Embroidery on Balsa Wood

**MaryEHenry** · August 12th, 2009

There is a great video tutorial on emblibrary if anyone was interested in trying it!
http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/elproje...log=Elprojects

**kt3234** · August 12th, 2009

Originally Posted by MaryEHenry

There is a great video tutorial on emblibrary if anyone was interested in trying it!
http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/elproje...log=Elprojects

Thanks for the link Mary! This looks interesting. I may have to give it a try. kt3234 Karen

**MaryEHenry** · August 12th, 2009

No Problem Karen! I hope you share your attempts!

**sdevries** · August 12th, 2009

you should deffenately try it! so much fun to do and sooooooooo easy. made these two years ago and made doorhangers of them but lots of other things can be made with balsa wood

**kt3234** · August 12th, 2009

Originally Posted by sdevries

you should deffenately try it! so much fun to do and sooooooooo easy. made these two years ago and made doorhangers of them but lots of other things can be made with balsa wood

Thank you for showing me what you made with balsa wood! They look wonderful! I will definitely try now! Thanks again, kt3234 Karen

**skipper** · August 12th, 2009

Those balsa wood cards look great.

**teddy_rn** · August 12th, 2009

Mary I have not done this but my mom did it free motion years ago. Lovely work.

**brownabel** · August 12th, 2009

Mary,
Thanks for the link on demo on Balsa Wood. I had tried it 5 years ago and had forgotten all about it. And the less stitch intensive the design, the better. Otherwise the wood will split. But they do turn out very well.
Sdevries,
You did a very nice job with your embroidery on Balsa. That's great you had a few samples to share. Thanks.
Cathy

**country46** · August 12th, 2009

Wow, I never thought that you could embroider on wood. Those cards look really neat. I'm not sure that I will try it anytime soon.

**windstar** · August 12th, 2009

Those look good on balsa wood. Thanks for sharing.

**Grandma Ria** · August 12th, 2009

Mary saw that last nigth it looks great now all I need is Balsa Wood and time to do it LOL.
Ria

**watermelon** · August 16th, 2009

Mary, thanks bunches for the link. I still want to try this one day.

Sdevries your projects are fabulous. WOW love the look. And thanks bunches for sharing your success with the balsa wood.

**Salsabil** · August 16th, 2009

That is a nice idea to do, thanks for the link!

**elitharp** · August 16th, 2009

Oh wow! Embroidery on wood! How cool! How did you hoop? With the self stick or spray adhesive or ? Very nice sdevries72! I am always so afraid to try anything beyond fabric - fear of harming my machine

**elitharp** · August 16th, 2009

Thanks for the link Mary! I looked at it - they make it look soooo easy! I might try this. . . just so afraid of making my machine unhappy. Anyone else try this that has the Viking Designer 1?

**sdevries** · August 22nd, 2009

don't be afraid of damaging your machine because you wont hurt it! thick jeansfabric is much harder to embroider on than balsa wood REALY!!!!!

**elitharp** · August 23rd, 2009

Thanks Sdevries! I will have to try this medium then!

Almond · August 23rd, 2009

It is also helpful to slow the speed a little if your machine allows this.

**Rebekah1234** · August 23rd, 2009

Balsa wood is fun to embroider on. I purchase small boxes, then after the embroidery is done, trim to the size of the box and glue embroidered wood on top. This makes a special box for the recipient.