Welcome to Marge's Creations Machine Embroidery Designs for Crafters - where crafters can find machine embroidered craft projects and home sewn gift ideas! Check out the site and you'll find a variety of handmade craft projects such as I Spy Bags, Embroidered Paper Dolls, Free Standing Lace (FSL) Bookmarks, and Hand Puppets. You can also find machine embroidery designs to liven up other gifts, such as: Old bag designs, construction designs, magical designs and more that can be used for plastic bag holders, laundry bags, purses, doorhangers, sweatshirts, t shirts, quilts, cards, wall hangings, picture frames, fleece throws, hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, dresses, shirts, pants, skirts - anything with fabric can be made better with embroidery!
Marge's Creations for Crafters includes many sewing craft project ideas, and instructions are available on selected items. New designs are being added on a regular basis, so check back often, and of course there is also a large number of free designs available! These craft projects require the use of an embroidery machine, fabric, thread, and stabilizer. Other sewing notions can be utilized as well such as: elastic, cloth, trim, lace, cotton, fleece, felt, polyester, bobbin thread, bobbin, needles, embroidery hoops, scissors, cutting board, pins, iron, ironing board, ruler, measuring tape, rotary cutters, ez felt, adhesive spray, glue, and patterns. I Spy Inserts can utilize items such as buttons, charms, beads, and scrapbook flatbacks. Some great places to get this items: AC Moore Crafts; Joann Fabrics, and Michaels Arts & Crafts
Marge's Creations for Crafters has machine embroidery designs in the EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, SEW, VIP formats. These formats will work with embroidery machines such as Ameco, Babylock, Barudan, Bernina, Bits and Volts, Brother, Compucon, Data Stitch, Elna Xqisite, Garuden, Gold Thread, Happy, Janome, Juki, Melco, Mitsubishi, Pfaff, Poem, Singer, Siruba, Sunstar, Tajima, Toyota, Viking designer 1, Viking Husqvana, Wilcom Zangs, and ZSK.
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Freestanding Lace Embellished Wreaths |
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You'll Need:
a styrofoam wreath,
decorative ribbon,
a Freestanding Lace Design,
a bow (or other embellishments),
a thin piece of ribbon to hang the wreath,
glue and pins
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| Wrap the decorative ribbon around the entire styrofoam wreath (I'm using a 6.5" wreath with a 4" opening) overlapping the ribbon as desired (The length you will need depends on the width of the ribbon you are using and how much you want it to overlap I haven't gone over 3 yards. if you are using wired ribbon I've found it's easier to take out the wire first.) pin and/or glue the ends in back to hide,
pin and/or glue the Freestanding Lace design onto the back,
pin AND glue a small ribbon to hang the wreath (just pinning it will not hold),
add a bow (and anything else that catches your fancy). Voila!!
These wreaths look great on a window, a wall, or an inside door (like in a dorm, nursing home, office, apartment, or kitchen cabinet). |
Special Medically Approved I Spy Bags
Have to share with you this great project that was made for the children at the Shriners Hospital in Greenville, SC! Embroidered on special medical grade material so they could be played with by the children during their hospital stays, these 100 bags (WOW!!) were made by the dedicated volunteers at the Rags to Riches Cat Rescue, Inc. in Warrenton NC. Not all designs are possible with this special material (some are too stitch intensive) but these worked great and were approved by the hospital for full-out play time! Good job to those dedicated folks and thank you for sharing!
Click Here for I Spy Designs.
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Old Bag / Old Rag / Clothing Holder Directions
Start with a piece of material 22"x22" in size and serge around the edges of the fabric to give it a clean slate. Embroider or appliqué your design on the middle of the fabric (it's best to use a "thin" design so the entire image will show up when the project is completed).
To pucker the top and bottom of the bag: turn the top of the fabric under about two inches and pin. Using 1/4" elastic, sew the elastic to the materials at the two inch mark (where it was serged). Pull the elastic as you sew to give a puckering effect (you should end up using about 12" of elastic.) Do the same with the bottom, but just turn it under about one inch.
To complete the bag and add the handle, turn the material right side in (so your elastic is on the outside) and serge the back of the bag together. Take a piece of elastic (about 8") fold it in half and sew it to the top back of the bag at the seam.
Turn the bag right side out. Fill with used store bags, rags, socks, clothing. Enjoy.
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Laundry Bag
Jazz up an every day laundry bag with a cute picture and caption. This extra-extra long bag with its secret compartment was hand-made, but a store bought laundry bag will also work.
The embroidered picture and text can be purchased here.
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Check back soon for more exciting projects!
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