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If you are into crafting of any sort, there is always the need for storage, so why not add a little fun and creativity into the mix? Here is a fun and clever way to store extra stash you may have lying around!Here Are The Items That You Will Need... 12" by 12" hoop14" by 14" floral fabric for the backing on hoop15" by 14" Heavy weight muslin (15" long by 7" tall when folded)Medium weight cut away stabilizerFour Fanciful Flowers Border Embroidery PatternRulerErasable penHow To Make It(A Video is …

Mother's Day is coming up... And I always like to finish off my gifts with a handmade card to mom. Usually I stamp something out when I decide to make her a custom embroidered card. But this year, I had this little finch that inspired me for my card. It was so fast and easy to do as the bird is appliqued.Here is what you will need Sweet Finch Applique Medium weight cut away stabilizer A variety of fabrics 4" x 4" (102mm x 102mm) hoop One panel 4" x 5.5" (102mm x 140mm) card stock …

So... What Exactly is a Stabilizer? Embroidery stabilizers are simply an applied weave that is added to various fabric types to help reduce or eliminate bunching and puckering. They are also important in reducing the ability of the stitches to take on the texture of the fabric that they are being applied to or sinking too deeply into the fabric. Many lighter fabrics are especially susceptible to these issues, since they lack the stiffness of other materials such as leather. The application of …

There are so many projects we have thought to do with our sassy little Sugar Skull. We have thought about putting onto a denim jacket, the pocket of jeans or on a t-shirt. They would all be perfectly good places to embroider this little gem. But we decided that our pet Daisy needed a little bit of wardrobe for herself. So we made her a pink bandana that shows off the Sugar Skull!Here Are The Items That You Will Need... Sugar Skull embroidery patternFat quarter squared offMedium weight cut away …

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 …