Saturday, September 25, 2010

The Machine is Fixed!!

So I have only had my Brother SE 400 Embroidery Machine since June, I have been having trouble with it ever since then. I thought it was just me and my lack of knowledge with sewing machines. My mom and I decided that we should just have it looked at and guess what, we did! It was something wrong with the bobbin casing! It is now fixed and we are enjoying it so much now!!!

Julie was invited to a birthday party this weekend for one of my best friends' from high school little girl. I wanted to try to do something with the machine for it. So I bought an adorable Stephen Joseph backpack and added her first initial!! I think it turned out quite nice for the lack of embroidery experience we have!!

Here are some pictures:




It is also one of my dearest friends birthday and I decided to try a tote bag with an applique! The applique is from Embroidery Boutique. I think it turned out good too but my mom did this one mostly on her own. I just designed the monogram on SewWhatPro.

Here are some pictures of it:







So for the birthday party, I wanted Julie to have something that I did because I hadn't done anything for her yet except her birthday shirt. I found some cute bermuda shorts at target on clearance and got a pack of camis for her. I found this cute Curly Dot Font from Five Star Fonts and we matched the colors in her shorts. She is too too cute!!




Finally, Bootsie is a Breast Cancer Survivor and has developed many friendships through Comfy Couch. They support each other through the struggles with this horrible disease. Bootsie and Momma are going to a Comfy Couch weekend next weekend in Virginia and wanted to take something to give everyone. They came up with the idea of personalizing koozies and giving one to everyone! I think they turned out GREAT and everyone will enjoy them and remember this special weekend!!




Well this is the beginning of our work! I can't wait to see how we progress! Enjoy!!