Tea towel recipe designs are on sale, but if you don't have a large hoop, don't worry. I'll show you [More]

Keep Your Hand Out Of The Hoop by Eileen Roche [More]

  If you are not fond of crowds and chaos, shop from the comfort of home. No waiting in line, [More]

All my designs are 30% off through November xx, 2015.     When you break a sewin [More]

Stitch up applique pockets for a cute Christmas project. It’s perfect for tree ornaments and especia [More]

Just the other day, I saw something that said 70 days until Christmas - yikes! If you want to get st [More]

Outside of some types of skin cancer, breast cancer is the leading killer of women. That means most [More]

If you have an embroidery machine and you’re making a wedding dress, you have to – I would say it’s [More]

Easy Halloween Decor [More]

If you have never used Badgemaster, why not? Here are five reasons to try Badgemaster stabilizer tod [More]

If you missed part one of this tutorial, check it out here. Let’s finish up our Sew Pretty zippered [More]

We are excited to have Eileen Roche, Editor of Designs in Machine Embroidery share this content with [More]

There are so many places to learn about embroidery on the Internet.  My blog and that of the ot [More]

You may think needles are needles, but it does make a difference what needles you use when embroider [More]

This time of the year - where on earth did summer go?? - the kids are off to school and the temperat [More]

Sometimes I choose super simple projects with the sole intent of letting one of my granddaughters he [More]

     I have been playing with swirls again.  My embroidery digitizing software i [More]

If you need to go out this afternoon for some stabilizer or thread, this is a caution just for you.& [More]

You can’t even imagine how easy it is to make a zippered bag like this one. &nb [More]

Most embroiderers love appliqué designs. Appliqué can be used when a large embroidery design is need [More]

When I saw this project, I could not stop thinking about the number of ways that I could use this as [More]

I love browsing garage sales to see what bargains I can find.  Recently, with my granddaug [More]

Hoop sizes can be confusing, mainly because they are designated in millimeters and a good majority o [More]

Water-soluble stabilizers (WSS) are one of the great wonders of the embroidery world. There are so m [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Build a Better Mouse Trap - Do You Catch A Better Mouse? [More]

With Letter It! and Monogram It! from Amazing Designs, it’s easy to create an embroidered [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - How to finish that baby item before they go to college   You [More]

If you haven’t tried stitching with Mylar yet, you are in for a nice surprise! The subtle sparkle re [More]

My daughter has been doing a lot of redecorating recently: paint, rugs, wall décor, you know the dri [More]

If you read any forums or follow social media groups, you undoubtedly have seen some of the blunders [More]

Getting the right design into your machine is a most important part of enjoying your embroidery experience.  I have been using an embroidery machine for so long that lots of things have become second nature and I just do them without thinking.  Like viewing designs using the Brother PED-Ba... [More]

Can you believe that July is almost over?  We have the strangest weather here this year.   One day it’s about 100 degrees and the next it barely gets into the 70s.  The month has breezed by filled with gardening (my tomato plants are all dying and I don’t know why), g... [More]

Hello, all ME blog readers.  I got to know many of you at this year’s Community Circle in Orlando. If you were there and don't remember me, there's a picture of me on our About Us page. I also post from time to time in the forums under my username db1921 and I created the cof... [More]