Friday, March 22, 2024

Spit cloths

I received an order for eight spit cloths about a month ago and finally finished the order earlier this week after friend Magda du Plessis had trouble with her machine embroidering it.

Little Ellie font from Stitchdelight

Magda luckily stitched all the braids.



Most of the lettering done with Embird. 
My favorite editing program to use.

Yet again embroidered some of the Bountiful Bunny's available here.

I unfortunately experienced major problems with the Mickey Mouse spit cloth and had to buy another nappy to re-do it completely.  Filling in small areas with Sharpie's as well as removing an oil drop with a very strong detergent didn't go well at all with the Sharpie's bleeding into the fabric.

After various attempts cleaning it up there were still substantial bleeding left.  Re-doing was the only option left.



Clover and stitch

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