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Featherweight Embroidery: Part 7 ~ Finishing Lori Holt Happy Colors
Part 7: 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. We used the Quilter's Dream Pattern for our Sin...
Read MoreFeatherweight Embroidery: Part 6 ~ Colorful Stitch Progress
Part 6: I've been stitching away on my Lori Holt version of A Quilter's Dream, and it has been fun to work with all the colors this time around. The embroidery has been coming along quite rapidly. We used the Quilter's Dream Pattern for our Singer Featherweight Embroidery Stitch Along Series.
Read MoreFeatherweight Embroidery: Part 5 ~ Lori Holt Happy Colors
Time to start on the bright and colorful version of this fun design! The fabric included is a Lori Holt charm square pack; the embroidery floss and embellishments are also such happy colors to work with. We used the Quilter's Dream pattern for our Featherweight Embroidery Stitch Along Series.
Read MoreFeatherweight Embroidery: Part 4 ~ Finishing Autumn Vintage
Part 4 ~ This past week I got all my half square triangles made, and finished piecing that tiny Dresden. All the elements are now ready to put this together and finish it up! We used the Quilter's Dream Pattern for our Singer Featherweight Embroidery Stitch Along Series.
Read MoreFeatherweight Embroidery: Part 3 ~ Piecing the Border
Part 3 ~ The next step is to remove all the tracing marks, so I sprayed it well with water. It's always fun to see the blue lines disappear. It makes the whole project look so much tidier too. We used the Quilter's Dream pattern for our Featherweight Embroidery Stitch Along Series.
Read MoreFeatherweight Embroidery: Part 2 ~ Stitch Progress
Part 2 ~ It is exciting to see the progress we have made in the last week! The sewing machine has taken shape and we will be learning a new stitch in today's tutorial. We used the Quilter's Dream pattern for our Featherweight Embroidery Stitch Along Series.
Read MoreFeatherweight Embroidery: Part 1 ~ First Stitches
Keeping the thread taut, put your needle down right next to where it came up, keeping the 3 wraps snug around the needle. The thread will pull through and make a tiny nest which creates the knot. We used the Quilter's Dream Pattern for our Singer Featherweight Embroidery Stitch Along Series.
Read MoreFeatherweight Embroidery: Stitch Along ~ Preparation
Welcome to the new Featherweight Shop Stitch Along featuring two beautifully crafted projects by the talented Kristen from Verity Vintage Studios. This series will have two color variations of "Featherweight Embroidery: A Quilter's Dream" Kit: Vintage Autumn and Lori Holt Sewing Happy.
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