Free Embroidery Designs

I know they have them for cross stitching but not sure about needle punching.

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I have what I consider a unique hobby. I cut and paste from catalogs items that represent past memories and special people in my life. Since the catalogs are free, I have little cost for his hobby, but it can occupy many hours every week.

What do you do for a hobby that is really unusual, unique, maybe ever a bit odd. But please stay real. If it’s not something you don’t actually do, I don’t want false answers. But let me hear of your one-of-a-kind hobbies that you really do for a hobby. Thanks.

I like to design and redesign old items to make new usable items.My mom was good at making do with what we had and I guess I’ve taken that to a new level. I make denim purses/bags from old jeans. I use all colors of jeans, camoflauge of any color, special textured yarns, beading, embroidery, colored wire,felt that I make into flowers or names,used belts on some for the handles,and lot of creativity. Last week my grandkids and I made paper mache into different things and then painted them a few days later. I just blended some computer paper trash and water and used glue for a little adhesive and it worked. We have ornaments, frames,a cat and mouse, volcanoes and a Mickey Mouse finished. I like to take used clothes and redesign them into one-of-a-kind painted or appliqued cute outfits for my grandaughters. I also make costumes and have surprised many folks that they were homemade.I write and illustrate kids books, poems, short stories, and greeting cards by hand. I have done many paintings, drawings, made many different types of dolls and taught my grandkids to sew. They really like to come to Gramby’s house to get to make things. I have them fooled because they think I can do anything and they call me Super Gramby! I’ve always done some type of creating and it has come in handy since I became disabled. I can’t just sit. I do most of my hobbies sitting in my recliner with my tens unit, heating pad, and ice paks going strong! I am not as fast as I once was but I love it and it helps to keep the depression away. I also enjoy reading local history, helping the local museum, helping with the reading program at school, and doing what I can for those in need. Thanks for sharing and asking us to share.

As part of eco-schools we need to transfer images onto white cotton. I was just wondering if anyone had any new ideas. Eco-friendly ideas would also be excellent. The images might end up being images the kids have drawn, photos and also the fairtrade logo will be on it. These are the ideas I have come up with so far. The pupils are from 11-16.
Embroidery machine,
Applique,
Use image maker,
Fabric Paints
Printing (lino/ stencil etc..)
Batik

Any other ideas???

hand embroidery
free motion embroidery
beading
rust transfer "dyeing"
mudcloth designs
flower or leaf pounding
direct dye methods on pre-mordanted fabrics
altered fabric, e.g., cutwork

remember that the "greenest" methods are usually the most human energy intensive. The less "stuff" needed to accomplish the goal, the less environmental impact. Also remember that white cotton is not exactly environmentally friendly in its own right.

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I’m 16 and I have a lot of free time after school. I don’t play sports, like to read, I don’t have any hobbies.

Whats something cool I should learn how to do? Something impressive?

I hope the following list of ideas will inspire you! You can buy the books at Amazon website.

1. Abstract Painting. Check out Erin Ashley, Maitreyii Fine Art, Mark Gould, Denise Athanas website.

2. Paint Bold Portraits. Check out Emma Sheldrake and Frank Wagtmans website.

3. Do colored pencil portraits. Check out Bec Winnel website! Book: Colored Pencil Portraits by Ann Kullberg

4. Make fabric vases and fabric flowers. Books: a) Fast Fun & Easy Fabric Vases by Linda Johansen. b) Quilted Art Vases by Fran Morgan c) Fabulous Fabric Flowers by Joie Staff d) The Art Of Handmade Flowers by Jue Liu.

5. Make fiber jewelry. Books: a) Beads And Threads A New Technique For Fiber Jewelry by Diane Fitzgerald. b) Fiber & Bead Jewelry by Helen Banes. Check out Diane and Helen’s website.

6. Make flowers out of beads. Google search "beaded flowers" to see examples. Book: The Beaded Garden by Diane Fitzgerald.

