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What the Stabilizer Sellers Won't Tell You

With that title line, I am thinking that there are hundreds and hundreds of things they won't tell you, but I will zoom in on a few of my personal favorites, in no particular order: Those prices - unbelievably, are way overpriced. This one reminds me of cosmetics, if you figure out the real price...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 01-06-2012
This is only a test . . . Part 2

I kept thinking about my last project that failed. I am always excited about presenting project that are really great, but a failure is giving me some uncomfortable feelings. I did retry the design but got the same results, failure of the stitching. . I should have been suspicious when I saw that the...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 10-21-2011
Re: My Brand New Brother PE770 Embroidery Machine just arrived Yesterday!

As with many issues of embroidery, some embroiderers have good results and some bad with the same stabilizers. We may have a consensus on some things, but disagree on somethings as well. The water soluble stabilizers you can find in your local store is not suitable for anything, IMHO. You may want to...

Posted to Brother PE-700/PE-700II Users (Forum) by pat71896 on 10-11-2011
This is only a test. . . .

I have wanted to try this technique for 2 years but something always gets in the way. Such is life. This is a technique to make a doily or table runner or even a table cloth if you are that ambitious. As I recall the instructions, which I cannot find anymore, you are to make some edging free standing...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 10-07-2011
One photo is worth a thousand words.

On the left is my Badgemaster fsl. On the right is a heavy duty, water soluble stabilizer that is available at most every embroidery store I have ever been in. Yard for yard, Badgemaster is so much less expensive but does come in a large roll. You will use it up, I can almost promise. I suppose I am...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on 10-02-2011
Emergencies are the Mother of Invention

When it comes to family, the words family emergency causes me to have chills. We all know what those words mean and I hope you are not having one right now. But I am and I considered not blogging until this was settled. However, so many things were coming forward that were positive and interesting that...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 08-05-2011
Re: BADGEMASTER! A three year journey.

You make a very important point. I was working with a friend recently when she asked about failure of two layers of her wash away stabilizer. I was astounded at just how thin the stabilizer was and using two layers was just a waste of money. I have used Badgemaster from day one just because I thought...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on 06-14-2011
Re: BADGEMASTER! A three year journey.

Deb - Welcome to the really wonderful world of machine embroidery!! Life will never be the same. I guess I forget to mention to everyone that I have a habit of tightening the hoop at my work area and then when I have it set on the machine, usually just a moment or two later, I often find that I can tighten...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on 06-10-2011
BADGEMASTER! A three year journey.

I got a roll of Badgemaster in 2008, probably around March. I loved every minutes of it and I just wanted to let you know about it (again). I almost feel like I have lost a friend - I have to get more! I wrote a blog about it and I still feel as strongly as I did back then. As I am finishing up the 15"...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on 05-25-2011
Year-Round FSL by Dakota

At this time, there are only a handful of design creators for whom we all would know for certain of the absolute quality and Dakota Collectibles is one of them. Many of those who have made a name for themselves do have collections here including Adorable Ideas , Amazing Designs , Ann The Gran , Ken Parsons...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 12-03-2010

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