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Oct
Oct
Are you looking for a small seasonal or monthly project for home decor? How about this quilted and pieced in-the-hoop calendar block? Or, use it as a pillow cover.
Tag Archives: Technique
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Nov
Nov
Every knows that eating eating shellfish can be messy and you need a lot of napkins. What not go for one big one that can double as a bib?
02
Nov
Nov
Simulating the look of hand embroidered crazy quilting is fast and easy with an embroidery machine! All the blocks in this set are stitched similar to paper piecing in the hoop using a stitch and flip method.
02
Nov
Nov
Show off your embroidery with this quick and easy project!
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Oct
Oct
Last July, I digitized a set of continuous line baby animals and then used the same artwork to recreate the animals in appliqué and now I’ve finally finished stitching those appliqué versions!
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Sep
Sep
Eight years ago, I wrote a post called Why Does My Embroidery Pucker (find it linked at the end of this post) and during the recently wrapped 2017 Virtual Sewing, Quilt, and Embroidery Expo, I focused on pucker problems in my two-part class called Professional Pointers for Pucker Prevention.
Embossed monograms on towels are an easy and fun technique. They’re also impressive looking and elegant and can work with most any decor.
18
Oct
Oct
A plain design can often provide more opportunities for creativity than a more decorative version. Really?
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Aug
Aug
After creating the ITH Snappy Eyeglasses case, I had many requests for a simpler version that could be completed in one hooping with no additional sewing.
02
Aug
Aug
I love having a small bag to run around town with. Yes, there are times when I want to tote along a bottle of water, my iPad, some kind of handwork project, and/or a few other bulky items in a large bag, but for a quick shopping trip, who needs all that extra stuff?
Blog, Embroidery Techniques, Projects
How to Customize A Basic In-the-Hoop Project to Make Your Own Designer Bag
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Jun
Jun
Lately I’ve been on an ITH bag binge, as you might guess from the recent series of blog posts. First it was the ITH Snappy Glasses cases, a project collection with 6 panels for mixing and matching.
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May
May
After I posted the Snappy Glasses Cases, I was bombarded with requests for a version that would fit in a 5×7” hoop so here’s a new bevy of bags. Although they may look different, they’re all done from just one design!