What’s the Buzz: May Events at Rocky Mountain Sewing and Vacuum
Golly, our event center was really hopping in April! Check out a couple short video montages from the All Stars with Angela Wolf and the OESD Spree Party. I just […]
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 […]
Hop to It! Make a Bunny Word Collage with FTC-U
I’ve already admitted to liking embroidery designs with a word collage in the blog, Christmas Word Collage to Embroider. However, I am not artistic enough to come up with my […]
How To Transfer Embroidery Designs to Your Machine
I “grew up” with computers. My Dad was a tech geek, and I married a tech geek, and frankly, I’m a tech geek. We’ve always been early and eager adopters […]
August Sew Fun
We’re Baaackkk! We just got back from the Brother Convention and have so much to share with you. Be sure to sign up and attend the What’s New Party. But […]
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 […]
Put a Little Bling on Your Embroidery. The Brother Rhinestone Kit, Part 2.
Is bling still a thing? I hope so, because I like the look of rhinestone-embellished embroidery. I’ve run across a few designs here and there that incorporate rhinestones in their […]
The Brother Rhinestone Kit Part 1: CanvasWorkspace
Recently, Brother introduced an add-on feature to their ScanNCut Canvas application (CanvasWorkspace) to design hot-fix rhinestone designs. With this application you can create your own designs that are either all […]
Create Your Own Embroidered Quilt Block With Stippling Using Floriani FTC-U
I am making a quilt for my granddaughter and wanted one of the quilt blocks to be a floral peacock from the Anita Goodesign Floral Animals collection. Since I am […]
How to Organize and Manage Embroidery Collections
Did you attend Anita’s University hosted by Rocky Mountain Sewing and Vacuum earlier this month? Did you come away with even more embroidery collections? So now, how do you manage […]
Halloween Napkins: Perfect and Reproducible Embroidery Placement
I love to dress my table for Halloween (well, all of the holidays, actually). I like placemats and matching Halloween napkins that reflect the holiday spirit. To coordinate with some […]
The Fun Continues: October Sew Fun
Whew! We just are getting done with the Anita’s University event and it’s time to host October Sew Fun! Rob sure does keep us hopping! As usual, our Sew Fun […]
Make It Personal By Creating a Monogram: Part 2, Monogramming Software & Machines
In Creating a Monogram Part I, I provided some style guidelines for creating a monogram. With this blog, I will discuss using software and embroidery machines to create monograms. You’ll see how easy […]