Holiday Arrivals

I just received the latest installment of Amazing Designs.  These are another cute batch of holiday embroideries.  We’ve got some samples embroidered, so you can see how great the stitch quality is on these designs.  The titles are Sweet Christmas, Childhood Wonders II, Ho!Ho! Holidays, Choo Choo Trains, Celebrate the New Year and Borders for [...]

Investment Piece

I especially enjoy selling machines to moms or grandmas who want to encourage their children/grandchildren to sew.  So many choices exist for spending free time, even I sometimes can’t make time for my hobby of sewing, so it’s great fun to see a young person so inspired to create with fabric.  Late this summer, I [...]

Embroider your Weekend Away!

The two newest embroidery CDs from Babylock arrived today:  Jacobean Birds and Classic Christmas.
I love the crisp look of the Jacobean Birds.  I think the designs would be stunning on white denim.  The design set includes an inspiring collection of hummingbirds and peacocks, and the stitching is unique.  This one is a favorite.  As if [...]

Not Just Another Embroidery Machine

I’m embroidering a few things out today on the Ellegante 2 and it got me thinking about this marvelous machine. I just take for granted that the embroidery will be beautiful and that it is easy to use. And, of course, there are hundreds of built-in designs and lettering styles galore, but we’re [...]

Place & Stitch Embroidery

While at Babylock Tech, Nancy Zieman wowed us with her new product, Place & Stitch Embroidery.  A simple concept really, and lots of embroiderers have used similar, primitive, home-made systems to place embroidered designs in the correct location, but Nancy has made it ever so simple and nearly foolproof.  That is, if you can match [...]

September Embroidery Club

The weather has been so enjoyable lately, I wondered how many gals would actually take time from their weekend to come to embroidery club.  We had a great group, and there was a lot to share.  Embroidery Online is holding their Block Party only until September 17th, so hurry to get great savings there.  Remember [...]

Operation Santa

Kim & Donna were really busy since last month’s Embroidery Club meeting. They sure did produce a ton of stockings for area Marines. We’ll keep collecting these stockings for another month, and Shirley will deliver them to the Operation Santa organizers after the October Embroidery Club meeting.