We used them as a fund raiser for the Right to Life trip to Washington DC

Great idea Krystyna!

embroidery on quilts
 

Here is a quilts I did with embroidery years ago. Most of my embroidery quilts are on my old computer. When I transfer all of my designs to my new computer I will post a couple more.
Syl

embroidery on quilts
 

Here is a quilts I did with embroidery years ago. Most of my embroidery quilts are on my old computer. When I transfer all of my designs to my new computer I will post a couple more. Kinda fuzzy.
Syl

ThreadHead that is a gorgeous quilt. I'm trying to make out what designs are on it. Can you tells us? Thanks!:thumbup:

designs
 

I am trying to transfer some of my designs from my other computer to my new one. I keep my other computer just for my designs. This new one is "online". I have lots of designs that I digitized a couple of years ago and I took pics ".jpegs" of them off of my computer. I grouped them together and put them in folders so I could keep track of them. Let me see if this works.

These are jpegs of embroidered designs and "pem files" which are only half completed.

designs
 

The quilt has a mix of animals and cartoons.

I have the same question. I used to use NeedleWorks which is freeware and worked beautifully in Finder. Now that I've updated to Mavericks, I can't get it to work and miss it terribly.

Hi,
i bought a new computer with windows 8..I hate it. I had to buy a new amazing box to convert my designs. My old one would not convert to windows 8. I also tried the babylock soft ware and it wouldn't convert either.

Hi all! Hope everyone is doing great! I've been busy quilting a baby girl's lap quilt and did a label by embroidery. Thought I'd share the photos.

Agreed ... I hate Windows 8. It is a fight to do anything with it! I use Embird but find myself going back to the "office" computer to use it with Windows 7. I just got a Brother 770D and have been trying to sign up for a group for that - haven't had any luck. Is anyone on a Brother Embroidery Group on the computer?

Rene
North Carolna

While you are all wonderful folks, I am new to machine embroidery and would like to find a more active board on the topic than this one. Can you recommend one where a beginner might be able to read a lot? When I began quilting, I learned soooooo much from the Quilting Board. I'd like to find something similar for machine embroidery.

Thanks for any help you can offer. (FWIW, I have a Bernina 635 with embroidery attachments.)

The activity on this board does tend to ebb and flow and has been a little slow lately. However, any time I have asked a question I have gotten lots of responses which have been extremely helpful. Fill us in. What kind of embroidery/projects do you want to do? Questions about thread, stabilizers, bieds nests (that was huge for me) etc. I have a Bernina 6000D & only used it as a sewing machine for months. No intention of ever doing embroidery. Now thats all I do with it! There is definitely a learning curve so let us help!

Sushi, try sewforum.com. You'll find lots of free designs there, too. Wonderful people there. Also don't miss out on cuteembroidery.com - at the top you'll find a tab for "community" - lots of terrific folks there, too.

Sewforum. They do lean more "embroidery. I visit there often esp. Since I recently replaced my sew/combo machine in November.

sandy

Try Yahoo groups too.
sandy

I agree I hate windows 8 too
i still have all of my designs on my old
computer, but I don't have internet on my
windows XP. Don't want any chance of a virus
or someone messing with my designs.
I have the old .pes 2 and when the .pes 4 came out
i could not bring them up in my version, however
i got around that by taking the pes 2 over to Embird,
And changing it to another extension like .hus AND THEN
changing it back to a .pes and saving that pes to my pes 2
And now I could work with the pes 4 just like my pes.
i have over a thousand designs on the old computer and on
the old 3 1/2 disk. I bought an adapter ( 29.00 ) for the disk
so I could save those designs and put them on a CD.
Anyway. Lol

I must be the RARE exception about Windows 8, although I am 8.1
now.

Totally LOVE 8.1 my Floriani software AND my PED Basic work fine
on my computer. Never have had Embrid or any other box or software
before so I can't give my thoughts on that.

But so far everything I have used in the past on my Windows 7 computer,
laptop and netbook have worked fine for me.

I will admit it DID take me a little time to locate the correct driver to make
my PED Basic box work but since getting the driver no problems.

