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Creating Your Own Embroidered Headband Slider Tutorial!
A headband slider is a very simple yet amazingly cute way of customizing that hair retaining device we've all come to know and love!In it's purest form, a headband slider is simply a crafty attachment that literally slides on to your headband, along with enough friction to help keep it in place.In the following tutorial we are expanding that definition by including that wonderful craft we all have grown a passion for... embroidery! For this example, we are going to use a machine embroidered desi
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Dec 24th 2017
4 Easy Ways You Can Transfer Your Hand Embroidery Patterns!
Hand embroidery today is more popular than ever! With the ability to download a digital file of a pattern, you can print it out and then start stitching in no time at all! This only makes creative hand projects such as ours that much more easy and fun!For some though, the idea of transferring an embroidered pattern might seem a bit problematic or difficult. Thankfully there are a number of easy techniques listed below that work quite well, and don’t require any elaborate tools on your part.CHOIC
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Dec 24th 2017
Birthday Tags 'In the Hoop' Tutorial - An Easy Project!
Summer is a busy time of year for us, as it seems there is always a birthday coming up. I am always looking for cute ways to personalize my gifts. And I really love gift tags. They have always been so much to fun to add to a package. And it seems like the design ideas for them are endless. These little gift tags are no exception. They are a quick in-the-hoop project that you can personalize to fit your color tastes and with three different designs, they are sure to add variety. We chose a plain
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Dec 24th 2017
Embroidery Thread Resource Guide - Questions Answered
Here's a Basic Guide to Embroidery ThreadWhich Do You Think Is The Better Buy? Pre-Wound Bobbins... or Self-Wound Bobbins?Pre-wound bobbins actually win this one. Turns out that pre-wound bobbins typically hold three times the amount of thread as their home-wound counterparts.Useful Thread Resources:
Bobbin Compatibility ListProvides a collection of bobbin styles on more than 500 sewing machine brands.How Much Thread Does it Take to Quilt a Quilt?Get a great estimate on how much thread you will
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Dec 24th 2017
Free Standing Lace - Tutorial - Beautiful Nautical Details!
Summer is here and we were inspired by the season to make some beautiful Free Standing Lace Nautical Embroidery Patterns. This week for our new release we came up with a Free-Standing Lace Anchor, Sailboat and Lighthouse. All three embroidery designs are designed with beautiful nautical details and swirls.Free-Standing Lace is so versatile. These nautical designs are no exception. You can use them for embellishments to gift wrapped packages, as ornaments, and even as a sweet mobile (like the sam
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Dec 24th 2017