Stitchout Saturday 1st December 2018

Unfortunately, there is no Stitch out Saturday this week as we have had visitors and we are going out, so I thought I would share a little bit on how I have created the files for Teddies flight.

1 Firstly, I had to have line drawings to be able to create the designs.

2 I had to import the line drawings from the PDF into a drawing package to produce SVG files.

3 I opened the files in Inkscape, a free program ungrouped

4 converted the line drawings to SVG files and saved them

5 Imported the SVG files into Embrilliance, my embroidery software.

6 Cleaned up the line drawings as there are a lot of words, double lines and black dots from the PDF

7 Planned the pages and placement of all of the little shapes to ensure the correct layout, eg, from the bottom to the top

8 Digitised every shape for each page, making sure double sided pieces had both sides

9 Assigned colours,

10 ensured the objects were all going to line up

11 Some pages had multi hoopings, which means I create 1 part of the page in 1 hoop, stitch it out and then attach it to another page in the next hooping.

12 When I have finished creating all of the designs for the pages, I then create new SVG files to suit the embroidery hoop size.

 

These are just some of the photos of the stitching files I have created to make the book.

 

As you can see, creating an embroidery stitch file is not as simple as bringing in a drawing and making it ready to stitch.

New and exciting quiet book

This week I have been working with a very talented lady who makes quiet books in German and English, Claudia Winkler.
This project is an interactive book with 10 pages and lots of activities to play and learn.

Teddy’s flight

Claudia has allowed me to re produce her book for machine embroidery. However, due to hoop size, the book I will be creating will be slightly smaller to fit an 8×8 hoop.

With this book Teddy checks in at the airport, goes through security, passport control, visits the pilot in the cockpit, sit with Teddy in his seat on the plane while he reads his book, looks out the window from the plan to see the runway an flight tower, puts his eye mask on and when he gets off the plan, collects his luggage from the baggage claim.

This is an exciting project for me to work on, some pages have 2 and more hoopings to complete a page, so far  there 23 hoopings

Check out Claudia’s page, link below and ride along with Teddy. Currently, the instructions are only in German, however, when I have finished digitising the files, test stitched them out I will be assisting Claudia with an English translation and SVG files. There will be SVG files to suit an 8×8 and 8×10 book.

https://www.teenytinymom.com/teddy-is-flying-around-the-world/

New phase in life – Glam-ma and Grumpy

Glam-ma and Grumpy

Well this week we are finally able to let all know that we are going to be Glam – parents.  This is especially exciting for us, as we never thought it would happen, our son and daughter in law decided years ago that they were not going to have children.

Because of this news, I have been making quiet – busy books over the last couple of months, using my applique skills and my cutting dies to make the shapes.

slide the beads maize

Peek a boo

count and move the buttons

Thread the straw through the loops

crinkle toy

Count the buttons

Pull the buttons

Match the hands

squeaky toy

Touch and feel the different textures

Match the colours

Match the buttons

Cover for Hudson (this book is for my nieces son)

Different colours

Match the hands

Touch and feel the different textures

Count and move the buttons

Peek a boo

My focus on the pages for the books that I am creating at the moment is sensory, tactile, colour and shape matching, my next lot of pages will be play.

 

More of my Julie Nutting doll layouts

I just love these stamps and all the possibilities.

Happy Braandi Birthday 

Cafe

Back to school

East, sleep, craft, repeat

A cat’s life

Hey there sailor

Paris is always a good idea

Out of Africa

Sweet Treats

You’ve got mail

Pretty in Pink

Golf, take the time to enjoy the little things

I believe in fairies

I believe in fairies

Underwater

I need vitamin sea

You can’t control the sea by staring at the water

My Julie Nutting doll 8 x 8 journal pages Gallery

Valentines Day

I love Mandurah

At the office

BBQ at the beach

St Patrick’s Day

Wine & Cheese

Let’s make coffee

A girls night at home

It’s that time of year again. Man Flu

It’s winter in Australia now, but it is warmer in a lot of countries, so this post goes out to all the women who have to look after the men in their lives who get the Man flu, need Manpons  and in need of a pill to fix all their ills, and if those don’t work, there’s another pill at the bottom of this post that will sort everything.

 

Men can be such babies when they get sick, and Man flu, Manpons and a pill for complainers will definitely help .

Manpons – for the guys that act like little bitches and whinge like a girl

A pill for chronic complainers,

Hypochondria?

Pay too much tax?

Boss not fair?

Not gettin any?

Back hurts?

No One Cares is for you!

they are recommended to be take with a nice warm cup of shut the hell up.

