The next instalment

Urban Threads had not long started up themselves but I found designs that I loved. There were goth designs, steampunk designs, dragons and unicorns, it was all very exciting! There were others out there in the Interwebs that liked things that I liked. I bought a later model embroidery machine that even trimmed threads for me and searched Ebay and the web relentlessly for designs and threads. I embroidered anything that stood still long enough.

Then, there was a change of address and an illness that knocked me down for over 2 yrs. (Stupid mosquitoes, nobody likes you). When I was sick I spent a fair bit of time on the web, and discovered that there were embroidery machines with more than 1 needle. They were faster and didn't require thread changes on every single colour. They were a bit on the pricey side, so I sold by beloved V8 Holden and used the funds to buy a used one. It was a bit of a bargain.

I looked at my new machine in awe and admiration. It took a little while before I was game to start using it but when I did I was pretty impressed. It was so much easier to get big projects under. I embroidered everything from shopping baskets to free standing lace. I embroidered shirts for my older sons wedding and a dragon on the back of a suit jacket.

Welcome to Zelda Spindrift's

So here goes...my first blog.

Zelda Spindrift's evolved from buying a used Bernina embroidery machine on Ebay over 10 yrs ago.. I think I played with it for a few days and thought it was pretty cool being able to embroider words onto things. I started Uni not long after and it got shoved under the bed and forgotten about.

 18 months later and 2 new babies, I rediscovered the machine somewhere under my bed. I had always sewed clothes for myself and my children and was intrigued by being able to embellish my creations myself. I thought it would be nice to make modern cloth nappies and wool pilchers (nappy covers) instead of putting them in disposable nappies. After finding patterns online, my littlies had hand dyed and embroidered organic bamboo nappies. I made wool pilchers and decided they were rather boring so I embroidered on them too.

Up until that point I had only seen 'old school' embroidery. You know, lovely floral doilies and lacy things that were seen at Nanna's house. I'm not a floral person and I have sons. I was pretty sure my boys wouldn't like floral nappies either. All this was back when we were on dial up internet so Googling things took awhile. And then I found it. Urban Embroidery. And that's where it began...