The Art of Innovative Designing

Although I am very busy with our upcoming move to our new house, I have also been helping my brother with his new business venture … a clothing line embracing life and enjoyment. He is an artist in his own right, but his style is definitely not mine. I prefer traditional styles, while his preferences are much more squiggles and pop art. In the world of machine embroidery, the two are coming together quite well.

It started with a font in the collegiate style. But not. It also needed to be radical. As in “different”. Not rad, as in awesome. But it also had to encompass both. Wow. He and his business partner weren’t asking for much, were they? Luckily, there are so many wonderful embroidery designs out there that we could find many ideas for them.

Experience Top-Notch Machine Embroidery Designs Only at OregonPatchWorks

There is a wide range of embroidery design services that you will come across all over the web. However, there are only a few that will consistently offer you high quality,  distinctive embroidery designs which are visually appealing and stand apart from the rest. One such service is OregonPatchWorks which has made its mark in the field of machine embroidery design for many years on the internet.

As an embroidery enthusiast, OregonPatchWorks will give you the option of choosing any design that you can imagine. Let’s have a look at a few of the amazing machine embroidery designs that the OPW Mall offers.

Cross Stitch Embroidery Design

The cross stitch embroidery design is unique when compared with the other designs as the artwork is done in the form of small x’s and line outlines. This is where the design is different than the regular machine embroidery designs. An embroidery pattern is created by custom digitizing the x-shaped stitches in a tiled raster like pattern. 

Shadow Work Embroidery Design 

This type of embroidery design is typically implemented on a sheer or semi-sheer fabric. In order to ensure that the color of the thread or the shadow of the color can be seen through on the fabric’s front side, the majority of the embroidery is done on the back side of the design. In the shadow work embroidery, backstitch  is stitch form used. It is worked between the alternates back and forth and the two lines with every stitch. 

Applique Embroidery Design

An Applique embroidery design is a very popular machine embroidery method which is basically a needlework technique. In appliqué embroidery, the elements of the design are formed by attaching the small pieces of the contrasting fabric in the wide areas of the design. You will be able to create numerous variations of the same theme by making use of the different fabrics and textures. 

Free Standing Lace Embroidery Design

A free standing lace embroidery design is implemented entirely from machine embroidery thread which means no fabric is required. The digitized file which the designer will create interlocks the embroidery stitches in the form of a lacy pattern that will maintain the style of design and its dimensions without fabric. Water soluble stabilizer is hooped, then the design is stitched.  Then the stabilizer is trimmed and rinsed.  The design remains intact with the interlocking stitches of the design.  There are quite a few types of FSL projects available at the OPW Mall. These include lace edging, lace jewellery, collars and cuffs, embroidery bowls and doilies and embroidery designs for different holidays.

Summing Up 

Above is a brief of some of the different machine embroidery designs which are available at the OPW Mall. These designs will enable you to create unique and beautiful home décor along with projects for gift giving. All the designs are digitized to perfection which means that the possibility of flaws will be non-existent. 

So, what are you waiting for? Explore the wide range of machine embroidery designs, many available only at OregonPatchWorks. Most of the designs are available at great prices. There are also many free samples available throughout the site for you to download and try.

Machine Embroidery Made Fun and Faster

The past couple of days I’ve been railing at fate and grinning ruefully. I always have several deadlines for machine embroidery or that entail making quilts. This month, I was on time! In fact, I was a bit ahead of time and looking forward to submitting my final projects with time to spare.

I took a quick nap the other day after getting up early to deliver my friend’s dog to her at the airport for their trip home. When I woke up, I had a massive charlie-horse in … well … my nether region. Uncomfortable, but not bad. Within a couple of hours, though, it was apparent that I had sustained a groin-pull in my sleep! This is more than uncomfortable. It is also embarrassing in my house where I am the only female. The girl cats just aren’t any help with this! Luckily, we’ve always been pretty open about things in this household, or I would be hobbling around trying to hide my chagrin and pretending that all is well. Instead, my son volunteered to clean the litter boxes!

Since sitting is the best position for me, I’ve been spending a lot of time on the computer. The computer portions of my deadlines are completed so I went back to my archive files to see what I could see. It seems I started writing a book on foundation piecing, one of my favorite techniques, several years ago. Next year, I will be providing these types of designs for embroidery quilting, so I’ve been spending lots of time cataloguing things. I am planning for these to be free embroidery designs and I want them to be very special.

Even the most dedicated fiber artist can get bored when unlimited time is available. So, I’ve also been surfing the web (I almost drowned the one time I tried real surfing) and finding some great information on new quilting supplies, fun projects for machine embroidery, and lots and lots of temptations to buy, buy, buy! The only thing I did buy was a new accounting program since the one I’m using is over 10 years old. How is that for boring! Of course, my office is now set up in an alcove in the living room since our son returned to Crete, and the hubs sits on the couch not too far behind me. Something about online shopping while he watches me just doesn’t feel right. I have nothing to hide, but I like shopping in private!

But, my thoughts are now full of new projects to try! There are some wonderful hanger covers for those delicate items we love or to keep things from sliding off the hangers. I also found several collapsible grocery bags that might actually make me remember to take my bags with me to the store. Several beautiful throw pillows, and the embroidery software tricks to make them easy, are swirling in my grey matter, too!

Now that I want to be stitching, and really do need to anyway, I am determined to hobble into the studio today! I will ignore my full size cutting board and ironing station. Instead, I will lay out the table next to my machine with my portable ironing board and small cutting board that I use for classes. I normally hop up and down out of my chair when creating, but for today, I will sit and do everything. I’ll be genteel and ladylike!

Anyone want to take bets that I’ll forget, hop up too fast, and immediately yell obscenities?

Designers of the Week

We believe in giving you great Embroidery Design specials, and that is one reason that we present 4 new "Designers of the Week" every Friday! Many of these talented artists have free embroidery designs sprinkled throughout their collections for you to try their products out, so don't forget to browse!

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Embroider's Eye is 10 complete sets for only $16.95!!!!!
Janet Sansom and Cecilia's Embroidery are 25% off!!!
Addicted To Stitches is 50% off!!

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Tablecloth Vaselisa

If you're looking for a beautiful challenge, it's here in this lovely set for advanced machine embroidery enthusiasts which combines free-standing-lace, cutwork & regular floral embroidery in one set for extraordinary results (9 designs/6x8).