Sporting the Split Anchor

In between my dressmaking, which I will show pics in a bit for those, I also do a bit of digitizing for myself.  Because of  my "that's easy, I can do it by myself" mantra,  I decided to digitize a split anchor for monograms.  They are very popular right now, so off to the drawing software I went and digitized an anchor!!  It seems so easy...not!!!  Well I guess it is, it's just that I have done it enough that it is patience that you are working with and not the degree of difficulty.  After further editing, adding, deleting... I transfered it to stitching & then imported it to my layout.

 Again more editing & adjusting, stitching out, back to editing & adjusting, oh well you see where the patience comes in play right?  I don't normally get this far so quickly, usually I leave it for the next day, again patience.  However I was so excited I needed to put it on something.  

After I did I realized there still needs a bit more editing, before it is 100% ready, but thought it was worth sharing just the same. So if you are into the preppy look, or the sailing look, or just love monograms the way I do, I think you might like the finished project.  I went to good old Walmart & bought a navy sweatshirt & shorts to match. 

Here are the supplies I started with.

I have a 5x7 frame for the sweatshirt, & a 4x4 for the shorts.  I had this great Robison Anton magenta pink & white thread from Long Creek Mills, perhaps the best thread shop in the South!  I don't think I could have some any closer to matching the pinks.  Also I love to use heavyweight stabilizer for just about everything. I'm sure I am not supposed to, but because I do alot of embroidery on satins & velvets, and I am too cheap to buy the other, it goes for everything!

Here I have floated my fabric onto the frame. Hoop the stabilizer, give it a quick shot of sticky spray, then lay it down & pin it on.  This is a great way to avoid the headaches of trying to hoop something that is already sewn or fabric that is too small or cumbersome. I did the same for the sweatshirt, easy peasy, it really takes no time at all.

Again the fancy circle was used, I bought mine from The Itch 2 Stitch. 

Yay, Finished items!!!!