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7 Ordinary Towels – One Fabulous Gift Part 1 of 2

April 25, 2012
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Vintage Elegance Elevate a humble days-of-the-week towel set with charming embroidery, ruffled trim and ribbon.  The fun is in the making – truly – I had a blast working on this set of towels.  Hidden in a drawer for ages, the days-of-the-week towels popped into my mind just as I was scrambling for the...

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Advent Calendars

November 29, 2011
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I’ve always been charmed by advent calendars. When I saw this Winter Mitten Gift Card Holder from our friends at SWAKembroidery.com, I couldn’t resist transforming the in-the-hoop ornaments into 25 mittens to countdown the days until Christmas. The mitten is featured in the current issue of Designs and is a bargain-buy at $8.00 because...

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The Bubble Quilt – Complete!

October 26, 2011
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I finished! Yippee! Not only finished but I flew it across the country, wrapped it up in pretty paper and hand delivered it to my precious niece, Christin Morrow. I have to say, I’m quite proud of myself because there’s something you don’t know about me. I finish 95% of the projects I have...

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Bubble Quilt Part 2

October 19, 2011
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If you missed Part 1 of the Bubble Quilt, click here. I’m getting there! Here’s a peek at my progress on the Bubble Quilt. Last week, I finished all of the embroidery (that is quilting) and trimmed my strips. Now, I have to piece and bind. I hated walking away from this project but...

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The Bubble Quilt

October 12, 2011
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Doesn’t time just fly? I mean zoom by? It seems just like yesterday that my niece called to tell me she was expecting her first child. I hung up the phone thinking what wonderful news. I really need to make a quilt for that baby. Well, that was four months ago, and now the...

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Machine Embroidered Buttonholes

September 28, 2011
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Click here to download this article as a PDF for future reference. Many of you wrote that buttonholes are a struggle when it comes to sewing. I agree! One of the worst parts about adding a buttonhole is it’s just about the last thing you do when making a garment. I begin to sweat...

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Thank goodness! There’s always more than one right way to create!

September 21, 2011
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Don’t you just love how diverse our world is? We see diversity everywhere we look – even in our embroidery studios. There is always more than one way to accomplish something in the embroidery studio. Really, the more you learn, the more options you realize you have. For instance, I love to use my...

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Stitching on Fur

December 3, 2010
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It’s that time of year….surely someone has asked you to personalize a Christmas stocking. Did you agree? Do you wish you hadn’t? Afraid to tackle the long, furry fibers of faux fur? There’s still time to do the job correctly. Let’s take a look at the biggest challenge when stitching on fur. The fibers...

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Dress up your kitchen or bath for the holidays

October 8, 2010
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Dress up your kitchen or bath for the holidays

I often overlook one of the easiest ways to dress up the kitchen or the bath during the holidays. I’ve made a promise to myself to buy some new towels and stitch some really cute holiday designs this year. If you’ve been thinking about the doing the same, here’s some steps to make it...

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Free Grommet Designs and Winner from last week!

April 30, 2010
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Free Grommet Designs and Winner from last week!

The lucky winner of the Wisteria Binder Kit and Contemporary Machine Embroidered Quilts is…Sara! “Sara said… April 27, 2010 4:21 PM I was thrilled to finally get my embroidery machine. I did not know there were so many things that you could do with them. I learned how to do paper piece quilting by...

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