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February 19, 2021

Back to Basics: Machine Embroidery

Machine embroidery is one of the hottest ways to personalize your sewing and add your unique touch to your handmade items as well as store bought purchases. It can help turn a ho-hum item into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. We must warn you, however, this aspect of sewing is definitely addictive and, unfortunately, can be quite […]

Tagged With: embroidery thread, hoops, machine embroidery, stabilizer

March 6, 2020

Oh, the Places Our Sewing Will Go

When my 40-something son, Todd, invited me to join him on a Mount Kilimanjaro climb, I thought about it, laughed, and then declined. I am too much of a risk, even though others my age and older have done it. When he said he would like a banner of some kind to wave when he […]

Tagged With: charitable sewing, machine embroidery

September 28, 2017

Mystery of the Shrinking Embroidery Stabilizer

I love to do embroidery and when I work with cotton fabrics, I always starch them well before hooping. The starch makes the fabric crisp and the embroidery clean. After stitching, I then press again—without starch. After pressing a couple of the quilt blocks, I noticed some wrinkles along the stitching lines that I hadn’t […]

Tagged With: embroidery, machine embroidery, sewing, stabilizer

March 1, 2017

Taste of ASG Video – Machine Embroidery

Get a Taste of ASG with these snippets from our full-length video on Machine Embroidery. Membership in The American Sewing Guild gives you access to over 150 educational videos and project files, as well as a subscription to our quarterly magazine. Become a member today to take advantage of special offers, member discounts, education, meetings […]

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