This month, I was asked to be a “guest contributor” for the Monday Morning Chat in the Beginner Machine Embroidery group on Facebook. One topic I wrote about was on thread weight as it relates to machine embroidery. If you are on Facebook and looking for a supportive, informative, drama-free, embroidery group, I highly recommend […]
This embroidery design came about after some social media discussions about someone looking for a similar design. Because of this online discussion, I wanted to see what I could create in Embrilliance StitchArtist. I had created many wreath frame designs over the years, so adding a bow with flowing ribbon was the new fun part […]
This week we explore a bit of how to add arched text to a design and making use of multiple BX fonts. To create a “distressed patch” to glue on to a hat for a friend, we use the knockdown of Enthusiast and change the object to an outline stitch like a bean or a […]
I am honored beyond belief to be nominated for Best Industry Educator in this year’s Reggie Awards hosted by 2 Regular Guys Podcast! Thank you for all the nominations and I would really appreciate it if you would take a few moments to vote for me before December 12, 2019. I made a short video […]
I’ve been doing some “After Hours with Lisa” live videos on Facebook on my Business page. This is a new learning experience for me – I decided to go with the casual after hours theme to encourage a relaxed setting for us to chat about machine embroidery. I have settled on doing them on Monday […]
Let’s talk about applique styled machine embroidery embroidery designs. An applique embroidery design, in general, will have three steps. Step 1 is a placement stitch and the machine must stop after it stitches this step. Many refer to this as color #1 because home embroidery machines will stop at the end of a color. You […]