To begin....I have so many roosters and chickens it's absolutely ridiculous! I have them as figurines, vases, and plates and bowls. They are stuffed, made from sea shells, metal, ceramic, cloth, yarn, glass, wood, and paper. My collection goes from lamp shade toppers to tape dispensers! Some are funny, some are new and some are very old. I recently had to box up...(that is, use several boxes)... a number of them because I was over-run with chickens and roosters.
So....I've added more to my collection for this Hop....go figure! I thought I would make something useful and not just something to sit around waiting for me to dust it. So....I did some pot holders.
This first one was an applique design from EQ7. It was really easy to do, very few pieces, and I machine appliqued it.
I used the circular attachment for my sewing machine and was able to stitch a perfect circle around the design. I picked one of the decorative stitches from my machine. We should all experiment and use those hundreds of decorative stitches more. Play around and give it a try!
For those who read my postings know how much I love to use my Serger. So for the edge I did a serged narrow rolled hem!
A few more of my roosters welcoming the new addition.
With Thanksgiving knocking at our doors here in the United States, of course I had to do Thanksgiving potholders too!
I like to do machine embroidery so here is a happy Tom Turkey waving at you and wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
And a closer view...over 45,000 stitches.
I again used a decorative stitch from my sewing machine to stitch around the design and a narrow rolled hem from my Serger.
Oops....lets look at Tom Turkey again......
He hung around a little too long!
Thanks for visiting me today during the Hop and hope you continue to have fun visiting the other participants scheduled for today:
Happy Living! Happy Quilting!
