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  • 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
  • I PREDICT - - -

    I predict that there will be a really great Blog from The Avid Embroiderer on Hooping around Friday or Saturday, June 6 or 7, 2008. I also predict that there already is a really fun Blog from The Adventures of Crash Coarse Cathy and can be viewed at: http://www.annthegran.com/cs/blogs/crash-course-cathy...
    Posted to General Discussion (Forum) by pat71896 on 06-01-2008
  • Re: Stitch Density and Fabrics

    I can not stress enough the fact ALWAYS,ALWAYS ,ALWAYS do test sew outs for any type of fabric. It is the best way to tell what stabilizers you need for that particular item.Some may need two,three even more .I never do any embroidery without WSS on the top.It just makes every project come out nicer...
    Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by jalcumbrack on 06-01-2008
  • Re: Stitch Density and Fabrics

    My goodness,I just realized you had two types of fabric you are using here.Silly me !I would say again for the cotton,what are you using for stabilizer's? Cotton is a very light weight fabric,so dense stitches are likely to pucker it. I just thought of something else as well,did you re-size the design...
    Posted to Today's Top Tips (Forum) by jalcumbrack on 06-01-2008
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