Starting out in Machine Embroidery can be intimidating, but first of all, it should be fun. So you’ve just unpacked your first embroidery machine; You may not know this yet, but if you have the affinity for this craft, you are in for an incredible ride. There are a lot…
Three ‘Trivial’ Details that made the Difference in my Embroidery
To embroider; it can simultaneously stand for puffing up and altering the truth of one’s statements as well as for adding decoration. Though I’ve been known to tell tales about my own time stitching, the truth is that I really have taken it quite seriously; as I’ve started to teach…
Confessions from Commercial Embroidery
I am often surprised on first contact with many craft and home embroiderers by the expectations that they have of commercial embroidery as the place where ‘perfect’ work is the norm. I admit, an all-day, every day digitizer may not balk at most any design challenge, but there’s no grounds…