8p8 - Embroidery

Daily Log

Day 1: I made my list of 10 and answered my planning questions.

Day 2: I researched how to use the embroidery machine and how to put one of my own drawings onto the machine.

Day 3: I tested out the embroiderer and made an owl that I am using as a test so I can see what I could make.

Day 4: I drew a cartoon mushroom that I will try to turn into a jef. 

Day 5: I researched how to make a jef. file.

Day 6: We downloaded a platform that you can put your own drawings into and it turns it into a jef. file. We used that to turn my drawing into a jef. 

Day 7: We put the jef. file onto a usb.

Day 8: We embroidered my mushroom. The white thread poked through so we are going to work on it some more. 

A Challenge I Overcame

A challenge I overcame was when we were trying to convert the drawing I made into a jef. file, the platform we were using was not working. We then finally got it to work when we hit a could different buttons. We also watched a tutorial video online and it made it much easier to convert the file. 

Standards the Project Tied To

The standards the project tied to were empowered learner and digital citizen. I was an empowered learner because I learned how to make the embroidery machine work even when it didn't feel like working.  I was a digital citizen because I created a page on my website dedicated to this project.

Reflection

Description of Creation 

I drew a picture of some mushrooms and turned it into a logo. Then I used this logo and converted it into a jef. file. Then, I used the embroidery machine to embroider my mushrooms onto a piece of fabric. I plan to put this design on a bag. 

CTE and Career Connections

The CTE this connects with is Digital Multimedia. The career that connects with this is working for a design company that creates logos and other things. This is because I created my drawing into a logo and made it able to be embroidered. 

What I Learned 

I learned how to created my drawings into a logo and then making the logo a jef. file. I also learned that when using the embroidery machine, many things can go wrong. Embroidery machines are very temperamental and they stop and start a lot.

Things I Would do Differently

The thing I would do differently is I would like to have the white thread from the bottom to not poke through. I would also maybe make my design less detailed. This is because it took the embroidery machine a really long time to embroider it. It had about 15,000 stitches.