I had a lot of interest in what I was making for myself, and so decided to make them available for everyone to buy online. Having learnt free-machine embroidery whilst working at a bespoke bridal company, I began making small embroideries for my own clothes. I can move the fabric around as I like, almost like drawing or painting but with a needle to make lines, shade and fill areas to create both simple and complex designs. My work is mainly illustrative, which is why free-machine works so well for me. These easy clip hoops are fantastic for large embroidery designs that don’t fit inside your standard hoop, because they’re so quick and easy to reframe around the piece without even having to remove it from the machine! If the material is particularly stretchy, then I support it with backing fabric which can also be pulled away once complete. When embroidering, I keep the fabric taut using an easy clip embroidery hoop. My method involves drawing up a design on water soluble film (which can be pulled away at the end of stitching or washed away), and pinning it to some fabric, or a piece of clothing in the desired position. From working with them on a regular basis, it didn’t take long to realise that I could do pretty much anything I wanted to on them!īERNINAs, in my opinion, are the best machines to use for free-machine embroidery, because they are so easy to use. They taught us how to use them in an abstract way which was never my style of work so I steered clear of them during my degree, under the impression that they weren’t suitable for the delicate designs I had the desire to create.ĭespite having not used the BERNINA for free-machine much, by second embroidery job after graduating required a lot of its use. I was introduced to BERNINA sewing machines at university. An introduction to Free-machine Embroidery I have been invited to write a guest post for BERNINA, and will be talking about how I use my machine for embroidery. Hello all! My name is Connie Mabbott, an embroidery designer maker and artist.
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