Codral Man Flu tablets

How To Avoid The Flue

Eat right!

Make sure you get your daily dose of fruits and veggies.
Take your vitamins and bump up your vitamin C.
Get plenty of exercise because exercise helps build your immune system.
Walk for at least an hour a day, go for a swim, take the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.
Wash your hands often. If you can’t wash them, keep a bottle of antibacterial stuff around.
Get lots of fresh air.
Open doors & windows whenever possible.
Try to eliminate as much stress from your life as you can.
Get plenty of rest.
OR
Take the doctor’s approach.
Think about it…
When you go for a shot, what do they do first?
They Clean your arm with alcohol…
Why?
Because Alcohol KILLS GERMS.
So……
Walk to the liquor store. (exercise)
Put lime in your Corona …(fruit)
Celery in your Bloody Mary (veggies)
Drink outdoors on the bar patio..(fresh air)
Tell jokes, laugh….(eliminate stress)
Then pass out. (rest)
The way I see it…
If you keep your alcohol levels up, flu germs can’t get you!
My grandmother always said,  ‘A shot in the glass  is better than one in the ass!’
Live Well – Laugh Often – Love Much

And another pill for those that all other pills don’t help with, the Fuckitol pill

Braandi the aqua dog

Well, what we considered old news, has come to the surface again.

Sunrise on channel 7 are coming to interview Braandi tomorrow morning VERY early for a live interview.

Her dad gave her a lovely brush, and we’ve packed some toys and a bed to take with us to the office, as it’s going to be dark when they do the interview we are going to do it at the office.

This will be the 2nd interview now, Braandi is getting very confident now.

Braandi the aqua dog

Our little girl just loves the dolphins.

Braandi the aqua dog

A couple of weeks ago, Braandi was swimming with the dolphins in our canal, when our neighbour Lee Treby happened to be outside and filmed it.

Well, I uploaded it to Facebook and wow, is all I can say, the footage went viral, several news channels picked it up and now she has been on a nightly news program in Perth.

Now, Today tonight have picked up the story and came out to film Braandi swim with the dolphins and it is going to be aired tonight.

Here is a snippet of tonight,s show.

https://www.facebook.com/TodayTonight/videos/vb.220363978003066/1421881164518002/?type=2&theater&notif_t=video_reply&notif_id=1493686777479740

More Julie Nutting doll layouts

I am completely obsessed with the Julie Nutting stamps, I just love them.

Last weekend, I spend several hours preparing my new layouts so that in the evening, I can sit in the lounge room and watch TV with my husband and still craft.

I prepared 10 new layouts and have finished a few already, it takes a lot less time when all the papers are cut and stamped and put into a ziplock bag ready to craft.

Here are some more of my recent layouts.

Julie Nutting doll layout, I love Mandurah

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julie Nutting doll layout, St Patrick’s Day

Julie Nutting doll layout, Wine and cheese

My Julie Nutting paper doll layouts,

I love art and crafts and my latest projects are Julie Nutting paper dolls. I’m not sure how many  there are, but I just love them,

During times of stress, people do different things, I craft, I can sit in my craft room and watch my TV and craft, be it colouring, cutting or just anything crafting.

I’m going to try and have lots of layouts to sit on my desk at work like a rolodex, with a different theme for each day, so I have set myself a rather large task of creating them.

Here’s some of my first layouts

Julie Nutting doll layout In the lounge

This was my first attempt of doing paper dolls, at first I found them quite daunting cutting them out, but I got quite proficient with my knife cutting out all the little bits and pieces. I made this one about 12 months ago before I got any stamps printed them on printing paper and glued them on the board and used my Faber Castell big brush markers to do the shading. It’s about 36 inches long and I made the mistake of glueing the paper for the wallpaper down without wetting it first, so I had bubbles that were hard to remove. So I just put some texture paste with a brick work stencil and covered the bubbles up.

Julie Nutting doll layout At the office

This was my first actual layout and I am quite pleased with it. I’m going to try and use multiple craft methods in each layout, stamping, die cutting, stickers, colouring, patterned paper and at least 1 paper doll.

Julie Nutting doll layout At the office

I really enjoyed making this one, I had made the BBQ and food stuff ages ago, just needed something to put it on, and the background paper was a sheet already patterned.

Julie Nutting doll layout Let’s make coffee

I love coffee, so I had to make this one, I think I will make lots of different coffee ones as I have a few stamps and dies to use.

Julie Nutting Doll layout Valentines Day

Of course with Valentines Day, I had to make one, trying to find 2 dolls of similar size, was my first hurdle, but once decided I thought it came together quite well.