Today’s tutorial is using EQ Stitch!
I’ve always loved Sunbonnet Sue, but never made a quilt with her nor do I have the GO! die- one day I want to make one!
In the block library I searched for Sunbonnet and this is what came up
For stitching you want a block that’s appliquéd so the middle block is best for that (there’s no background or box outlining it)
I added that to the sketchbook and it’s under MOTIF now
You then select the block and click edit below
I removed the hat band
then selected all and copied it, then pasted onto an embroidery block
and centered it
by clicking the little CENTER button
If you then click the stitch tab at the bottom you’ll see this,
If you want sunbonnet to be all stitched then this is where you’d start changing the stitches and angles of the threads etc.
I wanted to have mine appliqued so I selected sunbonnet again and copied it and did a new stitching project, this time applique
Then pasted her again, now there’s a fabric TAB at the bottom
then fill in the fabrics anyway you want
and now the stitch button tab looks like this
I don’t like how the feet look, so I want to change the stitches.
click the set appliqué edge button on the right side
Now the top bar shows different options
If you change to E stitch she looks like this
Here I did the bonnet, hand and feet in the zig zag 2.3mm and density 0.3
and the dress and sleeve in the E-stitch 3mm and density 0.3
The I simulate the stitching (the little sewing machine in upper right)
and then save to sketchbook and export the emb file
If you wanted to do it all as embroidery, go back to the previous sunbonnet and maybe shrink it a bit
(it’s cuter small when it’s all embroidered)
First I select a fill stitch (the green butterfly on the right)
I liked the brick wall for the bonnet
I then adjusted the angle to 45 degrees
I then played around with the different filler stitches and angles
The dress and sleeve are the shingle (sleeve is 45 degrees)
the hand is smooth at 45 degrees
the foot is wide wale at 90 degrees
I then adjust the edge stitches to Steil stitch 2mm and the hand is double run
and colored it
and test stitched in and exported again as before
If you want to see what it would look like in a quilt, create the quilt and be on layer 3 and set embellishment
then pick you design and using SHIFT and dragging with the mouse, insert the block somewhere on the quilt
You can then select it and adjust the size to 4” or 5” whatever size you exported it as.
I found that I needed my blocks to be 6” finished to look good with a 4” sunbonnet, then copy and paste it into other blocks in the row
Before making a whole quilt like this, I would probably embroider ONE block and finish one block and see how it looks before making the rest. 🙂
If you have EQ stitch, try this tutorial and link up, I’ll feature it next time.
HAVE FUN!
Have a look at more Accuquilt GO! BIG blog hop fun today
Monday Feb. 23rd: Bea Lee – http://www.beaquilter.com/
GO! Big Snails Trail – 12” Finished
Tuesday Feb. 24th – Haley Pierson Cox – The Zen of Making – http://www.thezenofmaking.com/
GO! Big Circle – 4”, 6”, 7”, 8”
Wednesday Feb. 25th – Lee Monroe – http://www.maychappell.com/
GO! Big Double Wedding Ring – 12 ½” Finished
Thursday Feb. 26th – Angela Pingel – Cut To Pieces – http://cuttopieces.blogspot.com/
GO! Big Churn Dash – 12” Finished
Friday Feb. 27th – Jodi Nelson – Pleasant Home – http://www.pleasant-home.com/
GO! Big Square – 10” (9 ½” Finished)
Saturday Feb. 28th – Connie Campbell – Free Motion by the River – http://www.conniekresin.com/
GO! Big Snails Trail – 12” Finished
Sunday March 1st – Sherri McConnell – A Quilting Life – http://www.aquiltinglife.com/
GO! Big Churn Dash – 12” Finished
Monday March 2nd – Belinda Karls-Nace – Blue Ribbon Designs – http://blueribbondesigns.blogspot.com/
GO! Big Square – 10” (9 ½” Finished)
Tuesday March 3rd – Karen Way – Sew Many Ways – http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/
GO! Big Double Wedding Ring – 12 ½” Finished
Wednesday March 4th – Elizabeth Evans – Simple Simon and Co. – http://www.simplesimonandco.com/
GO! Big Churn Dash – 12” Finished
And if you want to read a little bio about the designers, look here