Janome Expression Embellisher Fun

A re do of the pink jacket I made in March. Not very happy about the fit in the back, but if I move around a lot, maybe no one will notice. Maybe, if I move around a lot I will lose the love handles!! I also, reused the sleeves from the old jacket. Not enough fabric to make new sleeves and apparently too lazy to re cut them. Live and learn!! the button hole detail does not show up very well in the photo, but it is just random, peaked, starburst stitching, that I really like..

I love the vogue 8429 jacket, view c. The sleeves have darts on the top of them and it adds a great detail. I really like the

Janome Embellisiher.

silk screens

First attempt at making silk screens. I tried the upper right corner screen with the writing on it. The font needs to be larger, but still rather neat on a cheap black T. This is such fun! here is the link http://www.ezscreenprint.com The blue around the screen is painters tape. You know I like my painters tape!

Finally a great pants pattern, and a not so great pants pattern

The difference between the pants is amazing!!! McCall's 4007, by Pati Palmer is a winner!!! Even though I meant for the pants to be more cropped, they are very slimming!! I do have enough fabric to make a pair of crops, the way I imagined them!! This pattern is so easy, it will not be a chore. Thanks to you again Pati!! Not a winner. I thought they looked good until the picture. Now I just think they look dumpy!! I also am not very happy with the paint on the top, too much. The vertical line just does not make look better! We all have wadders. This is a wadder!!! 2 Gauze fabrics in a bias skirt, under lined with voile. Very comfortable, I will love it on hot Wisconsin summer days. The paint is acrylic, just put on with stencils and cheap foam brushes. A very easy way to make clothes have a little more interest. Inexpensive T shirt are really pulling it all together. I like the top, but maybe I can re-cut the pants. All in all a real learning experience!

First attempt with Janome felter

The only change I made to the pattern was to eliminate the band at the bottom of the jacket and just add to the length by the same amount.. This was so much fun. The Burda pattern is now out of print. Sorry. I seem to remember a Vogue pattern that is similar. Marcy Tilton, perhaps? I think her patterns would work very well for felted edges. For my first time using the machine, I decided to keep it simple. Really simple. The fabric is wool, but the yarn is Lion Brand JIFFY, THICK AND QUICK. It is acrylic and seemed to work just fine. Lesson learned by me..........save the wrappers the yarn comes with. I wanted to use another type of yarn I had in my stash, in another color, but tossed the wrapper and have no clue where to find it, or even what it was called. I am not a knitter, so I thought I would never need more than 1 skein of yarn. I am especially fond of the vintage shell belt buckle used as a button. Since I enjoy making jackets the most, I think I will get a lot of use from the Janome Xpression Felter. I may even try some thing more difficult, like flowers. I think old embroidery patterns would work nicely for a pattern. The edges of the jacket are just yarn felted from the inside of the jacket. It really looks good either way you apply the yarn.