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Keeping Track of Embroidery Designs
Follow these tips for labeling and tracking changes to your digital embroidery design files
— by Jill McCloy
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Machine-Embroider Allover Lace
Make elegant lace on your home-embroidery machine that rivals the quality of the finest lace you can buy
— by Barbara Skimin
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 Manuel's Free-Motion Embroidery Technique
An embroidered design starts with a drawing by designer Manuel and ends with the skilled hands and feet and knees of free-motion embroiderer Pancho Martinez
— with Manuel
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Choosing Machine-Embroidery Threads
All the options can be confusing. Here are guidelines for selecting the right threads for your embroidery projects.
— by Sharee Dawn Roberts
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Making Sense of Stabilizers
Fabric stabilizers are rewriting the book on decorative sewing techniques, and new ones appear daily. Here's how to sort through the maze.
— by Jill McCloy
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Digitizing, Step by Step
To see how digitizing machine-embroidery designs works, click your way through this slide-show demonstration
— by Richards Jarden
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Embroidering Flowers for Hours
The work required to make the Best of Show winner at the International Pfaff Convention may have been tedious for some, but, for sewing teacher Jennifer Stern, designing and sewing the fabulous gown was a treat
— by Carol Fresia
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Beginners' Silk-Ribbon Embroidery
Hand-embroider exquisite designs with just a few basic stitches, then add to your repertoire
— by Karen Kieppe
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Machine Embroidery: A Marriage of Fabric and Design
For great results, pair the right design and fabric. Here are guidelines for embroidering fabrics, from sheers to corduroy.
— by Lindee Goodall
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Hooping Tips for Successful Embroidery
Fresh ideas for ease and accuracy when inserting your fabric in a machine embroidery hoop
— by Jill McCloy
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