Sewing or embroidery on baseballs and softballs is a pretty new thing and I have enjoyed making some special balls and thought I would share a few. My typical orders are for name and numbers for student athletes, such as these: However, I have embroidered and laced up some very unique and special balls over […]
Multi-Purpose Softball and Baseball Embroidery Read More »
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit Boston and do a little research regarding the materials available for sewing in the colonial period. I first toured the State House where there was a display showing some of the typical products that came into the Boston Harbor from England in the 1760’s. These
October 2014 – Colonial Dolls, Needlework, and Fabrics Read More »
I guess I never thought about it but all those baseballs and softballs that go flying around the diamonds all over these great states are stitched by hand. We haven’t invented a machine yet that can do that task. Some brave ladies decided to take the “skin” off the baseball or softball and see if
August 2014 – Hand Stitching a Baseball or Softball Read More »
I had so much fun stitching out this scissor case on my embroidery machine. The digital download is free on the Bernina “projects” area of their website. This is a “crazy quilt” technique. If you have done that before you know that you start with a center piece of fabric that has 5 sides and
January – Making a Scissor Case, In The Hoop Read More »
This post was supposed to be made last month, but Thanksgiving came along and I never got finished. Hope everyone had a very nice Thanksgiving. Speaking of food…..did you know there is a jelly roll that you don’t eat? This is a fabric jelly roll made by Moda. This Moda jelly roll consists of 40
December – Jelly Roll Dress Read More »