forgot to mention the quilt by my name is a embroidery Angel in the middle of fthe quilt

Check out my pic of the Beatrice Potter baby quilt (oversized) that I made for my Niece's new baby. Got the designs and stitched out one of each (20 designs) with alternatinb pinwheel blocks.....I do enjoy combining the machine embroidery with the quilting.........

I know,i know.I just found out my GD is having my GGS.Mickey mouse,that's going to be a theme.Go with Mickey Mouse.

I love incorporating machine embroidery into my quilts. I am just finishing up a horse themed quilt. It has 17 embroidered horses on it. I did a unicorn quilt for my step daughter a few years back. I have the Singer Futura CE250 and used it for 3 years and recently bought the Futura Quartet because it has a bigger hoop, a 6 x 10. This machine is also set up nicely for quilting with a big wide bed. I have not quilted with it yet but it did come with a walking foot and everything I will need for quilting.

My son, now 11, wanted to design a quilt when he was 7 -- we worked together on it, him picking out designs, approving my digitizing, and showed him how to layout the quilt (was a great math lesson for a 2nd grader!) It took over a year to finish in the spare time of letting the machine run, etc. We went to the store, and HE picked out all the fabrics... the girls just loved it, a little boy painstakingly looking for the "right" print/color. Hey, who says guys can't do this!

We ended up with this... 31 different Pokemon designs, no two alike, and it fits his loft bunk perfectly. I nearly have to fight him to get it for washings. Over 300,000 stitches in the embroidery, most poke's averaged around 10K each. BTW -- he would get home from school and say "Mom, I don't have any homework, can I baste my quilt?!?" -- so I setup my Gracie so he could go to town. So by the time he was 8, he had done nearly 1/2 the work on this quilt.

BTW he re-arranged it on the livingrom floor about 12 times before it was "just right" to start assembling the blocks. It was precious, and he has a total understanding of what goes into a quilt! So now he prefers to give handmade gifts, too.

i have a question. i noticed some of you quilt very close to the embroidery and others dont. Is there a rule for this. Some emb blocks would not look good with quilting next to it yet it needs to be tacked to the other 2 layers. Does this make sense? Can anyone advise?

May I ask where these designs are from?
snownannie

Betty I love your stars. Do you have an easy way to do them as mine never turn out?

Another idea to learn to use your embroidery machine is to do a Hoopsisters quilt. I did a mystery quilt this past year and really learned how to embroider with my new Bernina 640. The Hoopsisters have dozens of patterns and tutorials.

Cynthia

The Christmas baby quilt (hope to get a pic) was my first quilt. I put emb. on it that meant something to parents and me (the Grandmother) Used flannel and the emb. went on the solid squares. Baby's birth date, name,fireman(Dad),L'Chiam(DD theater),frogs(live across from pond),snowmen,Irish, etc.,etc. It just grew(like Topsey) and got away from me. There area bazillion 4x4 designs out there that can be sued on squares. Just go on a search and you will find them. Have fun!