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Featured Member for December - Louise Smith1. I have been embroidering since 2013, so almost 10 years, wow how time flies! In 2013 my husband bought me my machine as he saw it in the shop and thought I might like to do it make quilts. I quilted but had never embroidered before and I didn't use it for a few months because I didn't really know what to do with it. Sounds odd but then he enrolled me in a class and the rest is history. I LOVE my machine and doing embroidering...I make gifts for …

Featured Member for November: Dixie Hedges--Lloyd1. How long have you been embroidering? How did you start your machine embroidery journey?I have been embroidering for just under 2 years, but I have sewn on and off for almost 40 years. Three years ago, my mom and I went to a local event hosted by a sewing center, where we got to try embroidery projects on a fancy-schmancy machine. She ended up buying the machine at that point. A year later, I could no longer let her embroider all by herself, …

Featured Member for October - Diana Wacker Faue1. How long have you been embroidering? How did you start your machine embroidery journey?I've been embroidering for about 5 years now. I began my love of embroidery when I was a teenager and learned to do hand embroidering to start. I began hand embroidering dish towel and quilt blocks at first. It was a family affair. My mom, sister and I would sit and embroider together as a family, I have such fond memories of this time. We [embroidered] the s …

1. How long have you been embroidering? How did you start your machine embroidery journey?I bought my Brother NQ1400E embroidery machine in February of 2016. I began learning the ins and outs of different types of embroidery designs through trial and error. I really learned with a lot of help from Facebook groups like Tattered Stitch's, where more experienced ladies are willing to share how they do things.2. What is your favorite type of project to create?I went to a craft show that my …

1. How long have you been embroidering? How did you start your machine embroidery journey?I started my journey with embroidery about 20+ years ago. I bought a home embroidery machine when my children (2 boys) were very small and started decorating clothing for them. I've embroidered shirts and bags for a couple of sports teams as well as doing custom embroidery for individuals. I consider embroidery to be a side job while I work a regular job as well.2. What is your favorite type of proje …