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Turn Your Embroidery Machine Into a Longarm

by eileenroche on August 19, 2017

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If you want to successfully quilt with your machine, you have to learn the secrets to controlling the process.  In my class, Turn Your Embroidery Machine Into a Longarm at…

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Wisconsin Quilt Expo 2017

by eileenroche on August 16, 2017

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  In just a few short weeks, I’m heading to my favorite quilt show – Wisconsin Quilt Expo, in Madison, Wisconsin, Sept 7-9, 2017.  Why is WQE my favorite quilt…

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Embroidery is Not Just for Hemlines

by eileenroche on August 12, 2017

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I was browsing in a department store this weekend and like normal, I was drawn to anything embroidered. Much to my delight, I saw so many embroidered t-shirts, sweaters and…

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Take These 5 Time-saving steps Before You Embroider

by eileenroche on August 9, 2017

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Embrace these five tips to save as much time as possible in your embroidery studio. These tips have saved me countless hours, I hope you find them helpful. Stock up…

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70 Free Training Lessons!

by eileenroche on July 29, 2017

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Really? 70 free training lessons on software?  Yep – it’s all on the Inspired by DIME YouTube channel.  You can learn about Inspirations software programs in the comfort of your…

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Text Editing Tips

by eileenroche on July 22, 2017

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Often, new users in Inspirations Perfect Embroidery Pro struggle with making simple changes in text files.  It’s really quite easy so follow along in your software to get a better…

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Tropical Summer Stitching

by eileenroche on July 8, 2017

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The May/June issue of Designs in machine Embroidery featured one of my favorite new projects: Hints of Havana. This project could have easily been called Hints of Hawaii summer Splash,…

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Tropical Stitching

by eileenroche on June 28, 2017

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It’s always been a dream of mine to have an ocean view out my studio window.  Since I live in Texas, this is definitely not what I see out my…

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June 2017 Update – Video!

by eileenroche on June 10, 2017

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Take a video tour of June 2017’s Update, Version 9.55 with Katherine Artines.  Katherine – our resident digitizing whiz – posted a 48-minute tutorial focused on the June update for…

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Volume 104 Subtle Tees – Leaf Lesson Part 1 of 2 – Software

by eileenroche on May 20, 2017

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By Denise Holguin This is expanded coverage of the Subtle Tees project featured in Volume 104 May/June 2017. Lesson Highlights: Copy, paste and rotate designs in embroidery software to suit…

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