....school run already...back later......

fruit-loop

meggielo wrote: »

Fruitloop, I don't know if you are familiar with the in the hoop projects but that kindle case is not very straighforward. I have been making in the hoop things for a couple of years now and thought I knew all there was to know but the kindle case....wow, it threw me no end and I had to email for further instructions before I finally 'got it' :rotfl: What is your biggest embroidery hoop?.

I have a 7 x 5 hoop, I also have a giga hoop but obviously that uses split designs. I would love a machine with a 6 x 10 hoop though.:rotfl: I've only done a few in the hoop projects, mainly tissue holders so maybe I'll wait before trying the kindle cover:cool: What brother have you got?

jcr16

yipppe i've finished my patchwork quilt. But never again am i making one so big. after i finished it i realised i have made a huge bo bo and got one panel completly wonky, but i don't mind. it add's to the rustic ness. if it was for my bed, or the kids then it would bug me, but it for back of sofa and no one can see it.

now i'm on the look out for some netural baby fabric to make a patchwork play mat. i want it to be baby prints, in pastel shade's, but unisex. has anyone seen any nice 4 inche fabric squares ? i have a look on ebay and unless i want pink or blue i can't find anything neutral.

also i want to make a folding changing mat, to keep in changing bag. i thought i could use 4 oz wadding for the inside. just wondering if anyone has made one and if so do you have any tip's.

meggielo

fruit-loop wrote: »

I have a 7 x 5 hoop, I also have a giga hoop but obviously that uses split designs. I would love a machine with a 6 x 10 hoop though.:rotfl: I've only done a few in the hoop projects, mainly tissue holders so maybe I'll wait before trying the kindle cover:cool: What brother have you got?

I have a Brother innov is1200. I too want the bigger size hoop when I upgrade. I am resticted to the 5" width of my hoop, although like you I have the really long hoop that will do continuous long designs but still only 5" across maximum. I found when I got my machine in 2007 there is an absolutely huge learning curve with these machines and it is probably only in the last year that I am fully confident with it. When I upgrade I will still keep the innov is1200, I love it and will never part with it.

nuttywoman

parapusher wrote: »

I use the printable iron on cotton from:
www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk

I've printed some of my son's pictures to iron on his t shirts. I make name labels for clothes by printing names & tel.no. and cutting into strips. Some of the clothes have been regularly washed for years, and the printing still looks good. May have faded slightly, I suppose, but still very readable. I also have the sew on cotton, but being lazy I mostly use iron on.

Thanks for that link, its brilliant :T