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

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Try this design.I'm really liking patchwork applique, which seems to be trending on several quilting [More]

Last week I got an ad from one of my favorite stores saying they had "Relaxed Hobos" on sale. My fir [More]

Halloween costumes are always fun to make.  We have girls so we have made a lot of princess and [More]

I really believe that décor should be simple and unconventional, lovely and not ostentatious, classy [More]

This design is a double applique, and it’s on sale! I’m going to stitch it as a freestanding appliqu [More]

Recently, I have have experienced the pleasure of using a 200 x 260 Snap Hoop Monster and it is fabu [More]

Tension is a word that has a very bad PR agency. The mere word gets blood pressure to rise and grow [More]

Perhaps you faithfully change your needles with every eight of stitching - or at the beginning of ev [More]

QUILT WITH AN EMBROIDERY MACHINE IN 8 EASY LESSONS [More]

After 15 plus years of machine embroidery, I recently started using Superior Thread's Bottom Line in [More]

I have been embroidering for more than 15 years.  I was generally self-taught and I started wit [More]

With so many food restrictions and allergies, perhaps the best Valentine treat is one you make on th [More]

Looking for a project for Valentine's Day? Here are 14 projects (and some free designs) to share the [More]

I have a "Love" "Hate" relationship with some of my sweaters. I love my "creamy orange," light-weigh [More]

Embrilliance Essentials is a fabulous embroidery editing software. But just because it is $139 doesn [More]

Doesn’t it make you so proud when you finish an embroidery project and are amazed at the results? Th [More]

Part of machine embroidery is that we love to make special things for friends and family. One of my [More]

This time of year, we all do more metallic thread designs and here are some tips for you to have bet [More]

Embroidering on Toilet PaperBy Bonnie Abbott  It is so close to the holidays and some of us are [More]

A few weeks ago, many of you responded to my request for future blog topics. I’ve found your suggest [More]

Embrilliance has several pretty fantastic programs ranging from lettering and basic design editing t [More]

Can you spot the error in these tips?Jump stitches are important to cut. Leaving them in can have th [More]

Inspiration can be found everywhere. However, the truest inspiration comes from within us—it’s [More]

    I have begun to teach my new neighbor Savannah how to sew. For her firstproject, [More]

We all know most of the ‘generalized’ stitches for embroidery. Those are the work-horses of the embr [More]

If you love the look of cross-stitch but don’t want to bother with the counting and charts, you will [More]

This snowman is made in the hoop and takes 5 hooping’s. I made mine so that it looked the same on bo [More]

In my last blog, I made mention of the fact that it is a good idea to do the basting around designs [More]

My granddaughters are tremendously excited about attending a week long camp program at our local zoo [More]

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

     I am having entirely too much fun.  I admit that freely.  Ever sinceI started creating my own motifs in my digitizing software, I have beenfinding ever more ways to use them.  My latest is this Cathedral Windowswater bottle caddy.  I created a panel that ... [More]

     Individual characters (letters, numbers and punctuation marks) from my alph [More]

     Individual characters (letters, numbers and punctuation marks) from my alph [More]