Are the stores yelling at you to buy new decorations for the holidays? You have plenty and are proba
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If you can stand just another blog about 60 weight thread, I
was looking through some of the designs
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If you have been embroidering for more than 90 days, like the rest of you, you may have had a fantas
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When I started researching the
Bullion Rose design, I had no idea why it is called 'bullion'.
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The quilters among us will recognize this stitch type but some of us are only just now finding about
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Before there was Facebook and Twitter, there was "Yonders My Best Friend" and I loved it. I do
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It is just about that time of year when Mom's and Dad's are just a little happier and kids ar
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WOW! "Breakfast
at Tiffany's" was one charming, romantic and fun film. I
remember seeing
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What did I just say??? Get your nails done??? Well ladies
and gentlemen, yes, get your n
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When I started this blog in 2008, I found a story about embroidery machines. It stated that th
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Sometimes, there is absolutely no hope for dressing guys - forget about taking them out in public!
&
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When you first start to work with embroidery, you are going to find so many great items that it will
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Can you believe it, I started my blog here on 5/9/2008. Things have changed a lot and it reall
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Now that I am a grandmother, I can look back and see what I did right, wrong and strange with my chi
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As a Newbie (we
love YOU and we were all where you are), I can read your questions and rememb
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I know that this is an embroidery blog but sometimes, you just gotta learn about the little things y
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The origins of monograms were very regal. Monograms were generally
used as a signature and on
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There is something interesting about 'Newbie' mistakes, we all make them AND, sometimes the most exp
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While I don't do quilts myself, I always enjoy and appreciate the work done by the talented people w
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I have been doing this blog for nearly 4 years and I still love doing it. I would never have t
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While the media has died down regarding Sandy Hook Elementary School, my heart is still aching for a
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I love doing this blog and I love Calvin and Hobbs as
well:
Let's just say that they underst
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I work with a lot of people in the embroidery community. I work with names you will recognize
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I know it is really nice to see how to do some of the coolest projects, but I often have trouble fin
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It seems to me that when I watched
my mother sewing, she did not have dozens of needles, she had a p
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Sooner or later (probably sooner) everyone has it happen - the ooops, the hoop was not exactly tight
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When I initially got my first machine, there was so much to
know and understand that I remember feel
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For any true embroidery fan, there
does come a time when they start to salivate over the new feature
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Some of us really go out with decorating for the
holidays. Some homes look like a
profe
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Well, if we had an expert to follow us around all day, that would be both interesting and bothersome
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