| Quilters who are not already a machine embroidery | | | | work! Even if you are quilting solid color fabrics, you |
| enthusiast just may find themselves engrossed in the | | | | can complete a quick, beautiful quilt with the |
| craft once they realize they could incorporate machine | | | | embroidery machine in no time! |
| embroidery into their quilting. | | | | Some ideas for a baby blanket for a boy would be to |
| Embroidery is a traditional way to add special | | | | use outlines of footballs, airplanes, trucks, trains, etc., for |
| decorative touches to quilts. Whether by hand or | | | | your quilting pattern. The hardest part of your job will |
| machine, a quilter may accent his or her creation with | | | | be re-hooping fabric and pushing the "start" button! |
| embroidered flowers or other accents. But today's | | | | Ideas for a baby blanket for a girl include outlines of |
| machine embroidery - for those willing to try it - can | | | | flowers, baskets, dolls, kittens, etc. |
| make quilting quite different. | | | | The method above uses machine embroidery on |
| For instance, a quilter may use a simple embroidery | | | | relatively small quilts. Larger quilts can be done the |
| design to let the machine "quilt" the project. Simple | | | | same way or may be quilted with machine embroidery |
| designs that can be stitched in one color work best, | | | | by individual quilt blocks. Experiment to decide which |
| especially for the beginning machine embroidery quilter. | | | | method is easiest for you and remember that the |
| If you want to give this a try, look for an embroidery | | | | machine embroidery quilting method may change with |
| design that's simple - one that you can visualize | | | | each unique project. |
| stitched into a quilt. Some redwork inspired designs | | | | If you can't find a pattern you like already on |
| work well. Other simple designs like flowers, circles, sun | | | | embroidery file, ask a digitizer to help you create one. |
| moon, houses, hearts - there are all sorts of designs to | | | | A digitizer is someone who takes art images like line |
| choose from - can work well as quilting stitches. | | | | drawings, clip art and fonts and alters them to become |
| Be sure to keep your quilt top's theme in mind. We all | | | | a stitch pattern. So if you'd like for your family tree wall |
| know and love the traditional beauty of the double | | | | hanging to be quilted with a tree pattern, a digitizer can |
| wedding ring quilt. While the quilt top is beautiful with its | | | | create one for you. |
| color variety, the quilt back is just as pretty with its | | | | Be sure to let your digitizer know you plan to use the |
| simple stitching that follows the design on the top. | | | | image for quilting. The digitizer will need to plan stitches |
| What if you used an embroidery machine to quilt | | | | accordingly. |
| hearts into the quilt design? That one unexpected | | | | Quilting is rich in tradition and therefore many true-blue |
| touch would truly make your quilt unique. | | | | quilters do not like the idea of using machine |
| Have you ever needed to throw together a quick | | | | embroidery to quilt their projects. Isn't it great to try |
| quilt? Many quilting pros laugh at the notion, but | | | | new ideas and techniques? Remember, not to long |
| sometimes we need a quick gift to give and want to | | | | ago quilters refused to consider machine quilting at all! |
| make it personal. Lap quilts and baby quilts are very | | | | Embroidery machines will never take the place of |
| easy to create on an embroidery machine. | | | | quilters, but it can be a fun and rewarding sewing |
| Simply hoop your top fabric, batting and backing fabric | | | | technique to try from time to time. |
| into an embroidery hoop. Pick a design and get to | | | | |