Embroidery
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010As I’ve been debating what quilt to start teaching this year, I stitched out a design from Judy Nowicki’s Floral Elegance embroidery collection and really am pleased with the quality of the embroidery. The designs are beautiful!
One of the unique stitch details about this design is that the vines running between the florals is a [...]
Creative Expressions Issue 25
Monday, January 18th, 2010Get a head start on next year’s Christmas projects with all the ideas packed into Creative Expressions Issue 25!
In this issue:
Christmas Star Quilt
Scissor Caddy
Coconut Ice Snow
Galleria Pillows
Victorian Christmas Quilt
Note from Serena: This issue is full of Christmas projects and ideas! Don’t miss out on it!
Change your needle!
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Believe it or not, sewing machine needles are not intended to last forever. The little mechanism that holds the needle in place on your sewing machine has a screw that tightens and loosens. That means you are able to take out the old needle and put in a new one.
As I pulled my needle from [...]
Oh how I love embroidery software!
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Ok, I admit, it’s been a while since I’ve really sat down and played with my computer embroidery software. Yes, I use it several times a week, if not everyday to open designs, resize, send designs to the machine, etc. But those are just the basic, everyday uses that it is capable of doing. I [...]
Creative Expressions: Moulin Rouge & Fragrant Delights
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Moulin Rouge and Fragrant Delights are two special issues of Creative Expressions, written by Jenny & Simon Haskins. I was able to grab a stack of back issues and am able to offer them to you at 50% off! Both these magazines are filled with fun machine embroidery projects and ideas in addition to instructions [...]
Enhanced features in Bernina’s Quilter program
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009I have used Bernina’s Quilter program in the embroidery software for some projects. It is helpful to be able to actually put fabric samples into blocks, sashing and borders and then insert an embroidery design to “see” what it will look like. It’s not something I use a whole lot, but it is helpful. While [...]
Embroidery Marathon – Complete!
Monday, October 5th, 2009Whew! I feel like all I did last week was embroider. And actually that’s just about what I did! My goal starting last Tuesday morning was to get 30 hours of embroidery done in two days. Did I make it? I’m thrilled to say yes! Here’s what I was able to get accomplished among other [...]
Embroidery Marathon – 30 hours of stitching in 2 days!!
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Sometime there comes a point when it’s time to stitch and stitch and stitch!!! Which is what I’m doing right now! I’ve decided in the next two days (today & tomorrow) I have 30 hours of machine embroidery that needs to be done! It’s amazing just how many designs you can stitch in a day. [...]
Autumn Medley!
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Fall and Autumn colors are just beautiful! Shades of brown, gold, green, rust and yellow in leaves, flowers, scrolls and redwork will greet your eyes as you take a peek at each design in this collection. These designs are just itching to be stitched on some of your Fall and Thanksgiving projects!
Package contains: USB Design [...]
Home for the Holidays!
Monday, September 14th, 2009A NEW Crafter’s Collection from OESD – Home for the Holidays!
Christmas is just around the corner and here is a new collection of designs to get you in the Christmas spirit! Applique Christmas trees, decorative tree ornaments, festive holly, bells, snowflakes and more give you plenty of designs to choose from for all your Christmas [...]
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