i'd been thinking about making vinyl bibs for a while, and i finally got around to it in time for christmas.
i digitized all of the designs using PE Design Lite software, and then machine embroidered them. PE Design Lite doesn't have a whole lot of font options (30 or so), so i created files in photoshop with the words, and then digitized them.
this image is from a wingding font, i think it was 80s themed. the design took FOREVER to stitch, well over half an hour, and it stretched the vinyl out quite a bit, even with the stabilizer, which was irritating.
![tape bib](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/3123243146_28b8d14031.jpg)
when i gave it to them, the mom said "you'll never know what this is, but i will!" it's true, i didn't even think of that!
![tape bib detail](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/3123241080_11feae7231.jpg)
![tape bib backing](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/3123237814_25a19d38cd.jpg)
it's backed with brightly striped flannelette. i LOVE this vinyl, it's the same stuff i used for the vinyl octopus last winter. it's got great depth to the colour, it's almost pearlescent.
this one was a wingding as well, though i forget which font it was. halloween maybe?
![fangs bib](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/3123230004_09959e9acc.jpg)
i just wanted a gothier type design!
![fangs bib detail](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3123235566_dac84887b4.jpg)
![fangs bib backing](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3122406505_e32c68ae30.jpg)
it's backed in a skull print flannelette that i bought at joanns on halloween for 70% off. they only had about a yard left, not enough for a bigger project.
this one is a sublime stitching pattern that's been digitized, it was one of the samples i posted when i first started playing with the software
![heart bib](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/3123222968_5534c0aa82.jpg)
![heart bib detail](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/3122401919_1d453981c7.jpg)
![heart bib backing](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/3122399527_66c0348f53.jpg)
it's backed with the same skull flannelette.
glitter vinyl!
![glitter vinyl bib](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/3123212936_1a3f12b52d.jpg)
![glitter vinyl bib detail](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/3122391221_afdd4759cd.jpg)
![glitter vinyl bib backing](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3122394073_1ede895967.jpg)
this one is backed with a star patterned cotton, because i didn't have a flannelette that matched.
their family celebrates "gothmas" in addition to the christmas that the extended family celebrates (his mom hates the tackiness of christmas), so i HAD to make him a gothmas bib!
![gothmas bib](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/3128186325_0c4af9aa43.jpg)
i'm really irritated that the "mas" isn't straight, but i wasn't going to restitch all the rest of it (or waste the metallic thread i'd already used!).
![gothmas bib detail1](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/3129006898_0039b25225.jpg)
the holly is embroidered in metallic thread. i think the silver was coats and clark, and the red was gutermann. i stitched the leaves twice, because the silver thread broke and it was really obvious where i rethreaded it. going over it again covered that up and made the colour a lot more dense.
after i embroidered the writing, i went back and carefully stitched around each letter with the metallic thread to tie it in to the holly better. i think i'm crazy, it took forever!
![gothmas bib detail2](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/3129009802_62e8162b63.jpg)
it's backed with a black cotton that has silver holly printed on it. i didn't like how thin the cotton was on the backing of the glitter vinyl bib, so i added a layer of black flannelette between the vinyl and the cotton on this one.
![gothmas bib backing](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3128183621_7309898b75.jpg)
2 comments:
Oh these are so cool! I love the last couple ones!!! I love making oilcloth bibs!
thanks!
i can't find a decent selection of oilcloth ANYWHERE here, but i'd love to make some out of it! i should add that to my shopping list for the next time i go to the US!
this vinyl's a bit heavier than oilcloth is, so hopefully they'll hold up well.
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