HEAT WAVE

Hi everyone.  WOW, these past few weeks have been sooo HOT !!!!  We have had temps up to 30 degrees most days and evenings.  All I can say is "AIRCON".  Thank goodness we have.


I have been busy digitizing and have some more cute designs to show you.

I have also just finished doing some easter designs.  I love easter.  Even though my girls are too big, we still love hiding the easter eggs in the garden for them (they just LOVE chocolate).


My oldest daughter loved this design so much, that she asked me to stitch it out on a t-shirt for her (see below)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/93043921/some-bunny-loves-me-machine-applique

I also have digitized some cute designs for those LITTLE PIRATES in your lives - these are just too gorgeous

Then there is this "EGGSTRA" cute design for Easter too :-

OR how about stitching out these really cute Spring Chicks - I have plans to stitch these out on ready made placemats with my nephews and nieces names on for our Easter Get Together.

Well this next week will be a busy one for me.  Have to prepare a lesson for my embroidery class on Friday.  The ladies are very new to machine embroidery.  I have already taught them the basics of machine embroidery ie different stabilizers, how to hoop, how not to hoop, etc.  From all the previous ladies for this class, they all say they learn such a lot and are able to go home and play.

Till next time, I hope you all have a wonderful week.  My oldest daughter starts Varsity tomorrow.  She is very excited and so am I.  Will leave me more time to do some work.

Yours In Embroidery

Karen

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE

I have not been posting for a while and must apologise for this, but I cannot believe how time has flown by.

My eldest daughter wrote her matric and has passed.  She starts at Varsity soon.  Another chapter in her life begins and in ours too.

Our Christmas and New Year were quiet ones this year.  I had my parents over for Christmas Day - what a lovely day it was.  So special to spend time with my loved ones.  New Years Eve was with some friends, where we had prawns and fillet steak on the braai with some yummy salads.  We saw the New Year in and were in bed by 2:00am.  

My youngest daughter has started Grade 9.  She was so happy to find that her three best friends were in the same class as her.

I have also been very busy digitizing new designs and doing some custom orders to.

Below are some of the designs that I have listed in my Etsy Shop.  Hope you will pop in and take a look.  I have also started a FaceBook Page , which I hope you will pop in and "LIKE".  This is a way of also letting you all know what is new.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/KC-Dezigns/206352199439428

Remember if you have any queries relating to Machine Embroidery, please do not hesitate to contact me.  I will gladly answer any questions to the best of my ability.

QUOTES

The above are just some of the quotes/sayings available in KC Dezigns on Etsy.

CUSHION COVER QUOTES

These cushion cover sayings, I did with my Bernina Mega Hoop - one hooping and they stitched out beautifully.  The top three were given to my Mom, Mom-In-Law and Sister-In-Law as Christmas gifts.  The bottom one I have kept for myself.  These are also available in my Etsy Shop

LITTLE LOVE BUGS

These little Love Bugs would look gorgeous stitched out on t-shirts, cushion covers, bed linen or just about anything you can think of.  They are available for the 4x4 (100x100), 5x7 (180x130) and 6x8 (255x145) hoops.

LOVE IS IN THE AIR - VALENTINE LOVE BIRDS

Love is in The Air.  The gorgeous valentine love birds stitch out beautifully and are available as singles.  They are also available for the 4x4 (100x100) hoop and the 5x7 (180x130) hoop.

VALENTINE SAYINGS 

Who would not want to receive an item stitched out with the above sayings?  Love these .....

I hope that the above designs will get those creative juices flowing.  Remember, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Yours in Embroidery

Karen

THE ALIENS HAVE COME TO VISIT

They are extremely friendly and just love our world - they have the most amazing space crafts and have even helped us to build space rockets - come and see them here :-

http://www.etsy.com/shop/KCDezigns?ref=si_shop

These designs fit the 4x4 (100x100) and 5x7 (180x130) hoops and are Machine Applique Embroidery Designs.

I hope you can pop in and visit.  Have a wonderful weekend.


Yours in Embroidery
Karen

CHRISTMAS SAYINGS

SOME NEW CHRISTMAS SAYINGS

Well, it has been a while since my last post......

But I have been busy with some new designs and with my family.

Halloween has come and gone.  For some of us, Thanksgiving is next and before we know it, CHRISTMAS.  Wow where did this year go?  For me, it has gone by far to quickly.....

When I look back though, I have to say, that I achieved a lot.  I opened up a store on ETSY.  Did lots of digitizing (which as you know I LOVE).  Have had good times with friends and family and made lots of new friends through my teaching of machine embroidery.

The other day I had a lady ask me how to do machine embroidery applique.  There are so many ladies out there that are new to machine embroidery and some that have had their machines for a while, but dont know how to use their machines to their full potential.

So I thought that this would be the perfect place to put up some instructions with photos - (hope you all like).

Please Note That These Instructions Are For My Digitized Designs For Applique :-

1.  Hoop the fabric/item that needs to be appliqued.

     The first colour will be an outline stitch.  This is to show you the size of the fabric that you will need to cut -    PS:  Remember your piece of fabric will always need to be bigger on all sides.  Remove your hoop - PLEASE DO  NOT UNHOOP.  Using your spray glue, spray a little over the area of the outline and smooth down your piece of fabric over this.

2.  The second colour will be the same outline - this will stitch your fabric down.  Once this has been done, remove your hoop from the machine - PLEASE DO NOT UNHOOP.  Using your applique scissors, cut away the excess fabric around the outline stitch, being careful not to cut the stitching.

 

3.  Replace the hoop back onto the machine.  Now there could be more applique or there could be stitching only.  The above steps are done each time an applique needs to be done.

I hope that the above makes sense.

If anyone has any questions regarding Machine Applique, please do not hesitate to ask them here.  It would be great to get some feedback from you all.

I also wanted to let you know that I have just released three new Christmas Sayings, that would be perfect stitched out on either cushion covers, fronts of placemats, t-shirts or even that little Santa's Sack for the kids.

These are available in my Etsy Shop :-

http://www.etsy.com/shop/KCDezigns

Over the past two weeks, I have been quite busy with a few christmas sayings.  They are all in my Etsy Shop - I hope you will visit and perhaps LIKE, TWEET and SHARE with all your friends that are also into Machine Embroidery.

Hope you all have a fantastic week stitching and embroidering.

Yours in Embroidery

Karen