Jenny: Hi everybody, it’s Jenny from the MSQC and I am here with Courtney. Courtney
works on our events team. And she is also a master quilter, the knower of all things,
thread and machine. And she’s going to actually show us today how to use new EverSewn SparrowX
which is an embroidery machine, correct? Courtney: Yes, ma’am.
Jenny: So this is very foreign to me so she’s going to, we’re going to learn together
today. Courtney: Hi. Well we are going to embroider
on our little buddy dinosaur today. He’s very cute. He has a little tail. And at first
you think how am going to fit him under the machine. But the wonderful thing about these
little guys is that their little bodies come out.
Jenny: Oh wow! And they become weapons. Courtney: And their head comes out. So now
he can get. Oh there’s still a snout in him. Let’s see. Oh there is. Oh nope, snout
is in there. Jenny: Ok that stays.
Courtney: Oh nope, I can get it out. . Nope he’s sewn in there.
Jenny: Yep. He’s sewn in. Courtney: But the rest of the body is all
flat so now we can get him in a hoop. So that’s most important. We need to get him in a hoop.
Jenny: Alright one of the things that’s important to note on this is that you don’t
have to have one of these to use the embroidery machine. That this can, you can embroider
on anything. There’s a lot of quilters out there that embroider little squares and put
them together in quilts and it makes a beautiful project so. But this is also a great way to
make labels for quilts, correct? Courtney: Absolutely
Jenny: Ok Courtney: Yep, yep you could definitely
Jenny: So well how do we do this then? Courtney: Alright so the next thing that we
need to do is the stabilizer. Jenny: Because I”m telling you I’d actually
be pretty good at this part. This part I could do pretty good.
Courtney: You could sew him right up. Jenny: I could sew him right up. But that
name thing. Courtney: The name thing. Let’s get to the
name thing. Jenny: Alright.
Courtney: So the next thing we’re going to need is some stabilizer.
Jenny: Ok Courtney: So we’re going to use, I’m going
to use this tear away bosal. I really like it. It comes on a roll. And I’m not really
worried about it being wash away because it’s going to be inside the dinosaur so
Jenny: Ok Courtney: So I mean when it gets washed it
will be inside. I’m not really worried about it disappearing.
Jenny: Alright so there is a million of these out there. So how do you know, can you just
give me a little quick idea of, like if I go into a store and I’m like what is tear
away actually. I mean what does it all mean because for me, this is, this is all, you
know, woo, doo, do do, do do Courtney: Right. And it’s very overwhelming
Jenny: Ya Courtney: The one thing you want to think
about is your project Jenny: Ok
Courtney: So if we’re doing, say we’re doing a dish towel. So I would want something
that would tear away. So after you’re done embroidering you’ll see we can just tear
this from, from the embroidery design and you’re left with not much behind it.
Jenny: Ok Courtney: The other thing you want to know
is is it water soluble which means it can wash out. So if you’re doing the dish towel
and it says it’s tear away water soluble, that’s great because then it will be totally
gone. Jenny: Oh ok. Awesome.
Courtney: On the back of the towel Jenny: So you just need to pay attention to
what it says on the label and look at it. Ok.
Courtney: Yes, yes. And sometimes there’s different thicknesses so if you have a very
fine, say you’re doing something on a silk or a real thin fabric you might want to either
get a heavier stabilizer or use two layers Jenny: Ok
Courtney: Or just start with a heavier Jenny: Something that just gives it a little
body Courtney: Yes
Jenny: Ok, that makes sense Courtney: You definitely have to have stabilizer
in anything you do Jenny: Ok. That’s super helpful
Courtney: You needs something. Ya, and then the other stabilizer we’re going to use
when you do critters or anything with a fleecy Jenny: Furry
Courtney: Furry like terry cloth, a towel Jenny: A knap
Courtney: Thank you. That’s very good thank you. The one in charge knows that word, the
knap. Something with a knap Jenny: Which just FYI a knap is actually when
you can rub your hand over it and it moves one direction or the other direction and actually
kind of lays down those directions. That’s the knap. Like if you have velvet, you know,
if you rub all your velvet this way. But then when you put your pattern piece together you
have to flip them. It’s not going to work. I mean you sew it together but it’s like
one goes this way and one side goes, so you have to be careful when you cut out, the knap
in sewing is just, any furry thing that lays over.
