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Multi-Needle Monday: Automatic Appliqué on the Brother Entrepreneur and Baby Lock Enterprise

by Marie Zinno on October 31, 2016

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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…

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Updates Coming Your Way

by eileenroche on October 29, 2016

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The November 2016 updates for Perfect Embroidery Pro (and all other Inspirations’ software programs) will go live on November 7, 2016. There are many exciting updates to make your digitizing…

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Hacked Fan Wear for the World Series

by Marie Zinno on October 26, 2016

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Yeah! It’s October which means World Series time. As you might recall I live in Ohio. If you follow baseball, you should know which two teams are in the…

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Ribbed Knits

by eileenroche on October 19, 2016

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The stretch and texture of ribbed knit t-shirts present interesting challenges for the embroiderer. The fabric should be stretched during the embroidery process so it doesn’t ripple or tear when…

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Multi-Needle Monday: Changing the Background Display

by Marie Zinno on October 17, 2016

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If you are a lucky multi-needle embroidery machine owner, you probably took your time reading the manual about how to change the needles and setting the thread color display among…

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Software Saturday – The Backdrop Tool in My Quilt Embellisher

by eileenroche on October 15, 2016

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One of the helpful features of Inspiration’s My Quilt Embellisher is the backdrop tool. The backdrop tool allows you to bring an image on to the screen and audition embroidery…

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Stitch Insurance

by eileenroche on October 8, 2016

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Today’s guest blogger is Inspirations’ education consultant Melisa Nisius. I enjoy virtually creating quilt blocks using my fabrics, threads, embroidery designs and quilting stitches before making that first cut into…

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Multi-needle Monday: Using the Positioning Sticker

by Marie Zinno on October 3, 2016

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The needle camera and positioning stickers are one of the most efficient tools included in many Brother and Baby Lock embroidery machines. The higher end sewing/embroidery and multi-needle embroidery…

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Design Your Own Fabric!

by eileenroche on October 1, 2016

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Have you always wanted to design your own fabric? Well now you can! Let me show you how easy it is to create print-on-demand fabric. My Fabric Design software is…

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Target Rulers

by eileenroche on September 21, 2016

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I use target rulers to quickly find the middle of a quilt block, pocket, placket or other embroiderable area. Once placed on the fabric, I slip a target sticker into…