7. Make jewelry using seed beads and thread (bead embroidery). Google search these words "bead embroidery jewelry" or "brick stitch earrings" or "brick stitch jewelry" or "peyote stitch jewelry" or "square stitch jewelry" or "loomwork beading" and click on images to see examples.

8. Papier Mache or Paper Mache.

9. Make plush toys out of fabric. Check out Heidi Kenney website called MyPaperCrane. Google search "Heidi Kenney Flickr" to see alot more of her plush toys on the Flickr website!

10. Make dolls out of doll making clay or porcelain. Check out Marina Bychkova website. Google search "porcelain doll making".

11. Hand paint silk fabric and sew skirts/hip scarf/belts (or Paint/decorate t-shirts). Dharma Trading Company sells paint/dyes and books/videos to learn how to paint on fabric.

12. Buy a pottery wheel and make pottery/ceramics out of clay. Google search "handmade pottery" or "handmade ceramics" to see examples. Book: Pottery Basics: Everything You Need To Know To Start Making Beautiful Ceramics by Jacqui Atkin.

13. Learn to paint on glass. Google search "glass painting" to see examples. Search "glass painting" on Amazon to find books on this subject.

14. Learn fashion Illustration. Submit designs to clothing manufacturers/fashion industry.

15. Learn jewelry illustration. Submit designs to jewelry manufacturers/jewelry industry. Books: a) Techniques Of Jewelry Illustration & Color Rendering by Adolfo Mattiello b) Jewelry Illustration by Dominique Audette c) Designing Jewelry by Maurice P. Galli

16. Learn Trompe L’Oeil painting.

17. Sculpt faces of people in clay. Check out Philippe Faraut website.

18. Make handmade cards. Search "handmade cards" on Amazon to find books on this subject. Sell them on Ebay or Etsy website.

19. Learn to hand color photos. Google search "hand coloring photographs". Book: Handcoloring Photographs Step By Step by Sandra Laird.

20. Rock Painting. Google search "rock painting" to see examples. Search "rock painting" on Amazon to find books on this subject.

21. Make glass beads or lampwork beads. Search "make glass beads" or "make lampwork beads on Amazon to find books on this subject. Sell these beads on Ebay or Etsy website or make your own jewelry to wear.

22. Buy polymer clay and make clay beads. Search "make clay beads" or "make polymer clay beads" on Amazon to find books on this subject. Sell these beads on Ebay or Etsy website or make your own jewelry to wear.

23. Make resin jewelry. Book: The Art Of Resin Jewelry by Sherri Haab.

24. Make real silver jewelry using precious metal clay (PMC). Check out "PMC Guild" website. Books: a) Metal Clay Magic: Making Silver Jewelry The Easy Way by Nana V. Mizushima b) Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads by Linda Kaye Moses

25. Make collage art. Google search "collage art" to see examples. Search "collage art" on Amazon to find books on this subject.

26. Learn wood carving. Google search "wood carving" to see examples. Books: a) The Complete Book Of Woodcarving by Everett Ellenwood b) Carving The Human Face by Jeff Phares c) Carving Realistic Flowers In Wood by Wanda Marsh.

27. Create digital art using computer software. Books: a) Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art With Photoshop by Scott Ligon b) Digital Expressions: Creating Digital Art With Adobe Photoshop Elements by Susan Tuttle.

I have two beautiful 3 feet by 4 feet fabric panels that have a very pretty horse design on them I want to make my first quilt out of it. I thought I would take a matching colored solid fabric and use that for the edges and the back. I just would like to know what kind of batting to use and where the best place to purchase it is. Thanks! 🙂

Sorry to make it even more complicated, but loft isn’t the only consideration. You also need to decide if you want to use polyester batting, natural fiber batting (cotton and bamboo are the most readily available, but there are wool and silk as well), or a cotton/poly blend. Once you decide that, you may eliminate the loft question entirely.

I prefer cotton batting because I like a flat quilt, and I like that it is an all season batting. Natural fibers allow air to pass through (referred to by quilters as "breathing"), while polyester traps the the air under the quilt. This means polyester is a very warm batting, and is best used in a winter quilt. I also like the drape of cotton batting, although there are some higher end polyester battings that are made to mimic the look of cotton batting. They are very thin and drapey.

