March Embroidery Club

UPDATE: 3/17/2013 I had this post done over a week ago, but apparently forgot to hit the publish button so I am sorry about that. 

This months tip:  put metallic thread in freezer 30 minutes before using to help prevent breakage.

We had a great club today as usual. I want to start by sharing these amazing and adorable cake pops that Sidney and her granddaughter did for the refreshment.

 I love the idea of covering peeps in chocolate. How fun would that be for kids to give to their teachers?

Thank you Sidney, they tasted heavenly.

Jan was unable to be with us as she had a funeral to attend, but she did drop off her projects for us to admire.

 I am sure all of you are familiar with subway art? Jan found this fun St. Patrick's Day subway art on PINTEREST and digitized it.

 This is another design she did.

 The idea for this bunny she found HERE but why hand embroider when your machine can do it for you? So she digitized this one.

 She thinks this bunny came from crafts n things magazine.

 This is a cute sachet pouch she made, that you could embroider a small shamrock or bunny onto.

This cute bunny sachet is from HERE

This is a project she made but forgot to bring to share. She used warm and natural for the bunny on felt. The idea came from HERE

These cute bunny pants treat bags she found HERE, but didn't find them until after club. 

Terrie gave a demonstration on and in the hoop design using a zipper, and showed how to make a wallet, using THIS design from five star fonts. 

 She also shared this cute in the hoop heart coin purse. This design is free from Five Star Fonts

 She also made this Easter banner using  the in the hoop Easter treat bag design  from GoldenNeedleDesigns and the egg treat bag also from Golden Needle Designs which can be found HERE

Now it's time for show n' tell

 Helen made these fun pictures that she can unvelcro and change to a new month.

 Shelly digitized this Easter egg design, but was fighting with her machine and will send it out as soon as she fixes a few things.

 Kathi shared her St. Patrick's Day shirt

and valentine shirt.

 How cute is this quilt Nattalie made for her daughters Baptism? I love the colors in it.

 Shelly made this Alaska sweatshirt for her hubby when they went on their cruise.

and this one too.

 Shariann made this bag using THIS design from Julia's Needle

 Anna made this blessing dress using a pattern from Martha Pullen.

 Lydia made covers for these headphones

and these glasses for her pony

 Tina made her block of the month blocks

Close up of one of the designs.

Beverly made this apron using an old shirt. I love the ruffle on the bottom

 Neva made american girl doll clothes

and showed her finished quilt using the blocks she showed last month.

 Carol did these cute cut work ducks

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And this redwork sue bonnet quilt

She also made this fun ABC quilt.

Diane made an apron using 2 long sleeve men's dress shirts. I love the contrasting

 Pat stitched out these horses but is still deciding what she is going to make with them.

 She has been having fun doing felting and making scarves

 She added the design to the end of the scarf(it is kind of hard to see)

It was a great club and I can not wait to see what next months club brings.

February Club

Sorry about the delay in posting this month's club, I honestly was thinking that I had already posted. I think the first Saturday of the month has got me a little off. 

Jan has sent around a sign up for people to bring the refreshment. There are still several spots open if you would like to help. 

This month's UFO went to me(now what project to finish up) 

Now onto the fun part of club. Jan showed us how easy it is to do cut work. 

This is a free design from S Embroidery If you need a tutorial one can be found HERE

 This is a bag she made using cut work. The design is free from HERE. Jan says, "Hoop fabric and dissolvable stabilizer. Stitch out the first four colors - stop- cut fabric away from eggs and rectangle (not stabilizer) - stitch out the rest of the colors and you are done.  Wash away stabilizer."

 These were done using the Dimensional Machine Embroidery book which can be found HERE

If you are planning on doing cut work you might want to look into purchasing this fiber remover, called Fiber Etch. It will make it easier to get those little pieces out of those hard to cut places.

 This is a fun valentines design

 How about this cute valentine envelope post card. Fill it with small gifts or candy for friends or teachers.  Here is Jan's quick tutorial: for the postcard envelope/candy holder, hoop one layer of felt (no stabilizer) then stitch out all except the last stitch.  Put a second piece of felt under the hoop then stitch out the last stitch.  Remove from hoop.  I used pinking shears for the edge and cut two small slits back and from to thread some ribbon through to close.

 She made hot pads using a valentine post card

Here is March's block of the month block for those of you participating.

Kara (Sidney's Granddaughter) made January's block of the month. I love the pink background

Here is Helen's February BOM

This is Kara's February B.O.M.

 Sidney's January block of the month

 Sidney also digitized this design for the headband book marks. She has been busy making lots of these.

 Kathi made a pillow and reversible panels that button on for the different holidays, on the back of this one is St. Patrick's Day

She also made these fun valentine sucker holders from Embroidery Library

 Tina showed her name banner now that it is all done

 and her darling duck quilt all quilted

 Shelley W digitized this St. Patrick's day mylar design

 and a free standing lace shamrock

Jean made these fun burps

and thisquilt

and this gorgeous white on white quilt  
Diane made the fun little hat

 Carol did a fun valentine design on a towel.

 She made this fun table runner using fabric from an ugly fabric challenge.

Neva made some darling quilt blocks

Barbara made a hello kitty minky blanket

A quilt using a charm pack

and a serger quilt

 Mavis made a bee book mark

 and made this darling apron using her husbands old shirt.

Kathi provided the refreshment a peanut butter cheese ball the recipe can be found HERE