Embroidery Gifts

Embroidery Gift Ideas

by Susanne Myers

Embroidered items make great gifts. Not only do they have that handmade feel to them, but you can personalize almost anything with some simple embroidery and make it special. Here are a few ideas for gifts you can make if you love to embroider.

Baby Blanket

Embroidered baby blankets make a wonderful, personalized gift that will be treasured for years to come. You can either go with a general embroidered motive like a duck, alphabet blocks or a rattle, personalize it for a boy or girl, or even embroider the baby’s initials in the blanket.

Napkins

Embroidered napkins make a wonderful gift for both a wedding and a housewarming. You can give them by themselves or with a coordinating tablecloth. Embroidery designs can range from flowers to symbols and of course initials. You can buy pre-made napkins and just add the embroidery, or you can sew your own out of cotton, linen or even silk.

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http://www.learncraftsonline.com/embroider-this.shtml

Selecting Stabilizers

Machine embroidery needs a good quality stabilizer, the right backing has a big impact on how your embroidery will turn out. The backing is used to stabilize the design. The right backing will see that the stitches are formed evenly giving them a sharp finish.Many times people have sent me projects they have done that did not work out quite how they had wanted, on many of these occasions they have used the wrong backing.

Tearaway's

This product is used for woven fabrics (no stretch), used for items such as shirts, dresses, hats and the backing of towels. It tears easily from the embroidered design, for quick clean up.The type of fabric you use determines which weight you use.

ALL TEARAWAY

100cm Wide

Light $1.30/mtr $1.43/mtr INC GST
Medium $1.60/mtr $1.76/mtr INC GST
Heavy $1.82/mtr $2.00/mtr INC GST

It is important to remember when purchasing your Tearaway's that you buy quality.

There are many Tearaway's on the market that are made to a price not a standard. Cheap Tearaway's with diagonal stretch will give designs a cheap finish look. These Tearaway's are best used as tracing paper as that is what they are best used for. All Tearaway's sold through this site are woven.Remember perfect results can be achieved by anyone when using quality accessories.

Non Tearaway's - also known as Cutaway

This product is used mainly for stretch knit fabrics and is great for polo shirts, jumpers, t-shirts or any other type of knit. If you fabric does not stretch you can use Tearaway. The more stitches a designs has the more backing you need, use you judgement sometimes multiply layers of backing is better than the heavy, the medium weight is ideal for most applications. Please note this backing has to be cut with scissors.

To read the full article:

http://www.stirlingembroidery.com/stabilizers.htm