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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 - Creating a Healthier Environment and a Freebie with as much joy as you can handle.

June 15, 2018 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Machine Tips Comments (0)  Not rated yet
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Creating a Healthier Environment and a Freebie with as much joy as you can handle. [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 - 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)  
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 - 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]

Embroidering on Vinyl

January 19, 2018 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , EMB 101 , Machine Tips Comments (0)  
There are a bunch of .99 designs now available. While looking through them, I found a couple of fabu [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 EMB 101 , 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]

Converting Thread Colors

October 27, 2017 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , EMB 101 Comments (0)  Not rated yet
With names like Madeira, Robison Anton, Isacord, Exquisite, and Sulky, AnntheGran.com is a one-stop [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]

Monogrammed Towels: Picking Colors

August 18, 2017 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , EMB 101 Comments (4)  Not rated yet
This project shows how to choose colors that will stand out when monogramming on patterned backgound [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]

EMB 101 Tips for Beginners (and the rest of us!)

July 14, 2017 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , EMB 101 Comments (0)  Not rated yet
  We were all beginners at one point and we’re still learning along the way. Everyone needs a [More]

Conquering Cutwork

June 16, 2017 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , EMB 101 Comments (0)  Not rated yet
Although it may look complicated, cutwork is really quite simple. In fact, if you have ever stitched [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]

Iron Water-Soluble Stabilizer? Yes, you can!

May 19, 2017 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , EMB 101 Comments (0)  Not rated yet
Recently, while working on a project, I found a solution to wrinkled fabric-type water soluble stabi [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]

T-shirt and Sweatshirt Embroidery: The Right Combination

May 5, 2017 sewblest Debbie SewBlest , EMB 101 Comments (0)  
T-shirts and sweatshirts make great last-minute gifts, perfect for Mother's Day and other special oc [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]
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