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Craft ADD: Machine Embroidery

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Craft ADD will feature every time I dip into my everlasting list of projects and hobbies!

I have been dabbling in machine embroidery for my own personal enjoyment for a couple of years now in stops and starts, and have accumulated quite a library of designs on my computer.

Let me show you my first embroidered nappy cut done in December 2009 for Christmas.

First Embroidery showing tension problems - bobbin thread showing on top of the stitching

See the white bits peeking out from the top portion of the design? That’s not supposed to happen, I was just a newbie at the time and had no idea what I was doing (this is a tension problem).

After some initial hiccups with the machine, fast forward to 2011/2012. It has been smooth sailing doing machine embroidery in the past year after lots of trial and error, working around the children, current sewing load and everything else.

So, just to mix things up a little at Bean Sprout Bubba, I thought it would be fun to do a few simple embroidered minkee nappies for the two online markets I’m participating in at the end of the month. These are only a couple out of the several embroideries that have been done lately, mostly for my children.

WAHM Delights sneak peek

WAHM Delights market sneak peek - a very brown minky applique on an ecoBumba OSFM nappy cut

The embroideries would add on $5-12 on top of the nappies RRP, depending on the stitch density of the design (average $8-10 per design) and base material used.

WAHM Market Sneak Peek

Another Sneak Peek - Bubba J Medium pocket nappy cut. Undecided whether to hold on to this or make them for the market

I will still stock a few handmade no-frills DELUXE and BOUTIQUE nappies at the online markets, they are such bright little nappies on their own with gorgeous prints that they don’t need any further embellishment IMO :)

ecoBumba DELUXE - Poly PUL - Red Polka Dots

Should I list one of these? ecoBumba DELUXE - Poly PUL - Red Polka Dots

ecoBumba DELUXE - Poly PUL - Green Sealife

Or one of these? ecoBumba DELUXE - Poly PUL - Green Sealife

To tell you the truth, pretty as they are, I’m actually not really a fan of embroidery on nappies, because embroidery makes so many pin-holes in the fabric that it makes the nappy quite fragile, and may not be able to stand up to repeated nappy washing. If you read the laundry instructions, embroidery is actually a handwash-only feature just like minkee and bamboo fabric is supposed to be.

However, with proper care, any embroidered and embellished nappy can be maintained in tip top condition.

So what do you think? Are embellished nappies your ideal kind of nappy, are they totally necessary/unnecessary? Any other thoughts?

GIVEAWAY: Cloth wipes – feedback wanted!

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Here’s a chance to win a pack of 5 cloth wipes! Simply read through to the end for conditions of this giveaway. Giveaway has closed, random.org drawing will be done late 1 December so stay tuned :)

I’ve just loaded up some cloth washers that I made over the last month or so.
The current batch I rounded the corners and overlocked the edges.

Let it Snow flannelette with luscious bamboo velour backing.

One of the cloth washers I made - Let it Snow flannelette with luscious bamboo velour backing.

They ended up measuring slightly less than 20x20cm, so they would fit into an empty commercial wipes container.

There were fishes and ships,

School of fish and Bamboo velour cloth wipe

School of fish and Bamboo velour cloth wipes

Nautical and Bamboo velour cloth wipe

Nautical and Bamboo velour cloth wipes

emergency vehicles and farmyard animals,

Emergency flannelette and Bamboo velour cloth wipes

Emergency flannelette and Bamboo velour cloth wipes

Farmyard and Bamboo Velour cloth wipes

Farmyard and Bamboo Velour cloth wipes

Very very limited minkee top and bamboo velour backed.

Pale blue minky top and Bamboo velour cloth wipesI even made Ooga Booga wipes out of some Ooga Booga flannelette I have handy.

Blue Ooga Booga on bamboo velourAll of the materials have been washed in hot hot water and dried on hot, I’m confident there will be no more shrinking when in use.

The prewashed bamboo velour, while very melt-in-your-hand, ran out on me while making this batch. While prewashing another batch of bamboo velour, I cut up some matching soft dark pink cotton sherpa and continued making cloth washers.

School of Fish 2 and Cotton Sherpa cloth wipes

School of Fish 2 and Cotton Sherpa cloth wipes

School of Fish and Cotton Sherpa cloth wipes

School of Fish 2 and Cotton Sherpa cloth wipes

They are very easy to use.
Simply wet, wipe and dry pail with your nappies.
How easy is that? No more separating commercial wipes from your cloth nappies even when out!

Now, on to the current Giveaway:

The winner will receive a mixed patterned pack of 5 cloth washers from the range (including 1 cotton sherpa wipe) worth approximately $10-$12. Please state if you want a mainly girly pack, a mainly boyish pack, a unisex pack or an ‘anything goes’ pack.

Reply to the questions below by submitting a comment, and I will random.org a winner some time on 30 November 2011 (or get one of my children to pick out of a hat or something).

What do you like to see in a cloth wipe?

- overlocked (as pictured) or turned and top-stitched (raw edges sewn in)?
- rounded corners (as pictured) or square corners?
- size: 20cm x 20cm is just right, or make it bigger or smaller?
- any other preferences?

Of course, if you want first dibs on any of these cloth wipes, you can go shopping for them via this link: Cloth Washers by ecoBumba

I look forward to hearing your feedback!

 

5 ways to use a pocket nappy

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Pocket nappies are versatile and truly multifunctional. They can transform to suit your needs, as long as they fit certain criteria.

I have used pocket nappies in these 5 ways:

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