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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 (3)  
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]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Doing the Bobbin Hop and a 9/11/2001 Freebie

September 2, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Machine Tips Comments (2)  
Just a little tip (I have never seen this one anywhere). Once in awhile, you will be stitching along [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Shredding Thread and a Freebie for Labor Day

August 19, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  
The thread that binds and then shreds. I have been working at collecting ideas that work for others [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Color Converter and an Autumn Freebie (really?? Autumn?)

August 5, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0)  
The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Color Converter and an Autumn Freebie (really?? Autumn?)  [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Shisha, A Shining Star from India, and, a shining Freebie

July 22, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0)  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--36YX_KRbI  woman doing showing the steps to a mirror. 13:11 [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - It is not too EARLY for Christmas Gifts and a Freebie

July 8, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (2)  
As we all wander around the Internet, we often see something that just stops us in our tracks. You k [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - A Stabilizer Tip and a Beautiful Freebie of Remembrance

June 21, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (3)  
Last week I was reading a Comment in her blog on removing stabilizers. [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Decorating with Flowery Pillows

June 10, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (1)  Not rated yet
I am not much of a decorator. I love to see what others have done but for myself, I would buy 10 ite [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - Computers Go Wearable

May 27, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0)  
Computers in your Clothes? A Wearable Electronics Milestone Photo Courtesy of Jo McCulty, Oh [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents - That Old Ratty Mouse Pad and a Freebie for Dad's Day

May 13, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer Comments (0)  
I have discussed the computer industry before and I want to point out something that has been a thor [More]

The Avid Embroiderer Presents – Mountmellick/Montmellick Embroidery and a freebie for Mother's Day

April 22, 2016 Brown Eyed Lady EMB 101 , The Avid Embroiderer , Design Tips & Tricks Comments (2)  
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VM [More]
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