{"id":45146,"date":"2011-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/work-test.blog.acherryontop.com\/sew-easy-too-14757-45146\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T19:45:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T23:45:02","slug":"sew-easy-too-14757","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acherryontop.com\/blog\/sew-easy-too-14757-45146\/","title":{"rendered":"Sew Easy, Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 2: Advanced Stitching<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tI'm back today to bring you Part 2 of my two part reveal using the Sew Easy Tool<\/a> from We R Memory Keepers.  In today's reveal, I'll show you some more advanced ways of using the Sew Easy tool.  If you are ready to go beyond just stitching on your page into something a little more creatively challenging, then give these techniques a try!<\/p>\n

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\tFirst up, I'd like to show you "Mother's Day".  This layout uses multiple stitch heads, curved stitch design, fill-in color by masking, multiple colors of floss, added embellishments, and layers of stitching. <\/p>\n

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\tThere is a stitched border around this page that was made using the straight stitch head that comes with the Sew Easy tool.  The border was stitched using My Mind's Eye Twine.  The more detailed stitching takes place in the upper right corner as seen in the image below.<\/p>\n

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\tTo create this look, I used the banner stitch head to make a slightly curved stitch pattern across the corner of the page.  I did not want it to go from corner to corner because I planned on joining it with the straight stitch border.  Like before, when I used the misting in Part 1, I created a mask using a scrap piece of paper and then cut the paper away between the puncture points for the two banner shapes.  I used my mask to ink in the spaces where the individual pennants would be for the banner design.  I then wrote my letters onto the pennants.  I stitched around the pennants with embroidery floss that matched the embellishments on my page.  I then tore away the paper above the banner and added some detail stitching.  Notice that the twine coming off the top wooden clothespin is sewn under the "l" pennant of the banner.  I lifted the darker floss and sewed the twine under it in two spots to give the banner added dimension.  I left the twine hanging loose on the page much like a rope holding up a banner would. <\/p>\n

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\tSecondly, I'd like to share with you "Camped Out", which has a photo matted with stitches and then framed<\/p>\n

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\tAt first glance, creating a frame around a photo may not seem all that complicated, however, the smocking piercer is not square (the holes are further apart in width than in height) and maintaining a straight line can be challenging.  To create the proper dimensions for the frame, I placed my photo in the center of a piece of plain colored patterned paper.  I held my ruler over the picture and ran the Sew Easy tool along side the ruler on each side.  Before starting a new side, I lined up the holes on the piercing tool to match as closely as possible with where the holes were from the previous side.  The holes will not line up perfectly but create an interesting pattern at the corners if you follow the stitch pattern correctly.<\/p>\n

\tTips:<\/p>\n