Courtney: Ok, so that’s great. So when you have a knap, thank you Jenny. I use this water
soluble stabilizer. It’s Solvy and what it is, is it looks like saran wrap.
Jenny: It really does. Courtney: And this is going to lay on top
of the design in the hoop and that keeps the thread on top of the knap of the fabric. So
you don’t necessarily need Jenny: Oh
Courtney: With like a t-shirt or anything else
Jenny: Ok Courtney: This will lay on top of here and
we’re going to stitch right through this and then this will tear away when we’re
done Jenny: Oh, that’s wonderful
Courtney: We’re going to have a layer of this, our little critter and then a layer
of this on the top. So we’re going to have three layers in that hoop.
Jenny: Very cool Courtney: When we get started. Ok?
Jenny: Alright. Courtney: So let’s get him hooped. And I
will say that hooping is probably the trickiest part . It’s not hard but to get him manipulated
in the hoop can be, can be a little difficult. Jenny: So this is the hoop right here. Whoa,
whoa, whoa. Well I don’t know if I just broke something terrible but this, I could
have. Courtney: No you didn’t break it.
Jenny: This is the hoop Courtney: That’s the hoop. So we’re going
to lay this in here Jenny: Alright. So let’s do this right here
in the middle where everybody can see. We’ll use that top cam.
Courtney: So this is the part that’s going to go in the machine and here’s our, here’s
our corner. Here’s our little screws so we’re going to undo this real loose because
we have a lot of layers that are going to go through there. So that will go on. So then
before Jenny: So you have doubled that. Do we need
to double that? Courtney: I have doubled that. I double it
when it’s small and it’s not wasting a lot of stabilizer. I’ve done a few other
of these and it seems like the design comes out well that way.
Jenny: Ok Courtney: I’m sure it would be fine with
one. So now how do we know in this little round thing that our design is going to be
centered? So what I do is I get a ruler. And he’s got a seam, I feel like I’m performing
surgery on this poor little guy. He’s got a seam at the top of his neck and I’m going
to go right by your hand there Jenny at the bottom. And I’m going draw on him with this
blue water soluble pen. Let’s see, and there, yep there’s a mark right there. And that’s
going to give me my center up and down. So it gives me an idea of where my center is,
ok? Jenny: Ok
Courtney: It’s a pretty thick line and then we’re going to go across and just make sure
Jenny: And you’re just kind of eyeballing it.
Courtney: Ya Jenny: Ok
Courtney: And I’m making sure that that blue line is kind of vertical on there, right
underneath that letter. And now let’s go across here. So at least we have a basis of
where he’s going once we get him in that hoop.
Jenny: Ok. That makes sense. Courtney: So then he’ll go in here somehow.
Jenny: And you actually can probably stick that, well I don’t know, no you probably
can’t. I had a little idea but then I realized right away it was not going to work. You know
when that happens. It’s like, uh ya no. Courtney: And then that will eventually go
in there Jenny: Now this came out so does this have
to go a certain way Courtney: It will eventually
Jenny: Oh ok. Courtney: But we’re going to make sure there’s
a, there’s a little arrow on this hoop so we’re going to make sure that’s at the
bottom hoop which it is. I”m going to try to find my hoop here. And the one thing too
about these is these little clippies are the middles. So we can kind of manipulate him.
Jenny: Oh ok, good. So the little, the little Courtney: Have to loosen that a little more.
Oops let’s put this in there too. I almost forgot our
Jenny: That’s nice because you can see through it.
Courtney: Right Jenny: Forgot our saran wrap. Now are you
going to, you want to get this so it’s like more so, so this part up here is more toward
the middle? Courtney: Yes.
Jenny: Ok. Courtney: It’s good having a helper. And
the other thing you want to make sure is that you don’t have other parts of the critter
caught which I’ve tried before. And I’m like, why isn’t this going into the hoop.
