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A Five Year Anniversary Gift

Can you believe it, I started my blog here on 5/9/2008. Things have changed a lot and it really is an exciting time in embroidery. I remember when I started that I wondered if I could come up with 3 ideas for blogs. Somehow, I have managed nearly every other week for that long. I recall being worried...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on Fri, May 10 2013
Heart Wedding Favor, Gift Tag, and Ornament

Wedding season is upon us and this project is very easy to make as a wedding shower or reception favor. Stitch using wedding colors. You could also hang it on a gift as a tag and it could be used later on the Christmas tree. I used a Gunold heirloom design QHL01060 available through Ann the Gran and...

Posted to Sew Easy (Weblog) by sewblest on Fri, Jul 6 2012
It All Comes Down to Color

Color plays such an important role in our lives from what we wear to the vehicles we drive. As embroiderers, we have artistic license to experiment with color. The possibilities are virtually endless when you mix fabric and thread combinations. I'm using the same design in several different ways...

Posted to Sew Easy (Weblog) by sewblest on Fri, Feb 17 2012
Ann's Sweetest Heart Collection: Perfect for Your Sweetheart

Ann's Sweetest Heart Collection makes it fun and easy to create a variety of special valentines you can't find in any big box store. And, for a limited time, purchase the small , large , or full collections, and get a Valentines Sayings pack absolutely FREE. Intricate, yet delicate, the designs...

Posted to Sew Easy (Weblog) by sewblest on Fri, Feb 3 2012
What the Stabilizer Sellers Won't Tell You

With that title line, I am thinking that there are hundreds and hundreds of things they won't tell you, but I will zoom in on a few of my personal favorites, in no particular order: Those prices - unbelievably, are way overpriced. This one reminds me of cosmetics, if you figure out the real price...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on Fri, Jan 6 2012
Freestanding Lace Angel Cards

Handmade cards show extra appreciation. This one says, "Thanks for Being an Angel," and includes a lace angel. Other designs could be used to make teacher gifts, bookmarks, holiday ornaments, or gift tags. Freestanding Lace (FSL) looks much more difficult to make than it is. The magic is in...

Posted to Sew Easy (Weblog) by sewblest on Fri, Dec 2 2011
This is only a test . . . Part 2

I kept thinking about my last project that failed. I am always excited about presenting project that are really great, but a failure is giving me some uncomfortable feelings. I did retry the design but got the same results, failure of the stitching. . I should have been suspicious when I saw that the...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on Fri, Oct 21 2011
This is only a test. . . .

I have wanted to try this technique for 2 years but something always gets in the way. Such is life. This is a technique to make a doily or table runner or even a table cloth if you are that ambitious. As I recall the instructions, which I cannot find anymore, you are to make some edging free standing...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on Fri, Oct 7 2011
Unique Bridal Linens

Every day I see digitizers trying to create something new for machine embroidery. I see things like candy holders, free standing lace items, beautiful floral designs and lettering - of all sorts. Additionally, I frequently see letters attached the strangest things - bunnies, cupcakes, Christmas Lights...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on Fri, Mar 4 2011
Re: Freestanding Lace FSL ~ How to make the stitch file

Digitizing FSL is a challenge for any digitizer. The underlay must be just so and a single mm of inaccuracy makes it a mess of strings. I don't digitize, but I do watch how any design is laid out. My The Computerist blog for this week discusses a way to review a design for just that sort of thing...

Posted to General Discussion (Forum) by TheComputerist on Sun, Feb 27 2011

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