Monday, January 28, 2013

Fixing clothes with embroidery

One of the pleasures of owning an embroidery machine is being able to fix almost any tear, burn or whatever on one's clothes.  The biggest problem is deciding which design(s) to use when there are about 250 000 to choose from...

These pants had a small burn above the knee and this is how I fixed it.


By repeating the paisley design on the other leg, it forms a unit.



Clover and stitch

During the first meeting of 2024 in February, friend Ansulet Swanepoel demonstrated a rather mind-blowing technique enabling quilters to tur...