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  • Hoop Impression or Burn

    Occasionally you may be working with a dense or very sheer fabric and experience what is called hoop burn. Sometimes it is just an impression left on the fabric, but some of them can be a real burn. As previously noted, you can get the fantastic (IMHO) Snap-Hoop which you can read about in my blog about...
    Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 02-18-2011

  • The Center of Attention

    Over time, I have enjoyed doing my embroidery a great deal. Even when I was frustrated in the beginning (not necessarily limited to the beginning) when everything looked like a snarled mess, I just never wanted to give up. I listened to what the dealer's salespersons had to say. (Frankly, she had...
    Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 07-09-2010

  • Brides, Princesses and Princely Pillowcases

    It is time for perfect brides to be walking down a perfect isle, in a perfect gown, with a perfect man. Well, many of us need to come up with a perfect gift in any event. LaRue, the Quilter Extraordinaire , and I like to exchange ideas of what we will be blogging about here at AnnTheGran. She had the...
    Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 05-28-2010

  • 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. It is pronounced "biss-core-new."...
    Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 02-12-2010

  • Is Mending Obsolete?

    I can remember my mother mending piles of clothes. She mended the mends, and she even darned the hose and socks. I recall her using a shot glass and a hooked tool to mend her hose. WOW, she worked a job, kept up the house, including repairing the shingles on the roof, and still had time for mending....
    Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 01-29-2010

  • Lingerie 1/3/09

    I have been thinking about doing embroidery on lingerie for some time now. I might be doing some laces or even some more dense design. I love embroidery and figured a little bit of additional color would be great. A great deal of lingerie today is made from nylon and/or polyester tricot. Tricot is a...
    Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 01-03-2009

  • 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 Away, Water soluble, and adhesive, the list goes...
    Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 05-22-2008
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