stabilizers - The Avid Embroiderer

The Avid Embroiderer Presents: Barefoot Boy with Cheeks of Tan, July 24, 2009

If I have one recollection of my childhood that stands out, it has to be the sound of the wooden screen door, just off the kitchen, as it slammed in the warm summer afternoon. It had a coiled spring that yanked it back three times before it actually came...

Posted Jul 24 2009, 10:30 AM by pat71896 with | with 6 comment(s)

Filed under: stabilizers, FSL, free standing lace, summer, screen, window, recollection, childhood, baseball, door

Walking Shorts, 6/26/09

Here in San Diego, the summers are very mild. There is little or modest humidity (30% would be really high here) and the days may be wonderfully warm for swimming, but the evenings - are the reason people love to live in southern California. Evenings...

Posted Jun 26 2009, 10:00 AM by pat71896 with | with 11 comment(s)

Filed under: stabilizers, annthegran stabilizer, The Avid Embroiderer, border, endless hooping, tearaway, adhesive, hem

My Anniversary, 5/14/09

Much to my delight, this is my first year anniversary. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! As my gift to you, you can download my Garden Sayings for free, just click this link . These were in my Badgemaster blog , here is a photo of them. The flowers are...

Posted May 15 2009, 11:00 AM by pat71896 with | with 20 comment(s)

Free Standing Lace, 1/30/09

Is this the most magnificent swan you have ever seen? Free Standing Lace (FSL) is a technique unique to machine embroidery (ME) because, to my knowledge, there is no way to do this by hand. You could learn to ‘Tat’ which is similar, but FSL...

Posted Jan 30 2009, 01:34 PM by pat71896 with | with 15 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, stabilizers, wss, Badgemaster, FSL, water soluble stabilizer, Ornaments, Craft Glue, valentine, 3D, Community Circle 2009, heart, Swan, brayer

Leather 11/28/08

(Me singing) "Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens; the smell of leather and warm woolen mittens . . . . " Oops, you caught me, I love the smell of leather, it seems earthy, rich and makes a wonderful handbag. This time, I am doing a...

Posted Nov 27 2008, 02:30 PM by pat71896 with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: stabilizers, avid embroiderer, hugo's amazing tape, luggage tags, embroidering on leather

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

Badgemaster 8/22/08

If you read the forums, you will see lots of great opinions and terrific suggestions. One of those threads was about an item called Badgemaster. Users felt it was a good product. Since the AnnTheGran crew work hard to give ME enthusiasts the highest and...

Posted Aug 24 2008, 03:17 AM by pat71896 with | with 9 comment(s)

Filed under: embroidery designs, stabilizers, blog, The Avid Embroiderer, tips for new embroiderers, save money, wss, towels, Badgemaster, FSL, water soluble stabilizer, costs, machine embroidery

Cutwork 8/8/08

I just returned from a short trip. By the time I got to Phoenix, it was 112° and it was 115° where I was staying. Naturally that got me to thinking about . . . Christmas. (I am sure there must be some sort of relationship there!) When I think...

Posted Aug 09 2008, 05:18 PM by pat71896 with | with 23 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, embroidery designs, FSL Monograms, stabilizers, annthegran stabilizer, hoopless, The Avid Embroiderer, heirloom, Cutwork, Perfect Placement, machine embroidery

Endless Hooping 7/25/08

Thanks for responding to my request for what you wanted to talk about! Endless Hooping was the winner by far. I selected " Celtic Crosses " because it is robust with great designs and methods. There are interlocking and non-interlocking designs...

Posted Jul 19 2008, 02:37 AM by pat71896 with | with 11 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, embroidery designs, projects, stabilizers, annthegran stabilizer, The Avid Embroiderer, CatalogXpress, tips for new embroiderers, heirloom, machine embroidery

Hooping and Hoopless Embroidery 6/6/08

Hooping 101 Initially, I thought I might be able to discuss hooping in a single blog. After discussion with others and considering what hooping entails, hooping will be a series. I hope to share my experiences and what I have learned from some very accomplished...

Posted Jun 05 2008, 03:18 PM by pat71896 with | with 52 comment(s)

Filed under: embroidery designs, stabilizers, avid embroiderer, hoopless, needles, hooping, The Avid Embroiderer, machine embroidery

Stabilizers 5/22/08

When a group of embroiderers gather, one subject is certain to come up . . . . . stabilizers The stores are loaded with these important products. Annthegran alone has dozens of different stabilizers for every need. Some of the types are Tear Away, Cut...

Posted May 22 2008, 01:21 PM by pat71896 with | with 40 comment(s)

Filed under: fabric, puckering, stabilizers, avid embroiderer, annthegran stabilizer, The Avid Embroiderer, machine embroidery

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