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I was watching "American Pickers" on tv and one of the collectors said "It starts out to be a hobby but ends up being a disease". I thought that sounded like some embroidery design collectors that I know!
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mhhhhh your right! we all are a litle crazy about collecting!
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I feel like I'm a picker. At first it started as "wow," "free," and "I don't have one like that." But I do have to admit I've gotten a little "PICKYER." I have sooooo many designs, I decided to just d/l those I really know I will make or ones someone might like. It CRAZY out there in land of designs. But a GOOD CRAZY!!!!!!!!
SORRY I got cut off. or ones someone will really like.
I download a lot that I think...hmmmm, maybe someone will want this!
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I know I am a picker... I'm always looking for designs some free some paid for.... don't know when I will ever use them... but I got them if I need them... ha ha ha'''
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I have over 4 1/2 Gigs of designs, and I still think I should learn to digitize so I can have the "perfect" one! Then I would never get to sew any out!
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Have call it what yoy will, picker, addicts, crazy but you can never have too man, I THINK, mmmm
Hugs
Michelle
Hugs
Michelle
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by
hightechgrammy
27 Nov 2011
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I LOVE that show too. I think the disease is called addiction :-)
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It's easy to just save another set of teddy bear designs into the Teddy Bear folder....Now I have 300 teddy bears, hmmm!
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Some women collects shoes and I collect embroiderydesigns. Guess who needs more space for his tick and has less use for them? My designs never get old or out of style ;o)
Greetings, Bettina
PS: The best with the embroiderydesigns: They are so easy to hide... *lol*
Greetings, Bettina
PS: The best with the embroiderydesigns: They are so easy to hide... *lol*
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I know! It take no room in the closet and it gives so much pleasure!
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I love the show, too! If I had more room, I'd collect as many old/vintage things that I could, but I have no where to put more furniture. I barely have room to sew (we won't talk about fabric...).
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It's terrible. I am afflicted! I spent more $ at mistymountain, and I promised myself I would not do that! Oh Well! gotta stitch!
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I am afflicted! I promised myself I would not spend, but but but mistymountain is having a short sale and all sets (even the $40 sets) are $1! Thanks for sharing! Live Laugh Download Stitch!
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It's funny to read all the anwers. We are addicted to downloading embroidery designs because they keep us happy! It does not matter if we already have a gazillion designs, our modern hard discs have plenty of room, and when we want a design we search ... somewhere else. LOL
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I LOVE my designs. It's one disease that doesn't cause pain. I am happy happy happy with this disease.
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I am afraid I collet everything, even though I will never use all the designs. I would need ar least 100 hours in a day to sew them all out, but you never know! It might just be the design you need. I have made mistakes though, some memberships I took out to download the designs were in hind sight a waste of money, they are so badly digitised that I would never use them. Now I have started digitising myself I might have a go at some improvements! Or is that not allowed? But I love my designs and have started to organise them. My biggest regret is that I did not note down where I bought them or downloaded them from.
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Count me in - I am ashamed to admit how many designs I have downloaded - both purchased and free and how few I have actually stitched out. I am starting to get busy stitching now though. It gives me such pleasure just looking at them and thinking about who would enjoy them also.
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It's like my fabric and trims. I have laces and trims that I have had forever and when I go to clean them out, I get so much pleasure from seeing them and organizing them that I figure for the 50 cents I'll get for them at a garage sale, I'll just keep them and enjoy them for a few more years.
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asterixsew
28 Nov 2011
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Not sure what American Pickers is but like others with designs at the start of being a machine embroideryaholic or whatever you call yourself EVERYTHING was downloaded, just in case. Been through that phase and a number of years down the line I check Urban daily, Emblib weeklies and see what offers they have and as I have limited sewing time dont look at freebies. Then there are times I look at what I have and find it fun seeing stuff I did not know I had. Thank goodness designs dont take up space