I once asked for some input from a couple of embroidery groups that I follow on social media. The question: Name something that you will never hear a machine embroiderer say."

Here are my top 10 favorite answers:

“I have enough thread, I don’t need any more.” 

Jutta Duncan

“I will never buy another embroidery design.”

Sandy Mowery Taylor

“I can totally stop buying supplies I don't need just because they are on sale.”

Kimberly Martindale Pappe

“My embroidery room is big enough; everything is in it's place!”

Nancy Wagner Burrell

“My 6 needle machine sews big enough and fast enough. I don't want one that sews faster or has bigger hoops!”

Rebecca King Odle

 “My designs always stitch out great the very first time!”

Toni Leli

“Nah, I never stay near my single-needle embroidery machine because nothing ever goes wrong!”

Cyndi Block-Hessler

“I never have to throw away a design because I used the wrong stabilizer.”

Delorus Freer Jarrett 

“Of course I've never had the machine needle stab me, I have never had my finger any where near the needle.”

Carol Blaha 

"Where is my medication?"

Cynthia Chalfant 

Care to add to the list?

Debbie SewBlest

Since I do subscribe, I get lots of junk mail in my mailbox. However, they have sent me "Allure", "Bon Appetite" and Vogue. For a mere $5.99, Vogue will give you all the advertising you can stomach. In fact, the "Index" is on Page 50 and the "Statistics" is on Page 120. In between? Gobs of ads and a couple of articles.

Since I love a "freebie" and who doesn't? I spend a couple of hours with the magazine looking at the starved models and the clothing they wore and cars they were leaning against. What I found was that embroidery is very big. It is not only big but very tastefully placed on their items. Here are a couple of examples.

Photos Courtesy of Vogue Magazine and Target Stores.

The third photo is actually an advertisement from Target. It is available for under $20.00. I really liked the layout and design they selected.

When I found this design, I knew there was a blog in there somewhere. Inspiration is so exciting and this outfit made me feel like it was made for an elegant lady. (Well, that is my take on the photo.)

I see this as a great idea for the holidays or any other time of the year. I see this ‘see through’ top over a simple, single colored sweater.

Vogue and Target The Avid Embroiderer.zip (48.5KB)