Another thing to consider is how you are going to fasten the layers together. There are two methods – sewing (either by hand or machine) and tying. You can sew straight lines through all of the layers (or get adventurous and do free motion quilting using a darning foot). For a quilt the size you’re talking about, straight line quilting would not be difficult. Tying is when you use a large needle and embroidery floss or pearl cotton (don’t do yarn – it’s just too difficult) and stitch down and up in the same location, then tie a square knot. (Look up the proper way to tie a square knot – most people do what’s called a granny knot, and it isn’t as secure). You can tie the knots on either the front or the back depending on where you want the tails to be visible. Cut the tails to about 1/2" – 1" after the knots are secure. Repeat this every few inches.

Your decision to tie or sew affects the batting you choose. Most importantly, check the batting instructions to find out how closely you need to quilt it. Some batting must be quilted every 2", while others are only every 10". If it has to be quilted every 2", that’s an awful lot of tying. Also check how easy it is to "needle" – that means how difficult it is to hand sew through. If you are going to tie your quilt and you want it to be very puffy, then you need a high loft batting. If you want it to be thinner, a lower loft is good, and natural fibers are also very good.

As for where to buy it, if you have a JoAnn Fabrics they can help you out. You can also find prepackaged batting online, including
JoAnn Fabrics
http://www.joann.com/joann/search/search_results.jsp;jsessionid=UZ1AU2TIVD5JCP4SY5KVAFR50LD3OUPU?CATID=cat1110&keywords=batting&_requestid=1733926

Hancock’s of Paducah
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ItemList–Batting–m-20

and even Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1246280047/ref=sr_nr_n_0?ie=UTF8&rs=1055398&keywords=batting&bbn=1063498&rnid=1063498&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Abatting%2Ci%3Agarden%2Cn%3A1055398%2Cn%3A!1063498%2Cn%3A12890711

Here’s an excellent page that explains batting in greater detail:
http://www.quiltersbee.com/qbfabtip.htm

I’m a college student, which means I don’t have much money. I recently designed a website for my cousin using Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver. She told me that I should try to market that skill on campus as a side gig, and I think it’s a great idea. But, I just wouldn’t know how to advertise such a skill. I wouldn’t know where to begin. Any ideas?

Here goes ways to advertise locally.

1) You need to create your cooperate identity with a custom embroidery company. Create your logo and business name on your cooperate apparel.

2) Put the logo on your Auto

3) Make up business cards and hand them out. Every time you see someone you know hand several of them out. When you give people your business card, always give them more than one and ask them to give them to their friends/coworkers, etc. Print up flyers and post them on public boards if there are any near you and post in a forums that related to your location if there are any!

4) The key for this kind of business is word-of-mouth. Think of some clever ways to encourage your existing clients to tell people about you. Perhaps you could start with a friend or family member to be one of your "spokesperson". I owned a convenience store for 10 years and a lot of business deals started in the checkout line by strangers. Tell everyone about you and ask if they know anyone that could use your service. Ask for a referral from an existing client

5) Start a website as a way to advertise you. Let your website work for you and your clients swap links. When making your own web site do some research on how to optimize your site so that you get a good ranking with a natural search. You do this by embedding smart key words. Your website could show your community involvement and you could have questions and answers on the site.

6) Look for websites that you can advertise for free. Advertise in the Yahoo local. Find free on-line classified web sites for your community. Typically the local chamber of commerce will offer such a service. You can advertise here for free: http://www.hits2u.com/?149843
http://goldbizz.localads.co.uk
http://www.trafficswarm.com/go.cgi?48605
http://www.koolplaz.com/
Post a link to your site for free when it is allowed
Try These:
Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
Google Base http://base.google.com
Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/
US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/
Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/
Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/
Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/…
7) A Yellow page ad seems to work great also.

8) Try to get your local newspaper to do a free article on your business.

9) Sponsor local sport teams or ballparks that hang up banners. There are also inexpensive ways to advertise like a local penny saver newspaper, high school yearbooks and newspapers, etc.

