No need for an expensive trip to the frame shop. Use a simple canvas board to display your embroidery stitchouts.
Most embroiderers know that a test stitchout is required. That's how we are sure that all of our settings are correct, that the thread colors work well, that our stabilzer is the ri...
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Here’s the windup on my new bag. After embroidering the corner accents and grommet designs on both ...
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July 25, 2014
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By Sherry McCary
Even though I have thousands of embroidery designs, there are several that are so vers...
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I was thinking the other day about all the great designs
that are available BUT, when I need somethi
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Listed below is the design used in
this project
Enjoy Wine Tote
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Not long ago, Ann the Gran featured the Calligraphy Project Designer special and I knew I had to try it out. Elegant fonts, scrollwork, and plenty of elegant accents... I LOVE it!
I was really surprised at all of the features, especially for the cost. It is a mini customizing program with capa...
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I got a little Soccer fever and if you did not,
I am here to tell you that the USA lost but can hold
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July 4, 2014
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I was very excited when Eileen gave me the opportunity to write this month’s Monogram of the Month featu...
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July 4, 2014
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Next to Angelina fiber, glitter flex vinyl is becoming my new favorite applique embellishment. Bonnie Welsh from Sew Inspired by Bonnie introduced me to this new product and I can see so many uses for it. She did extensive testing with several similar products and chose Glitter Flex Ultra and Glitte...
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Materials:
• 3D Planter Decor design
• Fabric for Applique (we used broadcl
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I have been doing bridal work for almost 13 years. Sometimes it is frustrating, interestingly,
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June 20, 2014
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The entire community used to come together whenever the needle plate on an embroidery machine needed to be remov...
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The shabby chic appeal of rag quilts is gaining in popularity. Their strong, but soft-worn comfort m
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Wow, the pool opens this Saturday and the kids can hardly
wait. We had a couple of rain
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June 13, 2014
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Much
about creating, whether it is sewing, quilting, embroidery, or any other
artistic form, depends on having the ability to visualize the project in your
head. I don't know about you, but it is getting harder and harder for me to do
that every day.
Sometimes,
it is easy to bypass a pa...
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June 7, 2014
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Well, I'm back to embroidering for children again. My newest thing is jigsaw puzzles.I embroider a picture on a piece of felt, then add another piece of felt under the stabilizerbefore stitching the outlines of puzzle pieces. Then I use special cut work needl...
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In my last blog, I did a foam
and embossed design in Turquoise and mint green. The photo does
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May 30, 2014
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I have a love-hate relationship with fusible web. I like to add it to the wrong side of applique fabric...
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I am a big fan of Joan Rivers - NOT for her use of foul
language - but for her sense of taste and st
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May 23, 2014
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Because they resemble hand quilting, redwork embroidery designs work great as a quilting motif. Finding the correct amount of contrast (or not) is the key to an embroidery project that pops.
Using a fabric sample called Elm Creek Quilts: Sarah's Collection by Red Rooster, I want to sh...
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May 16, 2014
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Materials:
•1 pkg. of blanket binding
o 10 pieces of 14 x12 inch of white twill or canvas (size will
vary due to your hoop size)
o Black & white thread
o Fabric chalk or marker
o Straight pins
o Scissors
o Ruler
o Washa...
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Hardanger is a type of stitching that uses the canvas itself as part of the design. The open weave a
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May 9, 2014
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You may have had a friend or client ask you to stitch their company
or school colors on apparel using PMS colors. Typically, the mere mention of
PMS strikes fear in the hearts of many. Here, PMS refers to Pantone Matching
System and how it helps with color consistency in embroidery thread.
Panto...
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May 2, 2014
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I’ll let you in on a little-known secret – I hate to remove the hoop during the embroidery pr...
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These things are just a little
information for your project. I know
that, although I have been
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I get lots of questions about embroidering onesies. I see lots of embroiderers floating them on self-adhesive stabilizers, but most projects will have better results if the onesie is hooped in a hoop with cut-away stabilizer. Watch this video to see how I like to hoop onesies. I demonst...
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Here
is something no embroiderer should be without: basting stitches. Especially when
they are FREE.
Overall,
basting files place a running stitch around the outside of the design area,
temporarily securing the hooped fabric and stabilizer together. Some machines
even have a basting feature bu...
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April 18, 2014
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We are excited to have Eileen Roche, Editor of Designs in Machine Embroidery share this content with you, which was originally posted on Eileen’s Machine Embroidery Blog:
Our friends at Baby Lock have excellent advice for achieving beautiful embroidery on any machine...
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April 11, 2014
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A few years ago I made for myself a messenger bag style purse, with one of
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Since I seem to spend a lot of time at the repair shop with my
machines, I thought I would talk abo
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