Inspiration at IKEA

by erika on March 31, 2009

So yesterday was my birthday and I decided that merited a trip to IKEA. Where everyone spends their birthday, right? Besides, I needed some storage for all the kids books kicking around the basement, and I wanted it to coordinate with... I digress. What caught my eye as I wandered with a friend was the Embroidery!

She picked up a pillow and said, "if you could teach me that... that's cool" And it was so simple! Just a few lines of stitching on nice fabric and made into a pillow sleeve. You could easily do that with a straight stitch machine. If you need ideas for line placement your could use a combination of the Embellishment Templates in the Embellishment Kit from Husqvarna Viking... just trace on the design and follow it with a straight stitch with some rayon thread. I love the asymmetrical look of the placement on these pillows.

Another pillow had curves and spirals on it that reminded me of the Spirographs of my youth. Remember those? They were frustrating to use: Twirl the pen in the little hole, twirly, twirly, twirly around the base, then skiiiiid! "ARRRG!" But the results were so cool! I'm trying to think of a way to simply replicate the look using the 4D Embroidery Software. Maybe the quilt motion stitch in 4D Sketch?

Yeah... What if I made artwork first (somehow) then scanned it in, then traced the image with the Quilt stitch and my stylus? hmmm. Or, I could scan in the image and let the Design Wizard do the work. Again, hmmm. I'm thinking this might be fun to figure out. I'm thinking this might be a good class! Speaking of which, maybe I should write a software lesson for Saturday . Yup.

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