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MimiBug123 08-24-2012 07:06 AM
Your work is absolutely gorgeous. I love the battenburg bowl. I've tried some FSL ornaments and bookmarks, but haven't gotten brave enough for a bowl yet!

bibi 08-24-2012 09:09 AM
Awesome You!

Latrinka 08-24-2012 11:52 AM
Yes indeed, that is all very beautiful!

n2scraplvr 08-24-2012 07:24 PM
Such beautiful work! Congrats on all the blue ribbons!! :thumbup:

irenecarter 08-24-2012 08:39 PM
Originally Posted by mcwillia (Post 5459779)
Thank you for all the lovely comments on my work! The Free Standing Lace items are done on an embroidery machine. The bowls consist of 8 side pieces and 1 center circle. Each side piece is over 34,000 stitches and takes about an hour to stitch out. Whatever thread is used on the top is also used in the bobbin so that the color/texture is the same on both sides. Two layers of Vilene, a water solvable stabilizer that looks like fabric, is used for the stitching base. The pieces are swished around in warm water to rinse away the Vilene and left to dry between plastic canvas sheets. The dried pieces feel like they have been heavily starched. The pieces are joined with a zig-zag stitch on the sewing machine.
Thank you for telling. us how you made those beautiful bowls. They are absolutely gerogeous! wish I had a machine that I could make those on. I bet you could really sell those. Great job on these and all those beautiful quilts

mcwillia 08-24-2012 09:33 PM
Originally Posted by Dollyo (Post 5463684)
Love the quilt w/the winter scenes. I make FSL bowls, also. Love the fern looking one. Where did you get the pattern? I'm always looking for new designs.
The FSL designs are from the Zundt collection and the company is located in Switzerland. Hold on to your socks when you see the prices..... http://www.zundtdesign.com/embroider...lacemaker.html The designs are very stitch intensive and I use three layers of Vilene to get the needed stabilization. The designs are so perfectly digitized that the only time my machine stops is for a new bobbin. Hubby no longer asks what I want for Christmas or other special occasions. He just checks my Zundt wish list.
I met the designer, Urban Zundt, at SewExpo last February. What a charming gentleman! I spent half of my show budget allocation on the embroidery collection called "Daylily Dreaming". The website pictures don't come close to the breath-taking beauty of the quilt.

drivingsusan 08-25-2012 03:02 AM
They are all wonderful!! Especially love the last quilt!!! Did you have a pattern??

mcwillia 08-26-2012 05:39 AM
Originally Posted by drivingsusan (Post 5465933)
They are all wonderful!! Especially love the last quilt!!! Did you have a pattern??
The last quilt with the stars was a kit from Connecting Threads and I was impressed by the quality of the fabric considering the kit was only $29. I spent a lot of time "re-stitching" to get the points right. The braid quilt is a pattern from Quilt in a Day and is called Braid in a Day. The pattern comes with a template and once the pieces are cut, it only took an afternoon to piece the top.

DoriDeS 08-26-2012 05:41 AM
Holy crap!!! Look at all your ribbons!!!! Love everything that you did your quilts are wonderful....Well Done I'd say :o)

Suzanne Damien 08-26-2012 06:04 AM
Great work, no wonder you got all those blue ribbons.:)


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