I just realised that it is exactly 4 years since I first became a member of Cute Embroidery. (Doesn't time fly!?) In the beginning I was lured by the six free designs every day as I had only just bought my first embroidery machine. <br /><br />

I went through the projects pages avidly for inspiration and plucked up courage to post my first one about a month later. At Christmas I took advantage of the sale and bought my first six month membership giving me access to a wealth of fabulous designs.<br /><br />
By stitching these and those I downloaded from DBC, I learned a huge amount about how designs were built up. After a two year learning period I took the plunge and began to digitise for myself and dare to post the results in DBC. Thanks to the encouragement of other members and the huge boost of seeing them post pictures of my designs in Projects, I persisted and another year on, Yoriko had the confidence in me to include my designs on her site.<br /><br />
Along the way, I found friendship spreading all over the world and discovered that there was always someone with the advice I needed almost instantly!<br /><br />
Some of you who are reading this are now at the stage I was at 4 years ago, and I hope you will become an active part of the community and enjoy your time here as much as I do. I couldn't have achieved what I have by myself.