Finished Gator Supplies : Fat quarter of Sew a Gator! fabric Stuffing Needle Embroidery Floss Thread Strait pins Scissors Here's the fat quarter all printed up and beautiful, and the obvious first step is to cut out all the pieces leaving the white borders attached. Along the top of the gator there are printed guidelines for embroidering. They are white in the photo above, but have since been changed to black. Down the back I used a braided chain stitch , but you can use whatever embroidery stitch you are comfortable with. The website I used for the braided chain stitch has a wonderful stitch library that you can look through. Satin stitch the eyes and use a simple backstitch on the nostrils. I used 4 strands of a light yellow embroidery floss for everything, and 6 strands of black embroidery floss for the pupils. Here's the finished embroidery. Now put the mouth piece face down on top of the embroidered piece, and ...
They all look fantastic. Gone to lunch, winding flowers and foxes absolut fav! What texture of fabric are they?
ReplyDeleteThey are all printed on Spoonflower's quilting weight cotton.
ReplyDeleteSpoonflower does offer nine different fabrics: quilting weight cotton, organic cotton sateen, organic cotton knit, upholstery weight twill, linen cotton canvas, silk crepe de chine, cotton voile, cotton silk, and cotton poplin, and my designs can be printed on any of them.
Here's a link to their faq where you can find out more about the fabrics: http://www.spoonflower.com/help#shop_help