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Spanx® for Machine Embroidery Designs

by eileenroche on November 9, 2011

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What is Spanx for embroidery designs? It’s underlay – the seamless foundation for beautiful embroidery. Without it, you’re going to see a whole lot of puckers, wrinkles and divets. Things that are…

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Embossing…with an Embroidery Machine

by eileenroche on October 5, 2011

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There’s a hot technique you might want to try, it’s embossing with an embroidery machine. It takes tone-on-tone embroidery to a whole new level. In fact, 90% of the thread…

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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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How to insert zippers!

by eileenroche on September 14, 2011

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A few weeks ago, over 60% of you told me that inserting zippers is your biggest challenge. I understand how you could struggle with that task so I thought I…

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Time-Saving Habits

by eileenroche on July 27, 2011

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A few weeks ago blog reader Dee Bratcher wrote: “Thank you for all the articles, sharing of projects, etc, now I just need to find more time in a day…

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One Hot Partner

by eileenroche on July 20, 2011

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As stitchers, irons are really important to us. We are known to spend over $100 on an iron because pressing is an integral part of sewing. Many of us (including…

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We want to know

by eileenroche on July 6, 2011

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We are a tiny team here at Designs.  We are committed to inspiring our readers – issue after issue.  We strive to come up with new ideas, inspiration, techniques and…

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Embroidering on Children’s T-shirts

by eileenroche on June 1, 2011

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We received a message from Melinda on our Facebook page asking for some tips for embroidering on children’s shirts. Here are my top 10 tips for embellishing children’s shirts with…

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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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Applique Embroidery Tips & Techniques Hooping

My #1 secret to successful machine embroidery applique

by eileenroche on May 11, 2011

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I’ll let you in on a little-known secret – I hate to remove the hoop during the embroidery process to trim applique. I dislike it so much, I rarely do…

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