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Re: Hooping and getting it straight

Welcome to the wonderful world of machine embroidery (ME) and AnnTheGran (ATG). ME is the most fun craft, it is beautiful, and creative, you are going to fall in love! I recommend that you start reading, reading and reading. Then, ask questions in the forum as you have just done. I recommend that you...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on 09-25-2008
The Avid Embroiderer Presents: Trapunto, September 5, 2008

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 embroidery machines were invented in the mid...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 09-05-2008
The Avid Embroiderer Presents: Badgemaster, August 22, 2008

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 best quality, the site decided to carry Badgemaster...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 08-24-2008
The Avid Embroiderer Presents: Cutwork, August 8, 2008

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 of Christmas and all those gifts, I have three guiding...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 08-09-2008
Re: No More Sticky Hoops

LaRue- We all felt that same way at one time or another! Overwhelmed, over informed and lacking in time! Your blog is really interesting and I know people are going to enjoy each and every one of them. Just a quick suggestion: At the top of your post in this forum there is a button called "Favorites...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on 07-20-2008
The Avid Embroiderer Presents Endless Hooping, July 25, 2008

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, pre-designed corners and some interesting keepsake...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 07-19-2008
Re: denisity and puckers

That is a really good question. I am unaware of any way to determine, prior to a sew out of a design, about the density. Perhaps someone with digitizing knowledge might answer this question. I did have a similar problem with a design from EL, the density was so great that my needle was 'pounding'...

Posted to General Discussion (Forum) by pat71896 on 07-13-2008
Re: denisity and puckers

Mary- Before you send your project to never never land, please take a photo of it and post it here. To post the photo, select the icon between the tree and happy face (above when you reply). Download the photo and make sure you select insert. Make the size about 2" by 2" Puckering can be caused...

Posted to General Discussion (Forum) by pat71896 on 07-11-2008
Re: Needle type/ stazbiliser type

rosarypark - What an interesting name! Please do check out my Blog which covers heavy weights and how to stabilize them. In addition to that information, I do suggest that you consider one of the ' soft ' stabilizers available here at ATG. It adds to the softness against baby's tender skin...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by pat71896 on 07-01-2008
Re: PUCKERING

Hi Virginia, You are correct,puckering is one of the biggest problems a lot of ME folk complain about. It can be caused by several things, 1. that you have under stabilized the fabric 2. that your desired design is very stitch intensive and too much for the fabric, 3. that when you are hooping your project...

Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by jalcumbrack on 06-22-2008

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