When starting a new embroidery project using materials I am not familiar with, I first research the “fabric” to see what someone else has already done. This helps me to ensure a successful result. I read up on topics in machine embroidery in general to get new perspectives on things I already know and to […]
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Mar
Mar
I love to find quick sewing projects that allow me to add embroidery. Business card holders are perfect to make for gifts for a variety of reasons. They use up scrap fabrics! They can be cute and functional – they can hold gift cards, business cards, frequent shopper cards etc Kids love them too – […]
Blog Posts to Share, Lisa's Chatter, Projects
Sharing – Heart shaped backpack free pattern from SewMuchAdo
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Jan
Jan
We all love free stuff – whether it is embroidery designs or free patterns for sewing, knitting or other crafting genre. But let’s face it, sometimes “you get what you pay for”, bummer. However, in my browsing through blogs today, I came across this most adorable heart-shaped backpack pattern and was so happy that I […]
Blog Posts to Share, Education, Lisa's Chatter, Machine Embroider-ist Spotlight
Adding a Watermark to your Photos
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Dec
Dec
I was flipping through Facebook today and came across a video by my friend and colleague, Melissa of Designs by Little Bee, talking about using Pic Monkey to add watermarks to your photos. Great idea! Learning to us Pic Monkey is on my to do list after watching a daily periscope from another colleague, Jennifer Priest […]
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Machine cleaning – the top tension area
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Dec
Dec
If you embroider by machine, at one time or another you will have some sort of kerfluffer happen – the top thread will do something weird under the hoop. The common saying is that if the problem is under the hoop, check the top thread tension area. And of course the flip flop is true […]
Blog, Blog Posts to Share, Education, Embrilliance Software, Embroidery Software, Machine Embroidery Basics
BX Fonts – Not sure what they are? Check out this information!
16
Dec
Dec
For those that are into machine embroidery, BX fonts are a pretty nifty time saving creative “format” created by Brian Bailie, the owner and programming genius behind Embrilliance software. I put quotations around “format” because the BX really isn’t an embroidery machine format like PES or DST. A better description is to say that it’s an installation […]
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