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]