Tag: embroidery

French Country Cottage Inspired Accent PIllow

~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment
Welcome back to my little home on the Web, sewing friends!
I’ve always admired French Country decorating
It’s very difficult to find French Country inspired
fabric and supplies here in Utah

One of our local quilt stores does carry a small amount of French General for Moda
That fabric, neutral fabric, red burlap,
and this great machine embroidery design

came together for a beautiful French Cottage accent pillow

The zipper is hidden up there under the burlap ruffle where the two fabrics meet

This one is up for sale at ANotion2Sew – or –
If you would like to make one of your own,
contact me and I would be pleased to share some tips
on how to insert that zipper so nobody knows it’s there
Have a lovely week and please visit again soon.

Sailing into Mid Summer and a Business Announcement

~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment
Hi sewing friends!
Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit
as you enter my front door, this is what greets you (besides me) . . .
a sweet, summer, sailboat, in-the-hoop Kimberbell project
here are a few pointers if you plan to embroider your own summer sailboat:
  • be prepared to spend some time on this one, it is not labor or stitch intensive, it just requires you to remove the hoop from the machine and trim fabric and/or press a number of times
  • the instructions include 82 steps!
  • it doesn’t require much fabric, I used scraps from my stash 
Now for my announcement –  
I’m a new business owner!!!
Yep, my Etsy shop front will open August 1 under the name ANotion2Sew
I’ve been ever so busy sewing up inventory to stock my shop
I will sell handmade, high-quality home and fashion accessories
along with the patterns and hardware for DIYers
who wish to stitch up their own accessories
And just in time for the Fall season, I have several season-appropriate items
that will be up for sale – all lovingly handmade with care in my home studio

As we sail into August, check back here for the link to ANotion2Sew
– or –
just stop by to say hello, I love visitors
If you are an Etsy seller, please share your words of wisdom
Thanks for keeping me company today.

Bonbon Purse

~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment

Hello, hello, sewists!
Thanks so much for stopping by today.
The pattern and instructions for these sweet little purses
is in the Spring issue of 
Classic Sewing Magazine

This green version was my first attempt and,
as you can see,
the monogram is oversized for the purse flap

The flap is is an in-the-hoop design and the fabric measures 5″ x 5″
I’ve completed enough in-the-hoop embroidery projects to know that the finished
design will be less than the 5″ x 5″ size,
but I threw caution to the wind, and just added a 2″ monogram – don’t do that!
By the time the design finishes stitching around the edges and the flap
is sewn onto the purse and curves slightly over the top of the bag,
a good portion of the embroidable space is consumed in the construction process

I changed the size of the monogram to 3/4″ on my second version:
much better!

Soft and stable foam is used to give the purse body and structure,
so these binding clips are more effective than pins at
holding those layers together
One change I made to the original instructions was to add ‘D’ rings
on which to attach the handle
The ‘D’ rings allow the handle to hang nicer
and they give a more polished look to the purse than just
sewing the ends of the handle into the side seams as instructed in the pattern

Assembly time on these little sweeties is about 2 hours each
and they are very, very small
A perfect size for your little toddler to store her
miniature toy figurines or other valuables
Have a terrific stitching week, my friends.