I have been a Baby Lock owner for 15 years and for the most part, have been really happy with the brand. In May of last year, I purchased a Destiny, on which I do mostly quilting. Recently I decided to do a couple of large embroideries that I plan to make into throw pillows. Here is the first of those two embroideries.
The Blue Heron is a Baby Lock Exclusive built-in designs on the Destiny. It is approximately 12" tall, so it is a large design.
The thread used was a Madeira and the colors were exactly as recommended in the design.
I used a cut-away stabilizer. This photo is of the back side of the completed design.
The design is on a heavy linen fabric, which was basted on top of the cut-away stabilizer.
Thread used: Madeira Polyneon Polyester #40
Colors used: As directed on the design
Design: Baby Lock Destiny Exclusive designs #2
Stabilizer: Cut-away
Fabric: Heavy linen
Hooping method: hooped stabilizer, floated linen and basted linen
Tips: be sure the hoop is very tight. After the first color is stitched, check to see if there is any pulling/warping on the fabric - if there is, tight the hoop some more.
It is always a delight to watch the machine paint the design and to see it come to life. Stay tuned for the reveal of the second design.
This is the disappearing hourglass squares- used fat quarters and a 12 1/2 square ruler to make the blocks.........the borders are leftovers cut and pieced
I am pleased with the stitch-out, as I didn't use any stabilizer and had VERY little pucker with just the fabric hooped in the largest frame. The fabric is a table-cloth remnant, so it is fairly heavy.
If you would like to stitch out this sampler for yourself, I have included the file in PES. The size is for the 9 1/2 x 14 hoop on the Destiny embroidery machine. It should work on the Brother Dream machine as well. Click here to get the file.
If you want it in a different size or format - you can easily do this with you copy of Embird.
