As I have noted in the past, I subscribe to several embroidery magazines. They are so full of great [More]

When people have 'tips and tricks for organizing' on the Internet, I am all on it.  Some are s [More]

chocolate recipes designs bundle [More]

As I noted in my blog "Where is an Expert When You Need One?" sometimes we need an expert opinion an [More]

There is something interesting about 'Newbie' mistakes, we all make them AND, sometimes the most exp [More]

I love doing this blog and I love Calvin and Hobbs as well:  Let's just say that they underst [More]

Well, let's assume that you have at least decent eyesight, but can you trust what you see?  The [More]

Without thread, embroidery is just a piece of fabric. . .  The thread can make a great design m [More]

Machine embroidery advances are being driven by the same things that drive the computer industry - H [More]

Over time, I have enjoyed doing my embroidery a great deal.  Even when I was frustrated in the [More]

I would read more if I could find the time. Since I have found “Books Should Be Free” I felt I could [More]

  The following tips can be used for both Windows XP and Vista.Operating systems vary. If in doubt, check with your provider and/or technical support. Here is my version of great Net information and money saving tips and tricks.  I love finding these, and get a lot of my links from high... [More]

You may remember that one of my earliest blogs discussed “Things I Wish I Knew When I Began Machine [More]

Hello, AnnTheGran Community!It's only been about a month, and I miss all of you already, so I thought I'd come back and say hello. More importantly, I have unfinished business. I had some great requests from a previous Magic Bookshelf post about technology aspects to talk about, and I never ... [More]

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     Individual characters (letters, numbers and punctuation marks) from my alph [More]

Embroidery has always been evolving and creating so many beautiful stitches and it is hard to keep u [More]

7/17/2013 - Still my VERY favorite stabilizer.  It is my 'go to' when everything else is crashi [More]

We are excited to have Eileen Roche, Editor of Designs in Machine Embroidery share this content with [More]

I’ll bet you can think of a million different uses for these darling little baskets and, since they [More]

Try this design.I'm really liking patchwork applique, which seems to be trending on several quilting [More]

Last week I got an ad from one of my favorite stores saying they had "Relaxed Hobos" on sale. My fir [More]

Halloween costumes are always fun to make.  We have girls so we have made a lot of princess and [More]

I really believe that décor should be simple and unconventional, lovely and not ostentatious, classy [More]

This design is a double applique, and it’s on sale! I’m going to stitch it as a freestanding appliqu [More]

Recently, I have have experienced the pleasure of using a 200 x 260 Snap Hoop Monster and it is fabu [More]

Tension is a word that has a very bad PR agency. The mere word gets blood pressure to rise and grow [More]

Perhaps you faithfully change your needles with every eight of stitching - or at the beginning of ev [More]

QUILT WITH AN EMBROIDERY MACHINE IN 8 EASY LESSONS [More]

After 15 plus years of machine embroidery, I recently started using Superior Thread's Bottom Line in [More]

I have been embroidering for more than 15 years.  I was generally self-taught and I started wit [More]

With so many food restrictions and allergies, perhaps the best Valentine treat is one you make on th [More]

Looking for a project for Valentine's Day? Here are 14 projects (and some free designs) to share the [More]

I have a "Love" "Hate" relationship with some of my sweaters. I love my "creamy orange," light-weigh [More]

Embrilliance Essentials is a fabulous embroidery editing software. But just because it is $139 doesn [More]

Doesn’t it make you so proud when you finish an embroidery project and are amazed at the results? Th [More]

Part of machine embroidery is that we love to make special things for friends and family. One of my [More]

This time of year, we all do more metallic thread designs and here are some tips for you to have bet [More]

Embroidering on Toilet PaperBy Bonnie Abbott  It is so close to the holidays and some of us are [More]

A few weeks ago, many of you responded to my request for future blog topics. I’ve found your suggest [More]

Embrilliance has several pretty fantastic programs ranging from lettering and basic design editing t [More]

Can you spot the error in these tips?Jump stitches are important to cut. Leaving them in can have th [More]

Inspiration can be found everywhere. However, the truest inspiration comes from within us—it’s [More]

    I have begun to teach my new neighbor Savannah how to sew. For her firstproject, [More]

We all know most of the ‘generalized’ stitches for embroidery. Those are the work-horses of the embr [More]

If you love the look of cross-stitch but don’t want to bother with the counting and charts, you will [More]

This snowman is made in the hoop and takes 5 hooping’s. I made mine so that it looked the same on bo [More]

In my last blog, I made mention of the fact that it is a good idea to do the basting around designs [More]