Our presenter this month is Deb Owens.
Deb demonstrated how to make smocked Christmas ornaments.
A grid pattern is drawn on fabric with little dots. The fabric is then gathered and hand sewn using a running stitch.
The gathered stitches create small pleats in the fabric.
Then embroidery stitches are sewn on the right side of the material to create a decorative piece of fabric.
In this case the fabric is wrapped around 3" styrofoam ball. There are also different ways to finish off the ends. They can be gathered, add a ribbon for hanging, or a tassel can be added to the bottom.
Deb demonstrated how to make smocked Christmas ornaments.
A grid pattern is drawn on fabric with little dots. The fabric is then gathered and hand sewn using a running stitch.
The gathered stitches create small pleats in the fabric.
Then embroidery stitches are sewn on the right side of the material to create a decorative piece of fabric.
In this case the fabric is wrapped around 3" styrofoam ball. There are also different ways to finish off the ends. They can be gathered, add a ribbon for hanging, or a tassel can be added to the bottom.
Our November Let's Quilt Day was an all day event. Many members brought their sewing machines to work on their own projects.
