The Avid Embroiderer Presents - The Bean Stitch (Does not have a Stalk) and Halloween Design October 12, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet I really love the Bean Stitch, it is mostly ignored in favor of using a Satin Stitch. Well, it is ti [More]
Making Embroidery Pretty on the Back October 5, 2018 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (2) Can you tell which of these designs is the front of the piece and which is the back? By using the sa [More]
The Avid Embroiderer – Presents – Implementing a new concept (and the horrors thereof.) Plus, a 3D flower freebie. September 28, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (0) Not rated yet I can recall when the first computers came on the market. The one piece of software I noticed was “C [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - If it ain't broke, break it!! Part 2, and freebies for those breaks. September 14, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (3) Kintsugi [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Short Sheeting and a Freebie for Dieters July 27, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Once in a while, just when you have the most inspiring project, you find that you need to be working [More]
The Easiest Way to Assemble a Wall Hanging July 27, 2018 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) Embroidered pieces of fabric make ideal wall hangings. Just add some border fabrics, hanging tabs, b [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - It's Summer and everything is light and airy. A great Freebie for a beach coverup. July 13, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) Not rated yet When summer hits Phoenix, it hits hard. . . We have been having an 'intense heat warning.' I don't k [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – The Absence of Light is Black. A Freebie for Your Favorite DIY Person June 29, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet The Avid Embroiderer Presents – The Absence of Light is Black. A Freebie for Your Favorite DIY Person [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Wall Flowers that are Beautiful and Two Freebies, check it out. June 1, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) I am in a decorating mood and saw a 3D picture on a wall in a magazine. The photo was of a plain pie [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Who gave stripes the boot? And, just for you, a design you will use often. May 18, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Who gave stripes the boot? And, just for you, a design you will use often. [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Patch it up with your favorite designs and a freebie for Mother's Day May 4, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (3) I consider my stash of designs collection in the same loving manner as a coin, stamp or even vintage [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Embird comes to AnnTheGran and a Versatile Freebie for everyone, even the guys! April 20, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Embird has come to ATG and I am really excited about it. If you have never heard of Embird (where ha [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Are you distressed, ripped, destroyed? This will help! The Freebie will help too. April 6, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) Not rated yet Looking for a project for my blog, I saw so many torn jeans that I thought, I don’t wear them, but t [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Embroidery is an Art Form and a freebie to celebrate the season. March 21, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (1) You and I know that embroidery can be so many things, an heirloom (don’t forget to put your name and [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Ideas are Everywhere and a Freebie for your Special Summer Outfit. March 9, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (4) I remember, years ago, I was told something like – If you think of something, a red convertible, for [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Repeat Border Designs Without a Headache. Your Freebie will help you with this process. February 23, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (3) While searching the Internet for interesting (?) subjects for my blog, I came upon one that seemed v [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - My Brother Did It!! Your 'Valentine' freebie fresh from the backyard. February 9, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (0) Not rated yet Note: This is from a very old Blog that a reader commented upon. Very few people will see the post b [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Monogramming on Devine Furniture and the Freebie Design for Your Project. January 26, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (0) As I have noted in the past, I subscribe to several embroidery magazines. They are so full of great [More]
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Shadow Embroidery January 12, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks , Machine Tips Comments (2) After seeing an article about Shadow Embroidery (SE), I did some research to bring that style to you [More]
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 – 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 - 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 - 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]