As I am getting new designs (when I can remember to do it), I am opening
the file in my FES, save them in c2s than save to PES v.9.

I run 3 different daily backups of all my designs.
1St to my secondary HD
2nd to an off site cold storage
3rd to flash drives (I have 12 different flash drives of various storage size)

Yes I KNOW this is over kill, but for ME it is well worth the extra time
that it takes just be sure that I don't loose any of my designs. Heard
to many stories of people not having good backups of their designs and
ends up with none.

Help for a silly question
 

I have not had my machine out in over a year!!! I would like to make a few blocks but I forgot.......

1: Do I complete the design on the block then square up to the size I need.

2: or do I cut my block to size, then center the design and go from there.

Sorry for the silly question but my brain appears to be on strike this week..........

Not silly at all.
I tend to do the design and then square up later. That is unless I am doing an in the hoop quilt block and then I hoop a larger piece of muslin and then center the block over the placement lines.

I just saw an episode of Sewing with Nancy that had a great idea.
She turned the top hoop over to the wrong side, put strips of double stick tape on the wrong side.
She then centered the hoop over the area (in this case a quilt block) to be stitched and pressed it down. The hoop sticks to the fabric so she could slide the bottom hoop under everything and press the top hoop into the bottom. Ready to put in the machine.

I love machine embroidery on my quilts I have a Janome 11000 SE and MB4 for quilting I have a Janome 8900 and on quilting frame I have a 1600 . I love making baby quilts with their name and DOB I gave my Daughter my 10000 and she loves it so easy to go from sewing to embroidery

Just got a Bernina 880 mainly so it is easier to embroider with because I can use the Mega Hoop and it will reduce the number of times I have to rehoop. I need help on how to embroider on clothing. I would like to practice on some old
t-shirts and sweaters. All the classes I see available at me LQS just use a piece of fabric. Doesn't help what I am wanting to do. I can't afford fancy T's and sweaters but if I could spruce them up with embroidery that would be great!

Silver Needle, Embroidery Library has lots of tutorials. Maybe there is one that would help you out.

So does http://www.urbanthreads.com/Tutorials.aspx, along with alot of other sites. I always check them out for tips, projects and tutorials. Its great to get new ideas but most all sites have things to learn on them

Jratcliff that sounds like a neat idea! I may try it this week.

How does everyone like the floriani products, I just took the plunge asnd bought a bunch of their stabilizers as I wasn't as happy with my stabilizers, might gift them to my aunt, she just got her machine

I have a lot of shirts, mostly sweat or T shirts that I have decorated with machine embroidery. It works great for hiding the stains I seem to get on the front of me every time I eat something the least bit moist. I have picked up a lot of them at thrift stores. Since I am a very full figured woman I even shop in the men's department. Walmart also has sweat shirts and T shirts for great prices. If I mess up the embroidery I have been known to do it over on a piece of coordinating fabric and applique it over my mistakes. Probably every other Christmas or Birthday one or all of my grandchildren get a shirt or sweatshirt with something of their interests on it. I usually use some coordinating variegated thread to add a little border around the neck and possibly the sleeves at the wrist. I love using variegated thread. It gives a unique result and keeps me from having to keep rethreading the machine constantly. When the machine stops to have the thread changed I just raise and lower the presser foot and push the go button. The results are usually very attractive. Hooping is sometimes a challenge with clothing items. Since I am often working with large shirts etc. I tried something different. I hooped the stabilizer and just straight pinned the shirt to it. That way I got the design where I wanted it and didn't have to struggle to get the sweatshirt in the hoop. Often the hooping leaves a dent in the shirt fabric that is hard to get out. The other thing I have done is embroider the design I want on a piece of permanent stabilizer. When it is finished I trim it very close and applique it to the garment. If I get tired of it or it doesn't look right it is easy to remove and the garment is not destroyed. It sure beats picking out stitches that didn't work out.

I LOVE the Floriani stabilizers, thread, and all the products I have
tried (and I use tons of the stuff).