Well it’s because I had four layers of dinosaur Jenny: Ok this is kind of over here on this
side. Can we fix that? Courtney: Ok so we can pull that. So we can
pull it up a bit. Jenny: Ya it’s not going to let us do that,
is it? There’s lots of layers. Courtney: There is lots of layers. And like
I said, it’s tricky. It’s not hard but it is
Jenny: Well and this is the part you want to pay attention to to be honest because once
you get it lined up, I mean, this part is going to be a piece of cake.
Courtney: Right Jenny: But it’s getting it in there so that
you’re sure it’s in the right place because there would be nothing worse than, you know,
or having it be misspelled or having it Courtney: Right, that too.
Jenny: There are worse things than this Courtney: There are much worse things
Jenny: Alright now so this, this, this stuff has a little bit of a ripple to it. Is that
ok? Courtney: Ya that’s fine. It will just wash
right out. Jenny: Oh perfect.
Courtney: And then we can lay this on top as another reference. And we can see that
blue is off a little bit but it’s on over here
Jenny: Ok Courtney: So that might have just been me.
I think we’re ok. Jenny: Alright.
Courtney: Alright. Jenny: Oh so that doesn’t stay on?
Courtney: No. Jenny: Ok
Courtney: Nope that’s just a reference guide. Jenny: Just to help you measure
Courtney: Yes, ma’am. Alright so we’re good to go. He doesn’t have any and then
you flip it over and make sure we don’t have any appendages
Jenny: Ya because you want to make sure you’ve caught all your stabilizer and everything
and that actually looks really good right there so it’s all in there together.
Courtney: Whew. Ok, whew! So that’s done. So now we need to put our design in
Jenny: Ok but wait. How did you get this onto your iPad?
Courtney: Ok so I went to, you can put it on your iPad. You can put it on your, I have
a Kindle. I put it on there. Put it on your cell phone. You just download the EverSewn
Pro App. And that’s all it is. Jenny: EverSewn Pro.
Courtney: Yep EverSewn Pro app. You get in and then I went through, I’ve already got
it connected. But you hit the connection button when you first turn it on. It will go through
a few steps to get you connected to the machine. And then this screen will come up once you’re
connected and ready to embroider. Jenny: And just so you know, you guys, I actually
did this on my cell phone before she started because I wanted to see how difficult it was.
And it really takes you through every single step. And so it was actually pretty easy even
for someone who isn’t real techy. You know so, I actually, I actually got there. We got
it all together. It finds the machine for you. All this stuff is so amazing to me.
Courtney: It is Jenny: But it finds the machine for you and
then it, you just set it up. So then we’re ready to, you’ll get a screen like this
Courtney: Yep and then we’re going to, we’re going to put a name on him. So we’re going
to go to the text screen. So there’s our text. So
Jenny: So I want to put my grandson’s name, Ezra
Courtney: Ok, ok Jenny: So E Z R A, Ezra
Courtney: Ok and then we’re going to hit, ok. And then we’re going to go to hoop
Jenny: Ok Courtney: And hit the hoop button. And we’re
going to go to the small hoop. Jenny: This one?
Courtney: Yep. So it knows it’s in the small hoop.
Jenny: Ok Courtney: And I bet that’s going to tell
us that that is too big. So we can do, going up and down. We’re going to click on there.
Ok it says, clean up the embroidery working area before processing and you put yes. So
here it says, it exceeds its embroidery area. So you can’t goof up with this really. So
then we can, I can get on there and then I can make that smaller.
Jenny: Oh you just pull it in with your finger? Courtney: Yes
Jenny: Oh ok, perfect Courtney: Ya it’s great. So now it looks
like it’s ok to go Jenny: Ya?
Courtney: So then you can go up to your machine. Jenny: Alright I’m clicking on, touching
the machine. Courtney: So the embroidery hoop didn’t
so let’s put him in the machine Jenny: Oh we’ve got to put, oh. Wait I should
learn how to do this. Courtney: Ok
Jenny: Alright. Courtney: So he’s got to
Jenny: Oh we’ve got to get him under the foot, right?
