Tackle it Tuesday

18th March 2008

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I’m still recovering from the crazy, hectic couple of weeks I had finalizing plans with my Destination Imagination team and making sure they were ready for the regional tournament. The one thing I did myself as a surprise for them was to embroider t-shirts with their team names on the fronts and individual names on the back. The girls actually designed the shirts, but they thought a professional was doing the work. I opted to do it myself with shirts I bought at Joann’s and using my own embroidery sewing machine.I’ve posted pictures of the progress of those shirts throughout last week, but I never got around to posting the end result, so, here it is!

This one is the back of one of the shirts, before I took out the basting stitches (the rectangular around the name).

And finally, the completed shirt being modeled .

Tags: machine embroidery, sewing

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1 On March 18th, 2008, Kristen said:

Oh! Do you have one of those AMAZING embroidery machines? I don’t even so, but I would love one of those. I think I would use it like a label machine. I would be addicted. The shirts look great!

posted on March 18th, 2008 at 9:35 am

2 On March 18th, 2008, Karen said:

Oh wow! Those are beautiful. Great job.

Karen’s last blog post..Tackle It Tuesday

posted on March 18th, 2008 at 9:38 am

3 On March 18th, 2008, lynne said:

Thanks Kristen! I’m learning more and more items I can create on my embroidery machine. I’m taking classes at the local Viking sewing shop and learning more techniques. I’m having a lot of fun with it.

posted on March 18th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

4 On March 18th, 2008, lynne said:

Thanks Karen! I’m having fun now that I’m figuring out different things I can do with the machine & software.

posted on March 18th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

5 On March 18th, 2008, Melanie said:

Wow! Amazing! I could certainly never do anything like that.

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

6 On March 18th, 2008, Robin@heartofwisdom.com said:

Very Nice!

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

7 On March 18th, 2008, Lisa/Rick Rack Attack said:

Girl, you are just TOO talented! Putting me to shame! Can’t sew a button on a shirt hardly! Guess I’ll just having to keep collecting since I can’t make aprons myself!

Confessions of an Apron Queen: http://anapronaday.blogspot.com

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

8 On March 18th, 2008, lynne said:

Melanie - After creating the design on the computer, it’s really just as simple as placing the shirt onto the hoop and attaching the hoop to the sewing machine. The machine does everything else!

posted on March 18th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

9 On March 18th, 2008, lynne said:

Lisa - I don’t really do too well sewing buttons on either! In fact, I try anything to keep from doing any hand sewing. Machine embroidery is so easy, the machine does most of the work!

posted on March 18th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

10 On March 18th, 2008, Alana said:

What a wonderful surprise. The shirts are yummy - love the colors!

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

11 On March 18th, 2008, Katie said:

WOW! Those are so great!! Nice job!

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

12 On March 18th, 2008, Valarie in AL said:

You did a great job! They are so cute.

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

13 On March 18th, 2008, Homemaking Mama said:

You are so clever! They are fantastic.

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

14 On March 18th, 2008, Ellen said:

Excellent job!!! It is beautiful. One of these days I will have an embroidery machine, a serger and a nicer sewing machine and do all that also.

Ellen’s last blog post..Update on Wedding Accessories - Finished!

posted on March 18th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

15 On March 18th, 2008, Dawn said:

Those shirts are great. It makes me want to get one of those machines, even though I don’t sew or embroider. It just looks so cool.

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pm

16 On March 18th, 2008, Sophia said:

Thank you Lynne

Wow! Those shirts came out looking really great! I bet those girls really appreciate the uniqueness of the design and will love it that much more.

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

17 On March 18th, 2008, lynne said:

Ellen - I just used a serger for the first time at a class on Sunday. Oh my! Wouldn’t that be fun to own! I do all my sewing on my embroidery machine too, so I only have one machine. I wouldn’t mind having a second machine that has more decorative stitches, I do a lot of top stitching.

posted on March 18th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

18 On March 18th, 2008, Jessica said:

These are great I bet they are so proud.

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posted on March 18th, 2008 at 9:34 pm

19 On March 19th, 2008, Grace said:

I love those shirts with all the colors! sooo pretty!
what did the girls think of them?
I gave Lauren her pillowcase with her name on it, she grabbed it looked at her sister and said “it’s mine!”
(she’s 4 1/2) she loved it!

posted on March 19th, 2008 at 4:47 am

20 On March 19th, 2008, lynne said:

The girls loved the shirts! They were shocked that I knew how to do that! You know, we moms don’t know how to do too much! LOL

I’m glad Lauren liked her pillowcase! Did you take a picture of it? I want to see what you did. (maybe I need to check my email!)

posted on March 19th, 2008 at 8:15 am

21 On March 20th, 2008, fatiah said:

Your embroidery looks great. No doubt the t-shirts are machine embroidered but credit is all yours. I’m so envious as I have never owned an embroidery sewing machine. What model is that, is it costly?

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posted on March 20th, 2008 at 11:14 am

22 On March 20th, 2008, lynne said:

Fatiah - Thank you! I have used my embroidery on some of the bags I’ve made, although I don’t currently have any of those on hand to show off here. My machine is a Viking Platinum 955. I started out with a much simpler model that didn’t embroider and I traded up a couple of times to get to this one. The deal clincher was when they were including the embroidery computer software and cardreader that I need to transfer designs from my computer to my machine.
I use this same machine for all of my sewing too, so it gets put to work a lot.

Thanks too for the birthday wishes!

posted on March 20th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

23 On March 22nd, 2008, Sasha said:

That is so cool! I want one of those machines but I keep telling myself I need to learn how to sew first. lol

Sasha’s last blog post..Stuff Portrait Friday

posted on March 22nd, 2008 at 12:24 am

24 On March 22nd, 2008, lynne said:

Sasha - I was in a sewing class yesterday and the lady sitting next to me had only recently been learning to sew. It really is a lot of fun and if you buy from a sewing machine dealer and not a dept. store, you typically get free classes with your purchase. It’s a lot of fun!

posted on March 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 am