Featherweight Embroidery: Part 7 ~ Finishing Lori Holt Happy Colors
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- Lori Holt Sewing Happy Featherweight Embroidery Kit - If it is sold out, you can sign up for the in-stock notification at product link, and you will be notified as soon as we have more kits available.
- 4-inch or 6-inch Embroidery Hoop
- Glass-Head Pins
- Iron
- Sewline Water Erasable Roller Ball Pen
- Embroidery Scissors
- Hand-sewing needles in various sizes
- Already have the supplies on hand? Printed Pattern only is available here.
- The Beekeeper Thread Minder by Lori Holt
This week's progress included finishing my embroidery and getting the pieced frame ready to assemble.
This week's progress included finishing my embroidery and getting the pieced frame ready to assemble. I decided to do the large flowers the same color, but you could make it even more colorful if you used other colors when doing the bouquet.
I sprayed the fabric to remove the water soluble tracing marker, and trimmed it to size.
When it came time to make the half square triangles, I realized that the charm pack included in this colorful kit doesn't really include obvious lights and darks like the other one did, which is what the pattern calls for. So for this version, I decided to instead choose one color way for the lights, and mix in the other colors as the darks.
I selected 8 aqua and green squares to cut into quarters for the lights, and chose 8 of my favorites in the other colors.
It will look different than the Autumn Vintage kit, and you certainly can do it any way you choose. I liked this since it still adds continuity to the frame. And aren't the finished HST blocks cute?
I settled on a layout and then stitched together the sides of the frame, and the top and bottom.
Next came time to figure out the lace decoration, in case I wanted to stitch it into the border when I sew that. With several colors and size options, you can see that there is a lot to play with – especially if you go all out and use all 3 of the laces, or play around with different angles at the corners.
This is the layout I ended up deciding to go with. I enjoy how precisely the colors match to the embroidery. Again I sewed that border first so I could make sure the lace would be even to the edge.
Next comes the rest of the borders. As before, I had to restitch a few seams to make it fit – definitely pay attention to your seam allowance when piecing the border!
Now that the main piece is finished, we just get to add the last touches, like whipped cream on a sundae. For this mini dresden, I wanted to incorporate a few colors that the lace didn't add, so I picked two charm squares to make the Dresden out of – and then for an extra touch gathered the last piece of lace to add another layer.
Next I figured out the layout with the layers of Dresden, and where to place the buttons.
Well... except for adding the strips of muslin that finish the edge in preparation for framing. Isn't it fun to see it in color? Both kits have such a different flavor.
You can now either choose to frame it or make it into a pillow using your pillow pattern of choice.
Thank you for joining me! I hope you enjoyed this stitch-along, and end up with a lovely piece to display.
Kristen