Software Saturday – View Applique in Color or Fabric
Last week, we left off with auditioning crazy quilt stitches on a Dresden plate bloc in My Quilt Embellisher. If the colors of the appliques on this default Dresden plate are not your favorites, then...
View ArticleApplique – It’s Not Just for Quilting
Oh, dear readers! If you had been guests in my office last Thursday you’d have seen chaos, pandemonium and some really fun projects being put together using the new Stipple Baby collection. What you...
View ArticleThe Case for Applique: Open and Closed
By Tamara Evans This week’s blog explores two different, but simple, methods of creating applique designs. We have received many requests for instructions to create the necktie applique on the onesie...
View ArticleSoftware Saturday – True Type Fonts
Want more embroidery fonts? All you have to do in Perfect Embroidery Pro is click on File, Import TT Text and you’ll find every font that’s installed on your computer. Just click, type and convert!...
View ArticleSoftware Saturday – Two Part Applique
Hey Software Saturday readers! Check out these two videos on how to make a two-part applique. In less than eight minutes, you’ll learn how to import True Type Test, load a back drop, trace an image and...
View ArticleMulti-Needle Monday: Automatic Appliqué on the Brother Entrepreneur and Baby...
As owners of the Baby Lock Enterprise and Brother Entrepreneur, we are so fortunate to have the latest and greatest technology at their finger tips. We have the scanner and live camera along with...
View ArticleGlitter Princess!
You’re never too old or too young to celebrate a special birthday! Recently, Stephanie Sanders, my loyal employee of 14 years, approached me with a request to stitch a shirt for her daughter’s...
View ArticleTop Five Applique Techniques for Plush Fabrics
Most embroiderers love appliqué designs. Appliqué can be used when a large embroidery design is needed but using a high stitch count design is not feasible. Appliqué can also be used to tame thick...
View ArticleMonogram of the Month – Part 2 of 2
I didn’t have what I needed today. So I used what I found. What I wanted was a black painted wooden frame. I had one somewhere – finding it was another matter and there was no time to delay the...
View ArticleMulti-Needle Monday: Embroidering Appliqué Patterns
Combine traditional appliqué with embroidery to create unique designs. This technique is ideal for creating appliqués and applying them to fabrics that cannot be embroidered on easily. You can create...
View ArticleMulti-Needle Monday: On the Edge Embroidery with the Scanner
High tech inventions make precise embroidery placement so easy. I like to use the scanning feature that is included on my 10 needle embroidery machine to place text on baby items and other accessories....
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Multi-Needle Monday: Month by Month Onsie Gift Set (Part 2 of 3)
Last Monday I shared the first portion of planning the process for the “Month by Month Onsie” gift set and now we continue with the embroidery steps. Position the labeled squares of fabric on your...
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Puffy Foam!
This post is a continuation from the September 2015 Designs Plus Newsletter. If you missed it, stop by for a visit by clicking here. In today’s lesson you’ll learn how to: Work with an embroidery...
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Multi-Needle Monday: Month by Month Baby Onsies (Part 3 of 3)
The final step in our Month by Month onesie gift set is to attach the circle appliqué embroidery to each onesie. Although my instructions are for the multi-needle embroidery machine, it can be executed...
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Quilt Block: Easy Steps to Big Blocks
Oversized applique quilts make a big impact and you don’t need a giant sewing field to get the look. Create one quarter of the block and then duplicate it to fill a large 15″ canvas. Her’s how. In...
View ArticleRoom for Improvement
Last week, I showed you how to how to draw a simple flower design in Inspirations’ Perfect Embroidery Pro and turn it into a large applique quilt block. I ended the lesson with this comment: “I’ll...
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Pretty in Pink
I finally found some time to stitch a sample of the applique flower that we’ve been discussing over the past few Software Saturday posts. I selected a pink hand-dyed fabric for the flower and a subtle...
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Memories, the threads of time
Isn’t it fun to capture a happy memory in needle and thread? It’s not always easy to achieve but when memories and creative inspiration collide, it’s a heartfelt moment. That’s the story behind my...
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Double Decker Applique Letters
Since we’re celebrating 100 issues of Designs in Machine Embroidery magazine, I thought I would share one of my favorite projects: curved, double decker applique letters. I love everything about this...
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Multi-Needle Monday: Automatic Appliqué on the Brother Entrepreneur and Baby...
As owners of the Baby Lock Enterprise and Brother Entrepreneur, we are so fortunate to have the latest and greatest technology at their finger tips. We have the scanner and live camera along with...
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