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  • New Year’s Eve Décor to Sew & Embroider

    December 26, 2022 /

    New Year’s Eve Décor quick-and-easy sparkly décor to celebrate the new year New Year’s Eve isn’t typically a holiday we celebrate with tons of decorating. We’re just getting past Christmas, after all! But, adding some sparkle with fun designs and threads doesn’t take much effort and can make the day (and night) more festive and fun. NEW YEAR’S EVE TOWEL Grab an embroidery blank and embroider a cute phrase or sentiment to welcome the new year. This featured design, “Cheers Embroidery” by Itch2Stitch, is available at Designs by Juju. The design is digitized for 40 wt. Poly Deco™ Thread. Try substituting Sulky Poly Sparkle for some of the design elements…

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    Basic Apron to Sew – No Pattern Needed

    December 1, 2022 /

    Basic Apron to Sew for anyone on your gift list Sew a basic apron by creating your own pattern right onto the fabric. Then, add machine embroidery to the center front to make a statement, show your favorite animal or sports team or celebrate a favorite holiday. This basic apron is easily completed in 30 minutes or less, save for the machine embroidery time, which depends on the complexity of the design you choose. Make the apron your own and add fun trim to the lower edge, contrasting and/or adjustable straps or a patch pocket. BASIC APRON SUPPLIES 5/8  yard of mediumweight fabric, such as lightweight canvas, twill or interfaced…

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    Halloween Décor, Party Place Cards & More

    October 6, 2022 /

    Halloween Décor Just Got Easier with festive labels made in the hoop! Halloween décor is super fun to sew. With these in-the-hoop labels, you can decorate existing canisters, vases and containers of all sizes for Halloween, and the easily remove them for next year when needed. Embroider a few for the bathroom, and place them onto various sized canisters filled with cotton swabs, toilet paper rolls and floss picks. Stitch some for the kitchen and set up a s’mores party with chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows placed artfully into spooky vases. Create your own food labels for a fun party that spooks the kiddos. The possibilities are endless! The designs,…

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  • Halloween Word Play Embroidery Designs on Towel Blank

    September 6, 2022 /

    Halloween Word Play a NEW Curated Collection for Blanks, Pillows, Treat Bags & More! Halloween Word Play machine embroidery designs, with artwork by Urusula Michael and digitizing by Marcia Manning, are spooky cute and offer a quicker alternative to cross-stitch. That’s right! These designs come in multiple sizes (and counts) to enable you to do cross-stitch right in the hoop of your embroidery machine! Add one of each design to a tea towel or kitchen towel blank and gift them to friends and neighbors for fun “boo-ing” during the Halloween season. Grab all four Halloween Word Play Designs as a “combo” collection, or purchase them individually. HALLOWEEN TOWEL SUPPLIES Sulky…

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    Hamburger Pouch in the Hoop

    May 22, 2022 /

    Hamburger Pouch Quick Gift This hamburger pouch in-the-hoop design, from Embroidery Online, is a cute last-minute graduation gift, a great travel pouch for trinkets, and a fun party favor for summer birthdays. Make several assembly-line style and fill them with coins to gift to the kids during your next BBQ. HAMBURGER POUCH SUPPLIES Hamburger Pouch Design Sulky Rayon Threads (featured colors: Cocoa Cream 1838, Lt. Red 1037, Nile Green 1274, Off White 1071, Goldenrod 1024) Tear-Easy™ Stabilizer Fabric & notions according to design specs (Note: Instead of ribbon loop, the featured pouch was made with a strip of faux leather cut to size.) Double-sided basting tape (1/4″- or 1/2″-wide) *We…

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    Filled with Love Tea Towel to Stitch

    January 6, 2022 /

    Filled with Love Towel   Add an adorable Filled with Love tea towel design to a blank trimmed tea towel to gift for Valentine’s Day. Start with our Cup of Tea Thread Palette, which includes 10 spools of Sulky Rayon Thread and 6 machine embroidery designs in 3 sizes. Then grab a towel blank (choose one with a colorful border or add your own!) and Sulky Fabri-Solvy for beautiful results.   The Cup of Tea design collection contains all appliqué designs, done in the hoop of your embroidery machine. You’ll need some fabric scraps for the appliqué design portions, so choose solids that coordinate with the thread colors or fabrics…

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  • Luxe Lounge Wraps for the Holidays

    Luxe Lounge Wraps for the Holidays

    November 24, 2021 /

    Create Luxe Lounge Wraps to Wear for the Holiday Season Luxe Lounge Wraps allow us to remain comfortable yet fashionable for holiday gatherings, photos and more this winter. The DIY Lounge Wrap pattern is so versatile – you can dress it up or down depending on the fabrics you choose! Specialty knits and velvets are great choices for holiday attire, keeping you cozy yet chic. Choose a sweater knit in a fun holiday print, like THIS ONE from So Sew English. Or opt for a plush velvet like THIS ONE, also from So Sew English. The little bit of spandex in the fabric give this fabric a great stretch, making…

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  • Festive Towels to Embroider

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    November 1, 2021 /

    Festive Towels for the Holidays Make festive towels with machine embroidery to add some festive cheer to your kitchen this holiday season. The following directions are for making your own towel out of fabric. But it’s equally as impressive to add a machine embroidery design to an embroidery blank. Choose one of our Santa Sayings embroidery designs or make six towels to showcase the entire collection and give some away as gifts, complete with your favorite cookie recipe. Finished size: approx. 13 ¼” x 23 ¼” SUPPLIES FOR TOWELS Supplies listed are enough to make one kitchen towel. 50 wt. Cotton Thread (to match towel or trim flange fabric) Santa…

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    July 19, 2021 /

    Embroidery Blanks for Christmas Blanks are the greatest invention for quick gifts and home décor. Embroidery blanks are designed to work with embroidery hoops so personalization is easy and effortless. Choose a favorite embroidery design to create customized embroidery blanks for Christmas décor and more. Read on to find an embroidery blank you like, and grab up several to make as gifts to get ahead on Christmas gift-making. Embroidery Blanks – Kitchen Towels A kitchen towel is basically a blank canvas that accepts any design you want to showcase. Choose an appliqué design and bring fabrics from your stash into the mix. Go with a phrase or song lyrics to…

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    Create a Freestanding Lace Christmas! This freestanding lace Christmas Village is a labor of love. It takes quite a bit of time to stitch out each element and assemble together, but the results are worth it. Stitched in all white Sulky 40 wt. Rayon thread, this village is a great way to decorate for the holidays. Christmas Village Details Start now and vow to complete a new element twice a month leading to Christmas. The work is manageable in chunks as you have time at the machine. This is what “Christmas in July” is all about – starting now on projects to complete by the big day! Jennifer Tryon created…

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