I have been staying busy at home and working on the family business logo in the embroidery software. The process has included many hours of trial and error even with the best digitizing software. I have spent many days working on getting just the right size and colors. It is really an amazing creative process and basically it is an artistic decision of what I like. It is now presentable. I have embroidered several items and have a few to share with you. I plan to continue working on this product but I am using this for now. I need a break from this project, to let my mind open up to new ideas.
I used a medium weight cut away stabilizer in black for the black towel and white for the white towel. Toweling material requires a light weight water soluble stabilizer on top of the fabric in addition to the regular stabilizer. I also found I needed to use a size 80 needle due to the layers of thread in the logo design.
Don likes to wear this shirt on his wine deliveries. I used a light weight water soluble stabilizer, with a nice result. I will be doing a few more of these for him soon.
For the bathrobe material I am using a sticky backed stabilizer because there is a little stretch to the 100% cotton material. I also used a top water soluble stabilizer to keep the texture of the fabric from impacting the logo design.
Other news from my maker’s space are items I have been making for my grandson, Lucas. I will share some of these items in a future post. One of these items is a toddler sized handmade bathrobe with this logo.
I have also changed to the use of pookieknits.com for my blog. No changes are necessary for you if you are already a subscriber. This new name will make it easier to find my site in a web search. Why this domain? My daughter, Angela nicknamed me Pookie when she was in middle school and it is now term of endearment used by my family.
All for now…keep sewing, knitting, and making…Debbie (AKA Pookie)
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