More Fun with Scraps

Yesterday I started embellishing a background for a 3ft high seascape.  About half way through I opened the packaging for the box frame to find that it wasn't actually a box frame, the backing sits right behind the glass.  Oh well, it looks like two smaller pieces to fit frames that I do have then. 

 

Random scraps picked out by colour, I quite like the guitar ............. "Festival on the Beach" ha ha!  Quite lightly embellished, mostly just enough to hold the fabrics in place, I'm going to have a look through the chiffon and tulle for some overlays and then start stitching!

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I Love It ................

................... the embellisher that is!  My first sample ...............

experimenting with all manner of fabrics ........... cotton, silk, viscose and synthetic in addition to some fancy yarns.  Getting the feel of the machine and seeing how it reacts with the different fibres.  Building up texture and knocking the colour back ..................

I love it and, yes, I can quite easily see me getting hooked on it ............ the only downfall at the moment ........... can't see the kids wanting embellished gifts for Christmas!!!!!!!
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Oh My Goodness

I've been doing a bit more to the limpets .................

whilst my sewing machine was away.  I picked it up yesterday and the man said it was the best he could do without some expensive Bernina parts ......... I kind of got the impression that he didn't really know what was wrong with it so that was a waste of money!

I played with it all day yesterday and couldn't get a decent stitch and it was also a bit noisy considering it had just been serviced.  Anyway, I gave myself a headache then a pain in the chest so my husband said we'd just have to take it to the dealership "Alladin's Cave" today.  We took it, paid the deposit and my huband turned and said "What are those machines you've been looking at?".

The man in the shop said the Babylock EMB12 was much better than the Janome FM725 .......... in fact he said don't get the Janome ......... well two men said it actually so guess what I have?  Oh my goodness, it's my husband's fault and I am so excited but feel so bad.

 

In 10 minutes I've learnt that it's a bit fierce!  It's so powerful that it only takes a few seconds to push fabric and fibres completely through to the back of the base fabric and it's very easy to make holes.  The pedal is a lot different to what I'm used to so I shall rest my aching foot and see what hints and tips I can find around the web.  Hopefully the next piece will be a bit "prettier" ........... after I've come crashing back down to earth with a dental appointment tomorrow.
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