Holiday Table Runner - mySewnet

If your December is like my December, it is busy and finding time to sew and create is challenging.  To add a bit more to my Christmas Decor, I wanted a new table runner. 

I purchased one in a cream linen look from Amazon, making sure it was the right length for my table.  That helped to ensure this project would get completed, now to design.

Of course I opened mySewnet and started exploring my design options in the Superdesigns.  I thought a an outline of a tree was my starting point and I found such a good one.  I made it big to fill the 200 x 200 hoop, checking first to make sure that hoop would be a good size on my table runner.

Of course, I added a star to the top of my tree.  I kept playing with the bows, they are just so cute and with two colors, this design has some visual impact.  I tried every bough but that was just too much, so I just deleted them all.  My thought was to fill the inside of the tree with a Christmas looking flower instead of ornaments.  With a trunk, this tree was an outside tree and I wanted a natural look.  I used the same flower, in two sized and repeated them throughout the tree.  I went back to the bows, I just couldn't give them up.  So every other bough worked.

My tree looked great and was the perfect amount of color for my runner.  

I did use the same green for the trunk, grass and tree, I wanted a monotone look for that.  Adding gold and darker reds for the rest.

It looks great.  The design didn't take too long to stitch and I repeated for the other side.

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Kid's Apron with mySewnet

 

Planning and designing in mySewnet is one of my favorite things. The possibilities are just endless and each time, I discover something new.  For this project it is the Christmas font

mySewnet Graphic Sweatshirt

I had this idea in my head, to use a font to create a design.  I thought it would be fun to use a singe letter or number or character and repeat it.  Possibly rotate it and change the spacing.

Well, that idea really turned out fun.  mySewnet is just so fun to use and the possibilities seem endless! I used the Art Deco font and once I had the character I wanted, I repeated it in Encore.  Most of the time, I did rotate it.  My endgame was not for it to look say like the 9 but more of an effect.  Occasionally, I had to ungroup my Encore element and space my characters a bit more.

Here is a close-up of the front and then a photo of the design in mySewnet with what the letters are.

I repeated a smaller item of the design on the upper center back and on the sleeve.  I like how the designs have your eye moving around the garment

As I stated, this was a fun design to create and I really enjoyed experimenting with the fonts.

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Pattern - Classic Sweatshirt from Peek-a-Boo patterns

Fabric - Style Maker Fabrics 

 

Don Shorts

In June we went to Oklahoma for vacation, really for a meeting from my husband but all the kids and grandkids came.  My husband was becoming president of our trade organization.

Winnie Pants

A pair of knit pants was needed for my wardrobe, I am lacking in this department.  

These pants were inspired by an IG post, which led me to order the fabric and the pattern and copy just like the post! The pattern is the Winnie Pants from Made for Mermaids  and I used the Cupro Double Knit from Surge Fabrics .  The fabric is soft but thicker so I did not wear them much this summer but the color and the weight will be great for fall. 
I did sew a very narrow pintuck for the front 1/16" the pattern calls for wider but the on the thick fabric, that didn't look right.  The cupro does shift quite a bit so I did lots of pinning.  

The elastic doesn't look distributed the best and I did fix that after the pics!

I made the green size with the 32" length, next time I will add an inch to the rise