sewbizgirl

Yes, I love hand embroidery in quilts. Below is one I made recently. I planned to do more, but my wish list is as long as my arm!

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Sorry it's sideways.

toverly

Love your baskets Sewbizgirl! I think 30's fabrics fit right in with embroidery. Good job!

quiltingshorttimer

I'm a slow hand embroider, but my sis is the Embroidery Queen, cranking out difficult pieces in no time at all. I get to quilt them! check out Crabapple Hill designs and also google "embroidery witches quilt"--one of her recent finishes that is waiting until after my Christmas rush to quilt. Here's one she calls mason jar flowers but think the actual name is Farm House Flowers. (can't remember the designer)[ATTACH=CONFIG]584178[/ATTACH]

minibarn

jillmc-thank you. The other two are much prettier than mine, but that's OK.

kristijoy

Oh my gosh! This is just gorgeous! I've been working on some 'patriotic' embroidery. I've been on the lookout for quilt patterns that either have alternate blocks or large centers that could hold embroidery.

One thing that has me hung up though is that when I cut the fabric for the embroidery, it was a straight set square, not an on-point square so I'm not sure if I could frame them like you did. Maybe the squares I cut are big enough, but I kind-of doubt it.

Did you just cut the background large and trim a bunch? Or did you cut them on point to begin with (i.e. before you did the embroidery)?

kristijoy

This is lovely!! I've been thinking of a rail fence type quilt with alternating embroidery blocks in patriotic/reproduction type of fabrics.

JuneBillie

Bonnie I had just finished looking at some on Pinterest. Yours is the prettiest I have ever seen. Those fabrics go so perfectly with the hand embroidery you did. Just wow!

jillmc

Such pretty quilts! Love them all! The mason jarquilt is so delicate...i think I need that pattern for one of my DIL’s...they are restoring a 120 yr old farmhouse.....

jillmc

Kristi, I am not the maker of this quilt, but i would cut the embroidery squares a few inches larger than the pattern requires, transfer the embroidery design onto the block with the fabric on point, and then trim the square when embroidery is complete. I find doing embroidery “shrinks” the blocks a bit. And i fuse a very light interfacing to the back of my fabric first- helps hide any stray embroidery thread tails....

granny64

I make most of my baby quilts with baby designs using hand embroidery. I stamp them on 9 or 10 inch squares, allowing for the seam allowances, and trim them down to 9.5 inch squares when done. I use mostly Aunt Martha Designs, which are very old designs, sold at Walmart. They make pretty quilts and the ones which I have gifted were very much liked and appreciated. It's a shame that hand embroidery is slowly dying away. I love to do hand embroidery, also.