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Have you ever gone into your sewing room or area and felt stuck for ideas?
I know that I have! I’m always stuck with ideas! So, I thought I’d share a few ideas and projects for what you can do!
To do these, you're going to want to sew a reading pillow together and embroider the fabric for the pouch before you sew it on!
This is a great project to motivate your kids to read a book! Or even motivate yourself!
Here's a list of some ideas for sayings you could add!
Pillows are such a fast and easy project! Or long if you have an awesome complex embroidery design!
All you have to do for them is take 5 steps!
4. Apron
With all this time at home during quarantine, you're probably in the kitchen a lot!
Maybe you're baking up some cookies, or some amazing dinners, embroidering an apron to wear in the kitchen is just so exciting!
Here are some fun kitchen sayings you can embroider onto the apron using the fonts in your machine!
5. Table runner
A table runner is great to add to your dining table! Or, if you already have one, adding an embroidery design or two to it could be a fun project!
Here are some fun ideas for what you could add to it:
If you don't know what tea towels are, they are pretty much dish towels. They are a great reusable napkin at the dinner table!
And, you can fold them like this to make your table look really fancy!
Here are ideas for what to add to a tea towel:
Towels are my favourite machine embroidery project!
There are so many things that you could add to towels, the possibilities are endless!
They're also a great project because there are a few different sizes of towels you can embroider!
For example,
- Bath towels
- Hand towels
- Wash clothes
Recommended read: How to Embroider and Hoop Towels
Here are some ideas for what to embroider on towels:
8. Clothing
Shirts, hoodies and sweaters
Do you have a shirt, hoodie or sweater that's maybe boring or needs a little something extra?
I know what it needs! It needs a nice embroidery design!
Here are a few ideas of what you could embroider onto shirts:
Babies just look so cute in their little onesies, so why not add a fun saying to their onesie!
Make their onesie the best! Here are a few ideas:
9. Fabric in a frame
Embroidering fabric and putting it in a frame is such a fun project! You could showcase anything!
Here are a few ideas for what you could embroider onto the fabric in the frame:
Embroidering a blanket is the perfect way to add that special personalization to something that you already use every day!
Whether it's a throw blanket or a blanket from your bed, embroidery will be the perfect touch to it!
Do you or one of your friends or family have a newborn here or on the way? A receiving blanket can be so meaningful and precious!
You can add something like the child's name, birthday and weight. Maybe something like an animal, cute family saying, family with a heart, or even just a cute little ducky!
Here are some ideas for things you can add!
Have you ever gone into your sewing room or area and felt stuck for ideas?
I know that I have! I’m always stuck with ideas! So, I thought I’d share a few ideas and projects for what you can do!
Sewing and embroidery
1. Reading PillowsTo do these, you're going to want to sew a reading pillow together and embroider the fabric for the pouch before you sew it on!
This is a great project to motivate your kids to read a book! Or even motivate yourself!
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| This design can be found in my shop here. |
Here's a list of some ideas for sayings you could add!
- "A book a day keeps reality away" (This one is in the photo above)
- "Book worm in training"
- "Once upon a time"
- "I've read past my bedtime"
- "I'd rather be reading!
- "Read me a story, tuck me in tight, tell me you love me & kiss me goodnight"
2. Quilt
Quilts are a great project for quarantine because they take a long time! Quilts are great because the design for them is so flexible!
And you can embroider just about anything on them!
Here are some ideas for what you can embroider onto quilts:
Quilts are a great project for quarantine because they take a long time! Quilts are great because the design for them is so flexible!
And you can embroider just about anything on them!
Here are some ideas for what you can embroider onto quilts:
- A name on the outer border
- Quilting blocks
- Birds
- Flowers
3. Pillow
Pillows are such a fast and easy project! Or long if you have an awesome complex embroidery design!
All you have to do for them is take 5 steps!
- Cut the fabric any size. For example, a throw pillow could be cut to 18" X 18".
- Embroider the fabric. This is where you can embroider anything that you want on the fabric! Some ideas are below!
