The Avid Embroiderer Presents - What color is blue? or red? Father's Day Freebie & Encouragement from me! June 19, 2020 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (1) There is so much for a Newbie to learn about machine embroidery that just a little 'hit or miss' can [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Keeping Sane and Upbeat. And, a word or two of wisdom from the Smithsonian Institute April 10, 2020 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (1) I just happen to have an old magazine, November, 2017, from the Smithsonian Institute. I personally [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Spring is a delight for everyone. And, a Freebie for the gardening crowd. March 13, 2020 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1) Not rated yet It is Spring here in Arizona. The temperatures are climbing, so if its cold where you are, I will gl [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Finish The Cycle and a Freebie for loving use. January 31, 2020 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet I do follow a blog on Hoarding - https://hoardinghomesolutions.com - that I find to have some g [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - If you thread it, it will create. And, a freebie/nearly free idea for Halloween. September 27, 2019 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (1) v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VM [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Go BIG and make it vibrant. And, a 6" by 10" hoop Freebie - yes, that is a large design. September 13, 2019 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (3) I had written another blog which pointed out some things that are best done with the professional st [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Chipping away at all that clutter. My Freebie will be my new BFF. March 29, 2019 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0) Not rated yet Several years ago, I decided to go through my clothes and single out items that were in poor conditi [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Unique Tips, Part 2. This time, my Freebie is a Coffee Lover's Delight! March 15, 2019 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Getting all those time and money saving from the Net is a full time job. I enjoy seeing them, even [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Frenzied? Hysterical? Overwhelmed? RELAX!! And a Thanksgiving Design that you need to keep secret. November 22, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet This time of year, many of us are just a tab short of hours in a day and sometimes, a dollar short. [More]
The Avid Embroiderer – Presents – Implementing a new concept (and the horrors thereof.) Plus, a 3D flower freebie. September 28, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (0) Not rated yet I can recall when the first computers came on the market. The one piece of software I noticed was “C [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - If it ain't broke, break it!! Part 2, and freebies for those breaks. September 14, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (3) Kintsugi [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Short Sheeting and a Freebie for Dieters July 27, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Once in a while, just when you have the most inspiring project, you find that you need to be working [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – The Absence of Light is Black. A Freebie for Your Favorite DIY Person June 29, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet The Avid Embroiderer Presents – The Absence of Light is Black. A Freebie for Your Favorite DIY Person [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Creating a Healthier Environment and a Freebie with as much joy as you can handle. June 15, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Machine Tips Comments (0) Not rated yet The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Creating a Healthier Environment and a Freebie with as much joy as you can handle. [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Embird comes to AnnTheGran and a Versatile Freebie for everyone, even the guys! April 20, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Embird has come to ATG and I am really excited about it. If you have never heard of Embird (where ha [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Shadow Embroidery January 12, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (2) After seeing an article about Shadow Embroidery (SE), I did some research to bring that style to you [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - The Mother of Invention is really ourselves. And a New Year wish for, well, the new year. December 29, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (0) Frankly, 'they' (whoever they are) were correct when they said "Mother" because women do their share [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – A Digitizer is a Strange Creature. And an early Christmas design just for laughs. November 17, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (3) The Species Digitasaurus, Embroiderius, is known to inhabit the earth and is growing in population d [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Learning and Remembering What You Learned. And a Freebie for Thanksgiving November 3, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (7) How To Remember 90% Of Everything You LearnThe development of the Learning Pyramid in the 1960’ [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Do you really know your Stabilizers? Don't forget your Halloween Freebie❣ October 20, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) There are a lot of blogs, notes and information about Stabilizers, just Google that word and you wil [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Baby's Firsts and an early Halloween freebie September 22, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) I was reading just the other day about Baby's Firsts. It was noted that Baby Books will have to be a [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Don't toss your favorite, comfy old shoes. And a freebie bow that you will adore. August 25, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2) Today's blog is an interview with John Deer, owner of Adorable Ideas. There are so many of his desig [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - A waist is a terrible thing to waste. A freebie for rough and tumble kids. August 4, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (6) In my opinion, women who are no longer a size 8 tend to wear baggy clothing. https://www.swakdesigns [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Registration is the key! And a Purrfect kitten freebie. July 21, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Machine Tips Comments (0) Registration (a line edging the design to create more detail) is one of my earliest recollections of [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Poly v Ray and a Freebie for your Arsenal May 19, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet It is very important that you avoid switching back and forth with your thread types. It is bet [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Passion Changes Everything - 3D freebie included May 5, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (2) Passion Changes Everything is a heavy duty statement with so many facets. It does not matter what Ce [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Does this go on my permanent record? And a Freebie to keep forever. April 21, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0) With all the old jokes about 'permanent record,' I would have been the kid who worried about such th [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Obsolete Alphabet? and Freebie for the future. April 7, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , The Memory Book Comments (0) Not rated yet I have been reading that the English alphabet, as we know it, is nearing obsolescence for many reaso [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – World's Second Oldest Profession and an Easter Freebie March 24, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1) I have recently discovered the actual world's second oldest profession. The world needs many things [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - A Relaxed Hobo and a St. Puptrick's Day Design March 10, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) Not rated yet Last week I got an ad from one of my favorite stores saying they had "Relaxed Hobos" on sale. My fir [More]