Courtney: Yep Jenny: Alright so. No wait, we’re going,
we’re going Courtney: Oh you’ve got him good.
Jenny: We’ve got him in there Courtney: Ok
Jenny: Let’s get his parts over here, all the turtle parts. Wait he’s not a turtle,
what is he? Courtney: He’s a dinosaur
Jenny: Wait so we might Courtney: He’s green
Jenny: We might want to put this, do we want to put this in before we put him under here?
Courtney: There you go. Jenny: Alright, so we slid it in right over
here on this side. There’s a little thing on this big bar right here, there’s a little
thing. And everybody understands thing language? Courtney: They do, especially quilters.
Jenny: There we go. So we’re pushing him in there like that and it locks.
Courtney: Yep. Jenny: We’re getting his hands out of the
way. This, and we have, what kind of thread have we used on this now?
Courtney: We have used the Missouri Star polyester thread.
Jenny: Ok so this is kind of a shiny dark green
Courtney: Uh hm. Jenny: We put these under there. It’s clicked
in there. This actually locked in. Courtney: Yep that locked in. And then go
ahead and make sure your presser foot is down Jenny: Presser foot is down.
Courtney: It would have told us that if we’d started the machine. Ok. So now I”m going
to press the little sewing machine again Jenny: Ok.
Courtney: And now it’s sending the design to the machine.
Jenny: Oh I see that. Look at that. Courtney: Ok, change the thread and long press
the button to start. Once it goes a few stitches I want you to stop it because we’re going
to clip the thread that we started with so you don’t have a big tail and it’s not
dragging through. Jenny: Ok
Courtney: So we’re going to start and stop it and then we’ll start it again.
Jenny: Ok so I’m going to start. Courtney: Yep. And then stop. Ok and then
go ahead and hit the go button again. Jenny: The long go
Courtney: Yep and hold it in for a second or two
Jenny: Wow the little E is done Courtney: Uh huh
Jenny: Now what if we wanted a different font? Courtney: There are two different fonts you
can use that come with the app. Jenny: And so basically it does a little tiny
satin stitch across and gets it done. So what about designs and things like that. So like
what if I wanted to put a flower on his belly Courtney: There are, there is over, I believe
75 designs that come with the machine Jenny: With the machine.
Courtney: Yes Jenny: And then obviously you can buy more.
Courtney: Yes. You can buy more and download them
Jenny: Oh and download them. And they download onto your iPad?
Courtney: Yes. Jenny: The iPad thing is, that’s so cool
Courtney: It’s slick Jenny: Ya it’s really slick. So can you
actually leave the machine and walk away? Courtney: You can, though from experience
you might want to keep an eye on it because sometimes things tend to flop over into your
design area and it will stop the, the embroidery will stop
Jenny: From experience? Courtney: Yes ma’am. Like for example dish
towels that were on a previous video. Jenny: Oh
Courtney: So while I, you can, but keep an eye on it and make sure there’s not little
hands or tails getting all over. Jenny: Oh ok. But will your, will it notify
you where, oh it says on the iPad Courtney: Yes yes
Jenny: Oh my gosh Courtney: It’s telling us here on the iPad
Jenny: Exactly where we are Courtney: How any seconds are left or minutes
Jenny: Look at this, this is really cool Courtney: Isn’t that awesome? And then that’s
the total size of it Jenny: So actually if you were coming down
a, I mean if you were in the other room and you were brave enough to leave it
Courtney: Yes. You’ll get a little notice on your iPad
Jenny: Embroidery finished Courtney: Yep
Jenny: So we’re all done here. That looks really good.
Courtney: Yep. That came out great Jenny: Alright so how do we get it out now?
Courtney: So you can lift up your presser foot
Jenny: Ok. There we go. Courtney: And then you can press down on the
white button and pull it out Jenny: And this just slides out.
Courtney: Yep Jenny: Ok we got it out and we’re going
to slide him off to the side. There we go. Courtney: Alright.
Jenny: Oh that looks really cool. Now we have to clip these little threads.