Just bought some of the Floriani Chrome needles today so I am excited
to try them.

I also picked up the Water Soluble Topping today as I KNOW (and seen)
how well this stuff works for stitching on knits, fleece, terry towels, and
microfiber.

I have even started using SOME (not all the time) Floriani embroidery thread
when I do applique, and FMQ it gives the finished item a LOVELY sheen to the
stitching.

I like the Floriani stabilizers and really like their thread, which just seems to add a nice glow to the finished design. The stabilizer I use most often is OESD which I do like and I think the 505 spray is an OESD product.
MPSpeedy2, I also hoop my stabilizer and pin the piece I am embroidery on to it. Just seems to work better for me.

I just started using Floriani thread and love it! I haven't tried the stabilizers since they always seem to be quite expensive, however I just found out a local quilt shop honors the JoAnn coupons so the next 50% off ones I get I may try their stabilizers.

I found this on the Craftsy blog.
[h=3]Stabilizer for in-the-hoop embroidery:[/h] You’ll want to be sure to use stabilizer for your embroidery projects. Most projects call for tearaway stabilizer. And this is where I change things up a bit. I like tearaway stabilizer, but sometimes a washaway stabilizer may work better. And other times I prefer to use unbleached muslin that has been pressed and starched as my stabilizer.
My preference for a project that should be soft like a zipper bag or a project that is quilted, is to use a very soft tearaway stabilizer, unbleached muslin, or a paperlike washaway stabilizer. The muslin should be a high quality and have a thread count of 200, rather than a muslin with a looser weave. The stabilizer will end up staying inside the project, so it is important to use something that works with the purpose of the project. Tearaway stabilizers that are left within a project tend to soften with washing and use. If you hold tearaway stabilizer under running water, you will see that it falls apart. This is good for a project that you’d like to be soft.
My preference for a project that stands alone with satin stitches on the outer edge such as Christmas ornaments, coasters, or door hangers, is a washaway stabilizer. Often these projects call for a tearaway, but my experience is that there is always a little bit of the tearaway that can be seen around the edge of the object, even after the project has been wet and dried again. And if you want a very stiff project, after the object is finished, wet it without rinsing all of the washaway stabilizer out and you will see that the stabilizer actually melts and “starches” the ornaments.

Thanks for the informative insight.

I am going to put this into my "book of embroidery knowledge".

I made this for my fiancée for Valentine's Day. It's a saying he always says and I found it at emblibrary.com which suffice to say its my FAVORITE site for design. I used Floriani Thread and not one breakage when stitching out this design. I used cutaway stabilizer and will be finishing it for a pillow for him. Just wanted to share.

Quiltnut4ever that is very pretty!

I am so glad I found this post. I have a brother. It only does embroidery and it limited to the 5x7 hoop. Any suggestions as to what I can work on? I do not need to do baby quilts. I do not have grandchildren and will not have any. I use it mainly for quilt labels. I am very new at embroidery and need all the help I can get.

I've gotten in to doing quilting in the hoop stuff. Hoopsisters has some really nice designs and they are generally digitized for all size blocks from 4" up to 9". Urban threads has lots of suggestions on their website for how to use various designs so not all for quilts or tablerunners. Artistic Thread Works also has a variety of tutorials and suggestions. Actually, I imagine most of the well known sites have suggestions, but these are the ones I use most often. Oh, and MollyMine. I love her stuff - always very accurate stitchouts.

Once you get started you will find you can embroider on anything depending on the chosen design. I have embroidered on tablecloths, placemats, mug rugs, napkins, shirts, aprons, pot holders, birthday/Christmas cards and even toilet paper. (if it can't move to get away from me, it's embroidered) Even though your hoop is not the largest with practice you can do multi-hooping. Ask at your dealer for any project you need help with, they are usually pretty good with that.

gramquilter2, how on earth do you do embroidery on toilet paper?? Are there any good tutorials out there detailing how it is done? This is something I would really like to try!!

Here is a tutorial I watched before I did some for Christmas and them I got help from a wonderful person on the board also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSBs6CkV1AE