- Put the fabric right sides together and sew, leave a little gap to flip it right side
- Flip the fabric right side, and stuff the pillow
- Hand sew the little gap, now you have a cute little throw pillow!
- Name
- Sports design, for example, skier, snowboarder, baseball, basketball, or hockey
- A heart
- "Life is ruff"
- "Glam-ma"
- "This is my happy place"
- "Good vibes"
Option for both
With all this time at home during quarantine, you're probably in the kitchen a lot!
Maybe you're baking up some cookies, or some amazing dinners, embroidering an apron to wear in the kitchen is just so exciting!
Here are some fun kitchen sayings you can embroider onto the apron using the fonts in your machine!
- "Mom's/Dad's kitchen"
- "Kiss the cook"
- "Heart of the home"
- "A taste of the good life"
- "No chaos, no creation"
- "Shake it up"
A table runner is great to add to your dining table! Or, if you already have one, adding an embroidery design or two to it could be a fun project!
Here are some fun ideas for what you could add to it:
- Holiday design, for example, Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day or New years
- Stars
- "Life is art, live yours in colour"
- "Dinner choices, take it or leave it"
If you don't know what tea towels are, they are pretty much dish towels. They are a great reusable napkin at the dinner table!
And, you can fold them like this to make your table look really fancy!
Here are ideas for what to add to a tea towel:
- Baby Nut or baby Yoda
- "Life is too short lick the bowl"
- "All you need is love, and a cupcake"
- "My happy place"
Embroidery
7. TowelsTowels are my favourite machine embroidery project!
There are so many things that you could add to towels, the possibilities are endless!
They're also a great project because there are a few different sizes of towels you can embroider!
For example,
- Bath towels
- Hand towels
- Wash clothes
Recommended read: How to Embroider and Hoop Towels
- Monogram
- Birds
- Sports designs, for example, hockey, baseball, skier, snowboarder
- "I hope your day is as nice as your butt"
- "Flush your worries away"
- "Be the change, start with the toilet paper roll"
8. Clothing
Shirts, hoodies and sweaters
Do you have a shirt, hoodie or sweater that's maybe boring or needs a little something extra?
I know what it needs! It needs a nice embroidery design!
Here are a few ideas of what you could embroider onto shirts:
- "I'm sorry, did I just roll my eyes out loud?"
- "Ok boomer"
- "I'm a drop the f-bomb kind of mom"
- "Just a girl getting by with a lot of coffee"
Babies just look so cute in their little onesies, so why not add a fun saying to their onesie!
Make their onesie the best! Here are a few ideas:
- "The snuggle is real"
- "Does this diaper make my butt look big?"
- "Hello! I'm new here"
- "Messy hair don't care"
Funny onesie quarantine sayings!
- "Social distancing Queen"
- "Social distancing King"
- "Quarantine first birthday party, none of you are invited!"
- "My first quarantine 2020"
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Embroidering fabric and putting it in a frame is such a fun project! You could showcase anything!
Here are a few ideas for what you could embroider onto the fabric in the frame:
- Flowers
- Animals
- Heart
- "don't let yesterday take up too much of today"
- "Never regret something that once made you happy"
Embroidering a blanket is the perfect way to add that special personalization to something that you already use every day!
Whether it's a throw blanket or a blanket from your bed, embroidery will be the perfect touch to it!
Do you or one of your friends or family have a newborn here or on the way? A receiving blanket can be so meaningful and precious!
You can add something like the child's name, birthday and weight. Maybe something like an animal, cute family saying, family with a heart, or even just a cute little ducky!
Here are some ideas for things you can add!
- This is my F⋅R⋅I⋅E⋅N⋅D⋅S watching blanket!
- You could add a fun character! For example, Baby Yoda or Baby Nut!
Some sayings you could write using the fonts in your machine:
- The snuggle is real
- To have and to hold in case you get cold
- Steal my heart not my blankets
Recommended read: How to Make a Blanket Pillow
11. Reusable snack bags
Not only are these great for the environment, but they are just so much more fun to use than Ziplocs! You can do all the different types of fun designs on the outside of these!
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