May is the eleventh month in our Birth Month Flowers of the Year series and therefore the next to last block in this block of the month quilt.
Category Archives: Machine Embroidery Basics
I saw these hand towels while out shopping and had to snap them up. I knew that with the contrasting border stripes
Looking for high quality machine embroidery fonts that are keyboard-friendly? Keyboard fonts, those embroidery fonts you can insert by simply selecting a font from a menu and typing as you would in most any computer app, instead of combining individual design files consisting of one character per file, are infinitely easier and more efficient to […]
Subway art – best described mini posters with a collage of words – are all the rage.
The texture, type and weight of thread can dramatically impact the appearance of an embroidery design
I can’t tell you how many emails I’ve gotten from people who say their hoop is large enough to sew a particular design but the designs are missing from the set they downloaded.
I thought I’d write about this because recently I’ve gotten some emails that “including multiple sizes
Had your eye on some lace designs? Wondering how they are done? Are they difficult? Here’s what you need to know.
As a veteran embroiderer, it’s easy to forget how confusing things were in the beginning
I’ve been asked this question rather frequently lately. This question is generally.
I recently posted a question on my Facebook fan page asking how embroidery designs should be priced. Several people replied that stitch count was a good way, that “low stitch count designs like redwork” should be priced lower.
Endless or continuous hoop designs are specially digitized for creating borders and other long connected designs seamlessly.