October 2022 trip to Marshall’s Fabrics in Edmonton

Trim at Marshall’s in Edmonton, October 2022

I was up in Edmonton (well, Nisku) in October for a conference and thanks to some very generous folks who drove me up – and were willing to take a 20 minute detour – I was able to pop into Marshall’s after a LONG time since I was there last.

The last time I was up there was in the spring, but since I’d be walking around by myself afterwards, I only got a little bit of elastic when I was there, and not the meters of fabric I was tempted to get… prior to that I hadn’t been there since pre-covid I think.

I find it fun (ish) to look back at my “shopping” posts when I actually USE the fabric I bought (to see how long I stored it… LOL) so I figured I’d do a quick shopping post this time around too.

PVC and chain harness/bra

Wearing my new PVC and chain harness at an event

I’ve been loving some of the strappy harnesses I see on goth-stagram (Goth Instagram… I guess it’s like goth-tok..lol) and went to order one for myself, but… felt the same feeling I often do when I see stuff I like on size 2 models…  Even though the measurements SOUND like they’re going to fit – I always worry with “one size” – that the proportions will be all wrong.

Instead of placing and order, I decided to make my own.

Ghost Machine Embroidered Artwork

Using an embroidery machine to make a pair of ghosts for my gallery wall

As I’ve been building the gallery wall in my room, I wanted to add more than just photos and paintings, but also add more texture in there as well.  I decided to try out a few different designs, and ultimately choose the ones I liked best to frame.

With all of them, I designed the pattern in Adobe Illustrator, then brought that into the Maker Space to change the vector files into something the embroidery machine could read using PE Design. From there I brought the files to the Maker Space’s digital embroidery machine, and sewed them up!

Machine Embroidered Ribcage Artwork

machine embroidered ribcage artwork

As I’ve been building the gallery wall in my room, I wanted to add more than just photos and paintings, but also add more texture in there as well.  I decided to try out a few different designs, and ultimately choose the one I liked best to frame.

With all of them, I designed the pattern in Adobe Illustrator, then brought that into the Maker Space to change the vector files into something the embroidery machine could read using PE Design. From there I brought the files to the Maker Space’s digital embroidery machine, and sewed them up!

Pomegranate Machine Embroidered Artwork

Pomegranate machine embroidery work in progress

As I’ve been building the gallery wall in my room, I wanted to add more than just photos and paintings, but also add more texture in there as well.  I decided to try out a few different designs, and ultimately choose the one I liked best to frame.

With all of them, I designed the pattern in Adobe Illustrator, then brought that into the Maker Space to change the vector files into something the embroidery machine could read using PE Design. From there I brought the files to the Maker Space’s digital embroidery machine, and sewed them up!