Embroidery

I have been sewing up a storm, and my machine has been embroidering for many hours. I saw a few photos on one of my Groups that really caught my attention. These are 3D free standing lace ornaments made with my embroidery machine. They are from OESD and I ordered the CD from Amazon last week. They arrived in a few days and I have been embroidering out some beautiful ornaments. There are also some flat designs, such as the angel and dove. They have applique sections, in which I used organza. They also feature velvet textured stitches that must be cut open with an exacto knife after stitching. I couldn't resist trying them as tree toppers on my little trees in the living room. They look so beautiful with the light shining from inside.

Each one takes thousands of stitches. I used cotton thread, 50 weight, and rayon thread for the colored and fringed areas. Putting the 3D ones together is a little tricky. I needed a tweezer to pull the tiny buttonettes through the eyelets on the edges of each side. They took a lot longer to make than the other snowflake designs I have stitched out, but they are worth it! See for yourself.