#aikyudo

Aaaand she's done!! (These tags are intense) I'm very pleased and proud to make my art debut! 🍾 this is the very first DTIYS I've ever participated in!

This piece is done using fabric and appliqueing the fabric to the background. The background details and the color details are all done using a technique called thread painting. Thread painting is just as it sounds like, you thread your machine up and move the fabric around freely, using the needle as the "brush".

I'll admit, this IS technically tracing. I printed a larger version of the original art and, using a light box, traced everything from the paper onto the fabric, cut it out, then sewed on top.

Wowie!! Look at this new machine!

Very excited to announce my new baby! This is a Husqvarna Viking Designer Epic 1 sewing and embroidery machine. It sure can do a lot! It has lots of fun decorative stitches, and omni stitches as well! (Omni are just wider than regular decorative stitches)

It has tons of great lighting built into the machine, along with a cut thread button, needle pivot, automatic threader and a fix stitch.