Freehand Machine Embroidery: Projects

By Maggie Kruger

I do not know how long ago embroidery started but I think through the centuries, women have turned to needlecraft and embroidery for pleasure. My Grandmother told us that in her days the young ladies did not work and was taught to do needlework and embroidery. Although times have changed and the love for embroidery still remains strong, women sadly neglects this art as they do not have time.

The sewing machine is a quicker medium for embroidery and decorative stitching.

You can make a room look homely, cosy and beautiful with needlework and embroidery, it can be embroidered table cloths, runners, cushions, table mats, wall hangings, pictures, bed linen and many more.

All these things can become possible to you by taking each page step by step and practice the various stitches and methods.

To those who are already experienced machinists, sewing machine embroidery will be much easier. Others may find it a little more difficult, but it can be overcome with a lot of practice and perseverance.

This type of machine embroidery needs a lot of practice, but, once having acquired control of the machine and embroidery hoop, there is no end to the possibilities of the work that can be done.

I hope that the sewing machine no longer will be regarded as the machine for sewing hems, mending, curtains and dressmaking, but be the means for enjoyment in producing beautiful, machine embroidery for the home and family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Feb 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781466982901

Maggie Kruger

Maggie Kruger started sewing in the 1960’s and was introduced to free hand machine embroidery when she purchased her first sewing machine. She has a natural love for sewing and not only completed several dressmaking, design, patchwork and quilting courses but also offered a variety of classes herself. In the last 15 years she has kept herself busy with free hand machine embroidery classes. Her successful first book “Success with Perfect Fit Pattern Making and designing” is now followed with this guide to freehand machine embroidery, a must for every sewing enthusiast.

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Copyright 2014 Maggie Kruger.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

ISBN: 978-1-4669-8291-8 (sc)

            978-1-4669-8290-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013904156

Trafford rev. 2/22/2014

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Dedicated to my husband Pieter Nicolaas Kruger

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CONTENTS

PART THREE

TABLECLOTH AND NAPKINS WITH MITRED CORNER

TRAY CLOTH

THREAD CATCHER

TISSUE HOLDER

SCISSORS HOLDER.

TISSUE BOX COVER

BLOCK

TRAPUNTO

CLOCK

COLLAGE

LACE FLOWER

LACE BUTTERFLIES

QUILTING

RIBBON WORK

PROJECTS

TABLECLOTH AND NAPKINS WITH MITRED CORNER

Cut the tablecloth and napkins desired size.

Trace the large design on all four corners of the tablecloth and the small design on one corner of the napkins.

Embroider as desired. I used blue varigated embroidery thread and did the large flowers and leaves in three to four rows of straight stitch and graded zigzag satin stitch for the small leaves in light and dark blue embroidery thread. – see my book, Volume Two - Lesson Eight.

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Embroidered Tablecloth and napkin with mitred hem and wing needle hemstitched

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      Napkin

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MITRED CORNERS

Single Hem Mitred Corner

Cut a square piece of fabric 25cm x 25cm and neaten the edges.

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Draw lines from corner to corner as shown with a blue fabric marking pen on the wrong side of the fabric.

Draw one line from edge of fabric for desired width of the hem. Eg. 3cm on all four sides.

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Fold on the corner lines as shown in the first drawing and draw a line from the hem line to the edge as shown in the second drawing above.

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Fold on this line and bring the point to the left as shown in the first drawing and then mark on this line as shown in the second drawing above. Open out.

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Stitch on the marked line, securing beginning and end