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Sew Beautiful Magazine Pictorial Feature
January 2007 |
Heirloom Embroidery by Machine
by Kathy Harrison
Welcome to the Custom Keepsakes website. If this is your first visit, I'm glad you are here. If you are a returning customer, I hope you will enjoy the new look, and the new Collections!
NOW AVAILABLE !
Christening 2 Collection
 
 
The Christening 2 Collection
10 TIMES More PATTERNS IN THE HOOP THAN CHRISTENING 1!
Interchangeable Patterns also turn Christening 1 garments into pleated bubbles and A-line dresses!
Click here to view 27 page Design Catalog
Almost a year in the making, this is by far the most comprehensive Collection I have ever done. Christening 2 contains everything you will need to embroider 18 complete baby garments, a slip, 10 matching bonnets, 12 pairs of shoes, 16 bibs, 10 preemie diaper shirts, and an assortment of collars. All of these items STITCH IN THE HOOP. A full size pattern sheet is included with the larger pattern pieces needed for pleated dresses and pleated bubbles, different sleeve styles, and the side seam and hem guidelines for the Slip in the Hoop, making these fun and fancy garments perfect for boys or girls. A series of baby-sized vintage-look figures, a baby drawstring tote bag, a christening bible cover and full instructions for a very unusual antique reproduction christening wrap complete the set so that you can make anything from everyday clothes to the finest christening garments.
Each pattern piece has been pre-embellished and is ready to stitch, complete with stitched pattern cutting lines. Each of the 18 Garment Sets can be made into a gathered dress, a pleated A-line dress, or a pleated bubble, with short puff sleeves, short boy sleeves, or long puff sleeves. The dresses can be made long for use as dedication or christening gowns, or short for everyday dresses. The bubbles can be very fancy as dedication garments or they can be casual. The possibilities for each Garment Set are endless when you consider all of your fabric choices – pure white or dainty prints with contrasting embroidered collars or sailor outfits or subtle tone on tone embroidery – each of the 18 Garment Sets can be embroidered in so many different ways! The pattern pieces provided should fit an 8-13 pound baby. If you need a larger size, delete the pattern lines from each file and stitch only the embellishment portion, then lay your own pattern over the embroidery and cut out in the traditional way. The Preemie Diaper shirts are for 4-7 pound infants.
A 6 x 9 hoop works best, but border designs, shoes and smaller components will fit in a 5 x 7. Bonnets can be made in the 5 x 7 by embroidering a border and cutting out with a printed pattern. Almost any of these garments can be stitched in a 5 x 7 hoop if the pattern lines are deleted. Your editing software can print the design files out on paper so that you can use them as patterns and cut things out the old fashioned way. You still have the luxury of having designs prearranged in the proper shapes for each pattern piece.
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