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Vintage Clutch 2

by Eileen Roche on September 7, 2021

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Make boutique-style clutches with your embroidery machine and the new Vintage Clutch 2 Collection Bundle. This bundle includes 3 clutch variations plus embroidery threads in 15 wt. and 40 wt.…

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Patches

Make Your Own Patches

by Eileen Roche on August 24, 2021

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Create professional quality embroidered patches and emblems with Poly Patch Twill. How do you create your own patch you ask? Good question. We are going to dive in to see…

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Alignment and Placement

Nail It!

by Eileen Roche on August 17, 2021

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Nail It! Mark and hoop with confidence using all sizes of the Embroiderer’s Helper. What is the Embroiderer’s Helper you ask? The Embroiderer’s Helper is an easy solution for positioning…

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Hooping

Stand Back!

by Eileen Roche on August 10, 2021

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Stand Back refers to keeping your fabric from falling into the sewing field! And we do that with the Hoop Guard. Hoop Guard is available for two types of hoops. …

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Alignment and Placement

Hoop It, Center It, Stitch It!

by Eileen Roche on August 4, 2021

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Hoop It, Center It, Stitch It with the Center It Kit! The Center It Kit is a quilting placement template set of five nested shapes, including 12” squares, 12” circles,…

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Embroidery Tips & Techniques

Needle Do’s and Don’ts

by Eileen Roche on July 27, 2021

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Needles are one of the most important and often neglected aspects of embroidery. They are a small investment in learning which ones to use for what projects to reap the…

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Software

Fun with Fonts

by Eileen Roche on July 13, 2021

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Creating fun fonts like Puffy, Applique and Embossed is easy with DIME Perfect Embroidery Pro Software. There are so many options! Of course, the colors of the puffy foam and…

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Applique

Creating Soft & Lightweight Applique Using FuseMe Fusible Web

by Eileen Roche on July 6, 2021

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Creating soft, flexible & lightweight applique is possible when using Exquisite FuseMe Fusible Web. This easy to use product is a low melt paper-backed fusible web used to bond two…

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Applique

Applique: It’s All About the Fabric!

by Eileen Roche on July 1, 2021

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Applique embroidery designs are fun to make with these Micro Print fabrics. This fun collection offers 100% combed cotton fabrics in five color ways of micro dots and coordinating buffalo…

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Wearables

Fringe Jewelry

by Eileen Roche on June 22, 2021

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Embroidered Lace Jewelry is fun to make. They are as light as air, which makes them very comfortable to wear. Lace Jewelry collection has 16 different earrings, including several with…