Appliqué Cut Data From Embroidery Machine to ScanNCut
Many new embroidery collections that feature appliqué now come with .svg cut data for your cutting machine. But, did you know that you can create appliqué cut data from appliqué […]
March Sew Fun 2022
Welcome back! We’re sew excited to see you all for our March Sew Fun 2022 in the stores! So you don’t miss it, be sure to check it out at […]
Create Appliqué Cut Data From a .pes File on ScanNCut SDX225
Did you know you can use the ScanNCuts DX225 and the SDX230 to create cut files for appliqué right from a .pes file? No software needed! It takes just a […]
Embroidery Fun with OESD Designs
I just love OESD designs. They create wonderful, creative designs, and I have stitched out several of their free standing lace designs and even blogged about a few: Let’s Build […]
Holiday Wreath from OESD
How about a cute embroidered Holiday Wreath for your Christmas decor? One of the designs released by OESD in November was Free Standing Holiday Wreaths. (Check out a special offer […]
November Sew Fun
The holiday season is upon us, but it’s not too late to work on projects that make our homes a place of welcome for family and friends. So, our presenter […]
Turned Edge Appliqué
I am working on my Sew Fun projects for October including one from Annie’s Quilting called Oh Christmas Tree. This beautiful pattern calls for turned edge appliqué to make the […]
Hop To It! Bunny Word Collage Part 2: Appliqué It
In my previous blog, Hop to It! Make a Bunny Word Collage with FTC-U, I showed you how, in Floriani’s FTC-U, to create a word collage inside of a bunny […]
What’s The Buzz: February Events at Rocky Mountain Sewing and Vacuum
February is a great month for those who love to sew. It’s cold and snowy out, so what better way to spend the day at one or more of our […]
Chenille Embellished Penguin
Back in November, we held an Embellish event at our Aurora store. The end product after three days of using ScanNCut DX1, Luminaires XP1 and various cutting tools, the students […]
Why I Love Anita Goodesign Embroidery Collections
We just wrapped up the Anita Goodesign Anita’s University 301 last week. It was so much fun, and as always, Taylor was a great instructor. (Bless his heart!) I was […]
Cut It Out and Roll With It! The ScanNCut DX
What do a roll feeder, auto sensing blade and pes file readability all have in common? They’re just some of the new features incorporated into the ScanNCut DX. We were […]
Quick Quilting: Pre-Cut Fabric
How many hours do you spend cutting fabric for quilts? How much time do you spend picking out and buying fabrics that go together? If the answer is “a lot”, […]
BES to ScanNCut (Part 2): Resize the Placement Stitch for the Appliqué
In my last blog, BES4 to ScanNCut: Appliqué Cut File from Placement Stitches, I showed you how to use BES4 Dream Edition to create ScanNCut cut files from the placement […]
BES4 to ScanNCut: Appliqué Cut File from Placement Stitches
I do a lot of embroidery with appliqués. All appliqué designs, as far as I know, provide a “placement stitch” so you know where to put your fabric for the […]
Patch Attack! How to Make An Embroidered Iron-on Patch
A friend of mine wanted to put some embroidery on the back pocket of her granddaughter’s jeans. However, there is no way she could do that in a hoop unless […]
January Sew Fun
It’s the New Year, and we are full of surprises! We hope you’ll come to the January Sew Fun sessions to see them. Here’s a couple of the great projects […]