Courtney: Yep and that’s why I like these little snippies
Jenny: They’re very good because they have that little curve on them
Courtney: Ya. Jenny: There we go. Oh one more. Do we clip
this one? Courtney: Yep
Jenny: This one in between the two letters? Courtney: Uh huh
Jenny: Alright and I imagine you can do that a little more out of the hoop.
Courtney: Yes you certainly could. Jenny: Alright.
Courtney: Alright. So then we can Jenny: Loosen up our hoop, we’re unscrewing
the hoop, take it apart Courtney: And then, presto
Jenny: Wait, wait, wait Courtney: Oh you want to try it.
Jenny: I want to try it. Oh that comes right off.
Courtney: It does. And any remainder will come off. You can run it under the spigot
and then your blue lines will come off too Jenny: Spigot is a Missouri word for faucet
Courtney: Yes faucet. That’s so funny. I don’t even know why I said spigot
Jenny: Oh that came off really easy too. Courtney: Yes, yep
Jenny: Ok so do we worry about all this little stuff in here.
Courtney: I’d leave that in. It doesn’t even matter.
Jenny: Look how good that is. Alright clip that little, I’m going to get his guts over
here. Courtney: Ok
Jenny: So we’ve got, a tummy and a head right here. We’re going to stick this back
in. I’m pretty sure this came out of here. It looks a little big but I’m pretty sure
Courtney: I think it did Jenny: Oh and this must go.
Courtney: I love how they put a B on the, so you know it’s the back.
Jenny: Oh the back, I thought it was behind. Courtney: I think it’s by the neck. This
is the bottom. This will be the bottom, the big round part.
Jenny: Ok, alright. Ok so this goes by the tail. Alright here we go.
Courtney: Maybe the hardest part is putting the stuff back in.
Jenny: I don’t think so. That was pretty easy. Hang on, let me get this.
Courtney: They’re really cute Jenny: Let me get his little self up there.
Oh my gosh Courtney: Yay, he’s all ready.
Jenny: Look at him. Now he has a little bit of a target
Courtney: Yep so we can get that off with water
Jenny: Oh so you just put a little water on, a little and wipe it off
Courtney: And we could have added a date, like a birth date or his whole
Jenny: Oh that’s cool Courtney: Something to there
Jenny: Or if you want like just a flower or something like that, anything, anything would
have gone on there. Courtney: Yep
Jenny: So you could obviously do other things besides these animals.
Courtney: Absolutely Jenny: And that’s probably a little bit
easier getting it in and out from under the hoop, just, you know, because like if you’re
just doing a flat something Courtney: Absolutely
Jenny: Ya and let’s see, I’m just trying to think of all the questions
Courtney: And this is a regular sewing machine too, it’s not
Jenny: I actually was wondering that. Courtney: Yes so
Jenny: So how do you get this, all this part off
Courtney: This just pops off this. There’s a button on the front of it
Jenny: Ya Courtney: And once you press that and this
will just pop that right off. Jenny: Ok
Courtney: And then it turns into a regular sewing machine
Jenny: So this is actually sewing and embroidery. Courtney: Yes
Jenny: That’s actually really cool so when I was sewing on it I was wondering that but
then I forgot to ask it. So that’s perfect Courtney: Nope, so you get two machines in
one which is great Jenny: Which is really fun. And this would
be a great way to make quilt labels as well Courtney: Absolutely
Jenny: You just, you know, put your name, date, event and
Courtney: You’re done Jenny: You’re good to go. That’s awesome.
Courtney: Absolutely. Jenny: So anyway, thank you for being with
us today. I feel like I’ve learned a ton Courtney: Good, I’m glad
Jenny: Oh wait, actually we need to finish this out. So is this like done now.
Courtney: Oh that’s it. Yep, that’s it. Jenny: And you don’t have to like close
it out. Can you save it if you wanted to? Ten of them?
Courtney: You can save it. You sure can. Jenny: Alright so, alright. So that was much
easier than I thought. Thank you so much for joining us. We’ll see you later
Courtney: Bye.