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• Digitizing for the non-digitizer

  After asking several digitizers me all important question - "tell your readers that it takes a lot more than pressing a few keys create a beautiful design." There are a few things that they get want to share which you and I'm going to share... Posted Dec 09 2011, 10:30 by pat71896 with | with no comments Filed under: fabric, digitizing, 3D, KP Composition, Compositions, color changes, satin stitch, rosebud, bullet proof, roses

• Got Thread??

  Without thread, embroidery is just a piece of fabric. . . The thread can make a great design more beautiful or take an excellent design and make it average. When newbies first buy their machines, they usually have no idea what purchases await them. I... Posted Mar 18 2011, 02:50 PM by pat71896 with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: blog, needles, The Avid Embroiderer, madeira thread treasure chest, satin, save money, costs, Green, metallic thread, thread breakage, cotton, silicon, thread, Sulky, color changes, colors, Hemingworth, Isacord, Madeira, Jacobean, cotton thread, metallic, polyester, silk, rayon, apron, kitchen, muscle cars, men

• Masters of Painting, Van Gogh

  Since I am not a digitizer, I don't know much about this particular technique called photo-stitch. But I do know what I like and this is terrific (IMHO). Photo-stitch technique creates a dimension in embroidery that has the appearance of sketching... Posted Nov 12 2010, 04:08 PM by pat71896 with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: CatalogXpress, thread, density, Robison-Anton, color changes, colors, Madeira, Catalog Xpress, techniques, Photo-Stitch, Cutaway, Art, Van Gogh

• The Giving Tree

  One of my favorite authors was Shel Silverstein; he was truly one of a kind. In addition to many books, poetry and artist, he wrote the music and lyrics for "A Boy Named Sue." You can read more about him here . As a teenager, my daughter was... Posted Aug 06 2010, 04:45 PM by pat71896 with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: embroidery designs, fabric, avid embroiderer, color changes, colors, border, paint, net, Tranquility Tree, voile, The Giving Tree, organza, frames

• Colors That Excel, 5/29/09

  You may remember that one of my earliest blogs discussed “Things I Wish I Knew When I Began Machine Embroidery.” It had about 8 or 10 items that would have helped me save some of the money I spent and just some simple things that any newbie... Posted May 29 2009, 11:00 by pat71896 with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: madeira thread treasure chest, save money, digitizing, thread, Sulky, Robison-Anton, color changes, colors, Hemingworth, newbies, Isacord