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The Avid Embroiderer Presents - AppliCut - A Bonding of two ideas.

September 2, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0)  Not rated yet
I just made up that word but if you found it elsewhere, well, I still made it up for embroidery.As a [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - The Number One Thing EVERY Embroiderer Needs to Know. And a Freebie to enjoy.

August 22, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (4)  
I was thinking the other day about what one thing will make a difference for a Newbie.  Even fo [More]

Learning as a lifelong adventure-Summer Time Tip

August 8, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (5)  
When I hear kids say "just 2 more months of school" or "just one more year of school" I laugh to mys [More]

Creating a personal design without digitizing. . .

July 25, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  
I was thinking the other day about all the great designs that are available BUT, when I need somethi [More]

OFF SIDES - 10 stitch Penalty

July 11, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1)  Not rated yet
I got a little Soccer fever and if you did not, I am here to tell you that the USA lost but can hold [More]

Messing With Tension!

June 27, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (4)  
I have been doing bridal work for almost 13 years.  Sometimes it is frustrating, interestingly, [More]

No Sew Pillowcase and a freebie

June 6, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  Not rated yet
In my last blog, I did a foam and embossed design in Turquoise and mint green.  The photo does [More]

Joan Rivers Made Me Do It! AND Two More Tips!

May 23, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1)  Not rated yet
I am a big fan of Joan Rivers - NOT for her use of foul language - but for her sense of taste and st [More]

Hardanger Revisited

May 9, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0)  Not rated yet
Hardanger is a type of stitching that uses the canvas itself as part of the design. The open weave a [More]

A Newbie's Perfect project.

April 25, 2014 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  
These things are just a little information for your project.  I know that, although I have been [More]

Cast Iron Is for the Collectibles!

October 11, 2013 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (3)  Not rated yet
If you have been embroidering for more than 90 days, like the rest of you, you may have had a fantas [More]

Yonders My Best Friend

August 30, 2013 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (4)  Not rated yet
Before there was Facebook and Twitter, there was "Yonders My Best Friend" and I loved it.  I do [More]

Breakfast at Tiffanys

July 26, 2013 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (4)  Not rated yet
WOW!  "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was one charming, romantic and fun film.  I remember seeing [More]

Decisions, Decisions, Rayon or Polyester??

November 30, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (7)  
I work with a lot of people in the embroidery community.  I work with names you will recognize [More]

Two (count them - 2) Tips you won't see anywhere else.

October 29, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1)  
I know it is really nice to see how to do some of the coolest projects, but I often have trouble fin [More]

Quit Needling Me!

October 11, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (5)  
It seems to me that when I watched my mother sewing, she did not have dozens of needles, she had a p [More]

Rehoop a project that moved (Oops, it slipped)

September 27, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (9)  
Sooner or later (probably sooner) everyone has it happen - the ooops, the hoop was not exactly tight [More]

Where is an Expert when YOU need one?

August 3, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (6)  
Well, if we had an expert to follow us around all day, that would be both interesting and bothersome [More]

Its YOUR VACATION!

July 6, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1)  Not rated yet
We all look forward to this time of year, children are laughing around the pool, adults are snoozing [More]

The Zen of Mars

February 10, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (4)  Not rated yet
 Everyone who has been on this site for more than a short time is aware of Susan Mars and her w [More]

Plauen Lace

January 27, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1)  Not rated yet
In the event that you think that bloggers have to be knowledgeable, let me assure you that (at least [More]

What the Stabilizer Sellers Won't Tell You

January 6, 2012 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (6)  Not rated yet
With that title line, I am thinking that there are hundreds and hundreds of things they won't tell y [More]

My Top Three Mistakes That Make You Look Like a Newbie

December 16, 2011 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (3)  
If there is anything that all embroiderers have in common, it must be pride of workmanship.  No [More]

Digitizing for the non-digitizer

December 9, 2011 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0)  Not rated yet
After asking several digitizers the all important question - "tell your readers that it takes a [More]

Kokopelli, The Prankster

November 11, 2011 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  Not rated yet
While I live in La Mesa California (adjoins San Diego) now, I lived in Phoenix for many years. I am [More]

This is only a test . . . Part 2

October 21, 2011 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  Not rated yet
I kept thinking about my last project that failed.  I am always excited about presenting projec [More]

This is only a test. . . .

October 7, 2011 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  Not rated yet
I have wanted to try this technique for 2 years but something always gets in the way.  Such is [More]

Caught in a trap . . . .

September 23, 2011 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (5)  Not rated yet
I love to read tips and tricks about all sorts of things.  I love computer tips (if you have a [More]

Making a silk purse out of a placemat?

September 9, 2011 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1)  Not rated yet
Just when I think I am not going to be able to come up with another blog, something crosses my compu [More]

Portable Loyalty

August 17, 2011 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  Not rated yet
When I first heard the term "Portable Loyalty" I thought that it did not refer to me. I am a loyal c [More]
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