Machine embroidery again

I have had my embroidery machine for many years.  I have enjoyed it very much throughout those years.  Its not a fancy one where you can transfer directly from your computer but instead you must pick your designs and put them on a card which is then inserted into your embroidery machine.  I have managed to learn this skill many times and forget it as quick as I learn it, it seems.  Anyway I have gotten back into doing machine embroidery and so I wanted to show you what I made this morning.

This design takes 32 minutes and 9 color changes.  That 32 minutes is just sewing time, it doesn't include changing thread time and replacing the bobbin time.

The designs I use give suggestions for colors to use in the design but you can change them up to your liking.

Here is the paisley design I am making today nearly finished.

Trimmed and off the hoop.  What a pretty tea towel it made.  Down here in south Texas they call tea towels (cup towels), I had never heard them called that until I moved here.

Machine embroidery

I bought several new machine embroidery designs several months ago but was never able to use them because my machine was not working properly.  I finally took it in to be serviced and am now able to use my machine again.  Here are a few of the designs.  I have been stitching out each design and taking a pix for my records.

I have stitched them each out onto a tea towel.  So far I have stitched 18 designs.  I have 6 more new designs to stitch out and then I will know what they all look like.  I have had my machine for at least 13 years and have always enjoyed using it.