10) Call radio show call in and contest and always answer or make the statement with "your name and company name and you have been working hard" free radio ads are great.

11) Telemarketing

And are there new technological advancements in terms of embroidery?

In the early eighties, designs where still being hand punched and the stitched out in factories By the late eighties some where switching to computerized machines.

Few individuals are talented enough to do elaborate free hand embroidery with a sewing machine.http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3833/video-manuels-free-motion-embroidery-technique

New technologies would include downloading designs from the Internet, software for the home embroidered to digitized their own art work and editing of commercial designs and the USB flash drive which provides large amount of storage space, and connectivity from the Internet to the embroidery machine.

The home embroidery machine has been around since the nineties.

I bought my first one early in the current century.

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I want to eventually have a substantially large embroidering and altering business and need a few pointers on what to start with.

You should call Mr. Vac and Mrs. Sew and ask them about their commercial machines. I know my friend just started an embrodery business (she is doing great by the way) and she just purchased the Ricoma 12-Needle Commercial Embroidery Machine. The Ricoma is the best commercial machine available that gives you the most bang for your buck. The Ricoma is a true commercial machine. It will run at 1,000 Stitches Per Minute. The Ricoma also has twelve needles which is great for a person starting a business or is producing the same thing over and over again. I know from experience that many designs, logos etc. use more than 6 colors (say like the PR-600) and changing the thread colors constantly is gets fairly boring and eats up a lot of time. However with the Ricoma you can have up to 12 Needles and you can sew many designs and logos that have over 6 colors. The Ricoma also comes with many more extras. With the Ricoma you have an embroidery field of 13" x 19.5" THAT IS HUGE!!! The Ricoma comes with 2, that’s right , 2 cap hoops and is able to embroider on an astonishing 270 degrees of the cap. You also receive with the Ricoma 2 Shirt Front Round Hoop 9 cm (3.5"), 2 Shirt Front Round Hoop 12 cm (4.7"), 2 Shirt Front Round Hoop 15 cm (5.9"), 2 Shirt Front Round Hoop 23 cm (9"), 2 Jacket Back Square Hoop 30 x 30 cm (12" x 12"), 1 Sash Frame 56 x 38 cm (22" x 15") and of course the 2 cap hoops. But they give you 2 sets of every hoop (except the Sash Frame) which is important because if you were going to embroider say 50 bags. You can hoop one bag and embroider on that one, then hoop the other and wait until the one being embroidered on is done and put the hoop that is already hooped in the machine. This will save you a lot of time because you can always have the machine embroidering and there would be no lag time in between because you will always have a pre-hooped hoop on hand. With the Ricoma you also will receive a FREE!!! full digitizing program worth well over $2000 .This state-of-the-art software package allows you to create your own embroidery designs from scanned images, clip art, logos, and more. The Embroidery Software’s easy-to-use drawing tools make digitizing a simple task, even for beginners. This software has no limitations and grows with your business. Adding text to your designs is easily accomplished using the lettering tool, which is compatible with true type fonts as well as the pre-digitized fonts included with the software. Import bitmap or vector graphics and use the embroidery software’s One-Touch auto-digitizing feature to convert them to stitches with a few easy clicks. With this software you be easily and quickly able to transform artwork and lettering to high quality embroidery. The Ricoma also comes with a stand with wheels for easy movement FREE!!! You also receive 8,000 Stock Embroidery Designs with the machine FREE!!! You also will receive a Gunold Introductory Kit which is full of a variety of top embroidery products. It contains Sulky‚rayon spools, Gunold Poly‘ spools, bobbins, scissors, needles, touch-up pen, small can of KK-2000‘, Puffy Foam‘ pack, Perforated Solvy‚ Filmoplast‚ three types of backings, color cards, information sheets and more. This kit is great for Embroidery businesses just starting out.

And if that was not enough you will receive a FREE!! Approx. 7 hour training on how to use your machine.

Best of all my friend got the Ricoma on sale for only $9999 with free shipping and no tax because she does not live in New York.

Here is a link:

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