This is kinda different than most of the projects I’ve posted on here before. Normally my projects have something to do with actually building or designing something, but this week it’s about sewing. To be more specific, this post is something I embroidered.
Google is my favorite company ever. They make great products and treat their ‘customers’ awesome. Along with that, Google Chrome is my favorite internet browser! It’s the fastest and most reliable internet browser I have ever used! I went searching the other day for a Google Chrome ball cap and I found one on Google’s online store for about $9. I thought this was a great price, but I felt like I could make my own. Now I have never embroidered or really done any sewing before in my life so I knew I would have to learn something new. . .
So I went to Hobby Lobby, bought the assorted colors of thread (I later learned that this was technically called “floss”) and some embroidery needles, and then came back home to figure out how to embroider. After doing some Google-ing on simple embroidery stitches and sewing stitches I got kinda confused. There were sooo many different stitches that I had no clue which one to do! I knew I wanted a stitch that would go around the outline of each color, and another stitch to fill in the outline with. I decided on a simple backstitch for the outline of each color and to fill in each color, I kinda came up with my own stitch. For the ‘fill-in’ stitch all I did was come up with the needle from the back of the fabric, pulled the floss though, and then went through the fabric again about 1/4″ away from where my needle originally came up through the fabric. (See drawing below) I used this stitch to fill in all of the colors.
Another thing I want to talk about is using a hoop. When I was researching embroidery I read on almost every page that I needed an embroidery hoop. Not true. I did not use a hoop at all when I made this hat. Now if I was embroidering, let’s say, a T-shirt then yeha, I’d probably need a hoop to keep the fabric taut. The fabric that the hat is made out of is stiff enough to not use a hoop with (or at least I had no problems with not using a hoop). Now there are some wrinkles around the logo that probably wouldn’t be there if I had some type of hoop that I could put a hat into, but I’m fine with that. I’m pretty sure they will work themselves out eventually. If not, I can just iron it.
One last thing I want to mention before I end this post is about backer material. As I was surfin’ the web on how to do embroidery I read little bits here and there on using backing material when embroidering. I did not really understand what this backing material gained me and I didn’t find a clear cut answer, so I just didn’t use it!
With all that being said, I know this isn’t the best embroidery job ever done and some of you out there who embroider often may laugh at it, but that’s okay. It was my first time to embroider and I’m happy with it. I’m just glad I now have a Google Chrome hat! 😀
Pictures, anyone? . . .
