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• The Living is Easy

  It is summertime here in southern California. That actually means that the days are balmy to hot and the nights are balmy to cold. My friend rents his beach side condo and he laughs about the people from Arizona. They come here to cool off, and then in... Posted Jun 25 2010, 04:15 PM by pat71896 with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: stabilizers, avid embroiderer, annthegran stabilizer, costs, batting, monograms, applique, adhesive, summer, Design Downloads, 4th of July, coaster, scissors

• Biscornu, Chic and Classy

  A biscornu is an elegant, eight sided ‘pincushion' whose origins have been lost over the centuries. Biscornu is a French adjective, literally meaning "two horned." It is also thought to be something that is irregular, a little lopsided... Posted Feb 12 2010, 04:45 PM by pat71896 with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: embroidery designs, fabric, stabilizers, avid embroiderer, annthegran stabilizer, The Avid Embroiderer, batting, rotate, density, cross stitch, whip stitch, Biscornu

• Trapunto 9/05/08

  Embroidery has been a time honored craft for many centuries. When cloth was first available, the first embellishment was probably some sort of thread design. The first known examples of embroidery were dated 3000 B.C. and done by men. The first commercial... Posted Sep 05 2008, 06:30 PM by pat71896 with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Tips, embroidery designs, stabilizers, blog, annthegran stabilizer, The Avid Embroiderer, tips for new embroiderers, wss, Badgemaster, water soluble stabilizer, batting, trapunto, machine embroidery