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7 Ordinary Towels – One Fabulous Gift Part 1 of 2

by eileenroche on 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…

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7 Steps to Improve Your Embroidery

by eileenroche on April 5, 2012

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7 Steps to Improve Your Embroidery Print a template(s) of your embroidery design so you can plan the embroidery layout. Place it on the item (garment, home décor, craft or…

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Spring Roses By Lorraine Allen

by eileenroche on March 28, 2012

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Note from Eileen: A big welcome to guest blogger Lorraine Allen! Many of you may remember Lorraine when she worked in customer service here at Designs.  Now she’s living in…

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Placement Guides, Alignment Marks, Placement Marks, What’s the Difference?

by eileenroche on February 8, 2012

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Placement Guides, Alignment Marks, Placement Marks, What’s the Difference? No matter what you call them, they are a visual aid to place fabric in a hoop so that the design…

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Alignment and Placement Continuous Embroidery Hooping

A new solution to squaring up fabric in the hoop

by eileenroche on January 4, 2012

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Let me introduce you to PAL – Perfect Alignment Laser. I use PAL for common machine embroidery tasks: finding the center of a quilt block or pocket, squaring my fabric/design…

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No need to limit yourself to cotton!

by eileenroche on December 14, 2011

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Part two of the Designer Handbags series on Sewing with Nancy is on the www.nancyzieman.com website. Watch how easy it is to finish the bag after the embroidery is complete.…

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Designer Handbags by Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche

by eileenroche on December 2, 2011

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If your sewing skills are holding you back from tackling complex projects, you might be interested in seeing how an embroidery machine can simplify complicated sewing tasks. How? The tough/challenging/persnickety…

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Machine Embroidered Buttonholes

by eileenroche on 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…

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Upscale Bed Linens – Tips for stitching gorgeous machine embroidery designs on sheets

by eileenroche on May 19, 2011

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I love embroidered bed linens. They are such a treat to slide between as you end a long day. Here are some tips for stitching gorgeous machine embroidery designs on…

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Top 10 Tips for Machine Embroidery Fashions

by eileenroche on April 13, 2011

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1. Find a focal point. Examine the garment to determine if there’s a design detail that could serve as the starting or focal point for the embroidery. On this plain…

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