Last week my laptop began making very strange noises.  It is a few years old so I decided to re [More]

Today’s embroidery machine are hi-tech honchos and we love them!  They run and run and barely e [More]

I have discussed the computer industry before and I want to point out something that has been a thor [More]

I love to embroider… and there’s nothing I like to embroider more than Embroider Buddies. I make lot [More]

Mother's Day is a week away but that is plenty of time to stitch up this quick gift, especially sinc [More]

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Our 5-year old granddaughter wanted to make something for a friend’s as a gift for her new little si [More]

This project looks hard but it is really easy, especially when you combine the design's instructions [More]

I was just looking at some of the responses to the Blogs here at AnnTheGran, and I noticed one perso [More]

These are great!  Especially if you have a bunch of little ones running around.  They real [More]

Where do you turn when you need a solution to an embroidery dilemma? It started innocently enough wi [More]

I recently created some in-the-hoop chenille burp cloths and the technique was so easy, you could do [More]

Pat shares a personal story about her grandson, and highlights awareness designs. [More]

Aside from Christmas, I’m not much of a holiday decorator; but as I watched all of the adorable deco [More]

I used to think that if you had to use two layers of stabilizer, you weren't using the right kind of [More]

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Yesterday, I was prepping t-shirts from the Simple to Chic T-shirt Remakes collection that [More]

You likely do not have this in your stabilizer stash, but it comes in quite handy for a variety of u [More]

Pat is sharing 10 of her unique tips with you and a freebie just for fun. [More]

If you stitch freestanding applique or reversible applique like I do, you have plenty of bobbins of [More]

As is our tradition, the girls all made gifts for each other and their mother.  Not all were do [More]

I do like to create something unexpected when I embroider.  Some times that includes using a te [More]

Stabilizers can be confusing but one thing's for sure. You will always need a cut-away stabilizer in [More]

Leafing through multiple magazines, including HGTV and Better Homes and Gardens (how long has it bee [More]

Were you fortunate enough to get an embroidery machine for Christmas? It’s exciting, and scary, and [More]

Some day we will all be embroidering on spider webs, in the meantime, this is an idea that has so ma [More]

As the year winds down, we often reflect on what we've done and what we would like to accomplish in [More]

No matter how I plan and get prepared for the holidays, especially Christmas (for me), there are alw [More]

I don't know about you, but my Christmas projects are sometimes two years in the making. I either ha [More]

Most people know that California, where live, San Diego, and even more specific, La Mesa.We have bee [More]

Tomorrow nite, Thursday, August 20,  Lifetime televison you will be able to resume the fun of w [More]

On a beautiful sunny afternoon last weekend I got to take a garden walk with my mom (red dress) .&nb [More]

I travel a lot and after a while people-watching gets old so I turn to reading.  I have been in [More]

Here we are coming up on Valentines Day, coincidentally Bill’s and my half year anniversary. Coincidentally because we first met on the 14th of August and, when we decided to marry, set the date at one year from our first meeting. There wasn’t any thought about Valentines Day and it was ... [More]

The weather in New Jersey this week is snowy and really cold and to some folks that may not seem so wonderous but when we had an unexpected family gathering in New York last week it made one little girl happy.  My 16 year old niece was visiting from Ocala, Fl and she had never seen snow in her ... [More]

We’re trying to pare down here at the old homestead. I have no idea where all this stuff came from but it’s gotta go! Okay, I know where it came from . . . . Live in the same house for 47 years and stuff piles up. Plus, Bill has a habit that I’ve heard that a lot of men have: Somet... [More]

Well ladies, there certainiy has been lots of discussion about what to pay for a machine.  I have to say once Brother sells the product to the dealer, it is up to the dealer to set a reasonable price. They do that based on many things.  The most important thing for all of you to remember w... [More]