Joanne/Pogonip gently guided me to an online store for blanks:
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I found a
*very* good price on women's long-sleeved denim shirts (one of their specials, I paid $9.99, can't buy the fabric and buttons for that). Thanks, Joanne!I spent today machine-embroidering a beautiful Celtic knot design on it:
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used digitizing software to add the small motifs in a long border for alongside the fronts, and then used the corner motif at the bottom and across the front hems. I have also cut-and-pasted just the large corner knot into a separate file, and tomorrow, I'll place several of those across the back yoke. I may open up the sleeve seams and put something right above the cuff. That's where the "sewing" comes in. ;-) I'm using a rayon thread I probably would never have used on any other project (came in a large set), it's a darkish blue twisted with black:
Makes for a very subtle design on the denim. DGD is dancing again on the 8th in Kelso, WA, I'm going to wear my spiffy new shirt. ;-)
NAYY,
Beverly, lovin' the XL5000 embroidery machine.