This week I gave a demo at my local Babylock Sewing Machine dealer to a wonderful group of ladies. My goal was to demo one technique but because I get so excited I showed them several techniques and features on their machines. I had very nice samples and instructions all written out for them but as I was demoing I kept coming up with more ways to make the project even more fun.
Now as I said these are wonderful ladies and they always indulge me as I keep coming up with another idea. So what started out as a very nice project to maker chenille hearts withe some fun little tricks along the way turned into a chenille flower with a couched center and stitched setting triangles. So when I left the demo they had all the techniques but no finished project to see because I was coming up ideas on the fly. So today instead of cleanning my sewing room, which is in very bad need of cleaning, I decided to put all the techniques I taught into a project.
I created the design on my sewing/embroidery machine and made one flower chenille and the other two applique. All three have yarn couched centers so there is a lot of textire in this.
Then I added a little more stitching the maroon fabric because why not add it if you can. And with my fancy sewing machine that does almost everything I can do a lot of fun things. If I could just get the machine to clean the sewing room it would be perfect.
So there you have all the parts and I have a fun runner.
Now you might have read the title and be thinking what did she mean when she wrote “and a few I shouldn’t…” Well you know what happens when you put your finger to close to the needle when the machine is stiching fast? I have the answer for you……the machine puts the needle right through your finger and breaks the needle into pieces. And gosh fingers seem to bleed a lot from such a small hole. So now I have a big bandaid on the tip of my left index finger but I also have a runner that I am very happy with! (the finger will heal, hopefully quickly because I have a lot more sewing to do and maybe a little cleaning).
