My lesson in contrast

While I was working on the 03-2009 #106 blouse, I was also embroidering. I love having the new embroidery machine next to my regular sewing machine. It sits over there are just stitches away. Occasionally it beeps and I change thread. It's like having another set of arms. Granted, the aprons aren't as cute here but I took my kids' names off because it seems a little irresponsible to broadcast my kids on the Internet. Although if you look hard enough, you can find them.



All of them have an 'a' in their name. Here are the three different variations to give you a taste of the rest of the apron. You can see I somehow moved the hoop. The outline is just barely off.



This is with rayon embroidery thread.



This is with regular Coats and Clark cotton/poly thread.



Here's a close-up of the owl (from Urban Threads).

Here's a close-up of the bird (freebie from Embroider This). Here is where I learned my lesson in contrast. The bird has curly plumes of feathers off the main tail. But, because I used that green thread, it's really hard to see. Next time, I'll be sure to use thread that really contrasts with the background. I drew in the curly tail regions with photo editing software so you could see it.

My son wanted a robot (from Urban Threads) and he thought this was hysterical. "Mom, he loves a toaster! A TOASTER! Mom, do you get it? He's a robot and he loves a TOASTER!! Har, har, har." Four-year olds are crazy.

Finished product.

This is random muslin fabric I got from somewhere. The back is a weird farm animal scene. I'm not sure what it's about but the front is just a rough khaki.