May Embroidery Lesson

I was stitching the May embroidery lesson when Joie decided not to raise/lower the pressure foot. She got to go in for a spa treatment with Aaron at Quilting Delights. He found that with all the quilting that I do, I had worn out the part that lifts the pressure foot up and down! It took about a week for the part to arrive and then I was stitching other items so it was a while before I got back to this lesson.

June embroidery lesson

This year, I my goal is to complete the monthly lessons so that I will have a better handle on the embroidery software as well as have more confidence about using it! I might be more inclined to delve into machine embroidery if it weren't such an ordeal to reset the machine. I must lift it and move it to another part of the desk. It isn't far, it isn't hard; but, it is a pain in the . . .to do it! Then, once I move the machine, I can't do other projects. Consequently, I try to work on the embroidery in between other projects.

The May software lesson was straight forward. I was thankful that I was able to maneuver through the steps. Sometimes, I have difficulty achieving the results in following the directions. It amazes me how I can interpret the directions in a different way than they were intended! Sometimes the results are cool; but, most of the time. . .it is frustrating!

This lesson was about blending and using the blend tool to achieve the results. It was fun to play with the tool and to create the blocks. I think that these stitch outs would make nice blocks for a projects. I like the way the thread colors blended. I used the same thread colors for the blocks and like how the design revealed itself! For now, the blocks will be filed with the lesson handout.