Browse Site by Tags

Showing related tags and posts accross the entire site.

I am going to 'toot my own horn'

I have never seen this tip anywhere. Perhaps it is on the Internet, but I am excited about my tip in today's blog . Pat, The Avid Embroiderer

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on Fri, Sep 28 2012
Ooops, it slipped

Sooner or later (probably sooner) everyone has it happen - the ooops, the hoop was not exactly tight enough and your partially completed - and very expensive/special/treasured - project slips out of the hoop. I can honestly say that this has happened to me and the more expensive/technical/delicate my...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on Thu, Sep 27 2012
Re: stabilizers

After I personally got the Badgemaster , I never tried Ann's WSS. I did, however, try the Solvy brand both the regular and heavy weight. I found them to be not as good as Badgemaster. Badgemaster is often used professionally and is made in England. That is why you will find it in large rolls, between...

Posted to Product Questions (Forum) by pat71896 on Tue, Apr 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
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
Re: My Brand New Brother PE770 Embroidery Machine just arrived Yesterday!

As with many issues of embroidery, some embroiderers have good results and some bad with the same stabilizers. We may have a consensus on some things, but disagree on somethings as well. The water soluble stabilizers you can find in your local store is not suitable for anything, IMHO. You may want to...

Posted to Brother PE-700/PE-700II Users (Forum) by pat71896 on Tue, Oct 11 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
One photo is worth a thousand words.

On the left is my Badgemaster fsl. On the right is a heavy duty, water soluble stabilizer that is available at most every embroidery store I have ever been in. Yard for yard, Badgemaster is so much less expensive but does come in a large roll. You will use it up, I can almost promise. I suppose I am...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on Sun, Oct 2 2011
Emergencies are the Mother of Invention

When it comes to family, the words family emergency causes me to have chills. We all know what those words mean and I hope you are not having one right now. But I am and I considered not blogging until this was settled. However, so many things were coming forward that were positive and interesting that...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on Fri, Aug 5 2011
Re: BADGEMASTER! A three year journey.

You make a very important point. I was working with a friend recently when she asked about failure of two layers of her wash away stabilizer. I was astounded at just how thin the stabilizer was and using two layers was just a waste of money. I have used Badgemaster from day one just because I thought...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on Tue, Jun 14 2011

Page 1 of 6 (58 items) 1 2 3 4 5 Next > ... Last »