The Avid Embroiderer Presents - The Mother of Invention is really ourselves. And a New Year wish for, well, the new year. December 29, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (0) Frankly, 'they' (whoever they are) were correct when they said "Mother" because women do their share [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Oh Those Holidays and Metallic Threads. An Emoji for Christmas December 15, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) I know this is really off the subject of embroidery, but I just had to share it with my readers. As [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Holiday Ornaments and a Snowman and his cell phone December 1, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , The Memory Book Comments (0) snowman selfie The Avid Embroiderer.zip (209.6KB)snowman selfie outline The Avid Embroiderer.zip (59 [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – A Digitizer is a Strange Creature. And an early Christmas design just for laughs. November 17, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (3) The Species Digitasaurus, Embroiderius, is known to inhabit the earth and is growing in population d [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Learning and Remembering What You Learned. And a Freebie for Thanksgiving November 3, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (7) How To Remember 90% Of Everything You LearnThe development of the Learning Pyramid in the 1960’ [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Do you really know your Stabilizers? Don't forget your Halloween Freebie❣ October 20, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) There are a lot of blogs, notes and information about Stabilizers, just Google that word and you wil [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - If it is good enough for Vogue and Target - - - And a freebie to decorate YOU! October 6, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) I do subscribe to HGTV's Magazine. I really love the whole magazine, especially the "High/Low List" [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Baby's Firsts and an early Halloween freebie September 22, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) I was reading just the other day about Baby's Firsts. It was noted that Baby Books will have to be a [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - When is the Alphabet, not really the Alphabet? And a Freebie you will LOVE! September 8, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (6) I remember when I started to do machine embroidery, I did not understand "lettering" and the differe [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Don't toss your favorite, comfy old shoes. And a freebie bow that you will adore. August 25, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2) Today's blog is an interview with John Deer, owner of Adorable Ideas. There are so many of his desig [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - A waist is a terrible thing to waste. A freebie for rough and tumble kids. August 4, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (6) In my opinion, women who are no longer a size 8 tend to wear baggy clothing. https://www.swakdesigns [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Registration is the key! And a Purrfect kitten freebie. July 21, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Machine Tips Comments (0) Registration (a line edging the design to create more detail) is one of my earliest recollections of [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Techies need a little love too! June 9, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet No matter what generation you belong to (really? Boomlets?) you likely have a desire to connect with [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Poly v Ray and a Freebie for your Arsenal May 19, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet It is very important that you avoid switching back and forth with your thread types. It is bet [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Passion Changes Everything - 3D freebie included May 5, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (2) Passion Changes Everything is a heavy duty statement with so many facets. It does not matter what Ce [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Does this go on my permanent record? And a Freebie to keep forever. April 21, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0) With all the old jokes about 'permanent record,' I would have been the kid who worried about such th [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Obsolete Alphabet? and Freebie for the future. April 7, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , The Memory Book Comments (0) Not rated yet I have been reading that the English alphabet, as we know it, is nearing obsolescence for many reaso [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – World's Second Oldest Profession and an Easter Freebie March 24, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1) I have recently discovered the actual world's second oldest profession. The world needs many things [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - A Relaxed Hobo and a St. Puptrick's Day Design March 10, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) Not rated yet Last week I got an ad from one of my favorite stores saying they had "Relaxed Hobos" on sale. My fir [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Decorations where you least expect them. A Freebie for saying "I Love You" February 24, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (5) I really believe that décor should be simple and unconventional, lovely and not ostentatious, classy [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Who needs all this tension, with tension tests? And an embellishment freebie February 10, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Machine Tips Comments (2) Tension is a word that has a very bad PR agency. The mere word gets blood pressure to rise and grow [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Four Cool Tips and a Hand-Picked Freebie January 27, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2) I have been embroidering for more than 15 years. I was generally self-taught and I started wit [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - My Favorite Sweaters need a little something and My Own First Freebie January 6, 2017 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0) I have a "Love" "Hate" relationship with some of my sweaters. I love my "creamy orange," light-weigh [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Tips for Metallic Embroidery and a Christmas Freebie December 23, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1) This time of year, we all do more metallic thread designs and here are some tips for you to have bet [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Embroidery Tips that need correcting, and a Christmas Freebie December 9, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (4) Can you spot the error in these tips?Jump stitches are important to cut. Leaving them in can have th [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – What do you call that stitch? And, a Thanksgiving Freebie November 18, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0) Not rated yet We all know most of the ‘generalized’ stitches for embroidery. Those are the work-horses of the embr [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Leather has its own personality - and a freebie for fun November 4, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , The Memory Book Comments (0) In my last blog, I made mention of the fact that it is a good idea to do the basting around designs [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Is it Fashion or Art? And a freebie to delight the little ones. October 21, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0) The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Is it Fashion or Art? If you were to ask any 7 year old – “Is it F [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Tips for Doing A Design Multiple Times and a Halloween Freebie October 7, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2) I was doing hankies for a Bride who wanted multiple hankies with the exact same wording and embellis [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Doing as the Professionals Do and An Autumn Freebie September 23, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0) http://community.annthegran.com/Gallery/4?utm_source=EMAIL&utm_medium=ATG&utm_term=Gallery/4 [More]