Sewmum1 — Cute Embroidery

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Heat pack warning! Keep away from cats! I came home to crunching underfoot and then found our cat surrounded by rice and an empty wad of fabric that used to be a heat pack. Found rice throughout the whole house! I wish i had an indoor cam

12 29 Apr 2017

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I just cleared out my cache on my laptop and when I tried to sign back in here there was an error coming up saying the connection was not secure and logins entered could be compromised. I clicked to log in anyway hoping it would be ok. Firefox has rec

1 19 Apr 2017

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Has anyone heard from dragonflyer recently? Hope she is ok. I noticed i haven't seen her around here for a bit.

2 31 Mar 2017

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How do you keep track of all your version edits to a design? Do you have yours numbered or do you only keep the one version until you are done? Do you still keep previous versions? Still trying to work out what to do with mine before my collection gets

5 28 Mar 2017

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I know it probably depends on software (I have janome mbx 5) but is there a good method to make a closed freehand shape symmetrical on both sides. Should I digitise one half then mirror copy or is there a simpler method? thank you

2 22 Mar 2017

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I need some ideas cuties. The young mother of one of my daughters classmates has passed away after a long battle with cancer. She leaves behind a 9 year old daughter and 6 year old son. Their dad works away for a month at a time so they spend most of thei

7 01 Mar 2017

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UPDATE well my mbx v5 disc arrived in the mail and I have spent the last 3 days trying to get it sorted with the help from a very patient janome tech person. I didn't realise how much free space was actually needed to just install it so I first had to se

4 13 Feb 2017

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I have been playing with my digitising software again. This time I used tearaway stabiliser but after this stitchout realised I should have used cutaway as it was pulling the applique away from the border on the bias edges. I have fixed the design and tri

1 08 Feb 2017

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by Sewmum1 in Community

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I am spending quite a bit of time learning to digitize now I have a bit more time. I have been using some cotton and poly cotton fabric scraps but wondered if I should maybe cut some fabric in quilt block size for practice stitch outs in case they are

9 06 Feb 2017

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Does anyone know if a digitised design that uses specialty stitches from software is protected by the EULA? I guess what I am trying to ask is, are designs created in digitising software able to be given away/sold without purchasing a commercial so

1 24 Jan 2017

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Calling Aussie cuties.... Have any of you bought from bargain box dot com dot au in NSW? I found something on their online shop but have not heard of them before. Would like to know a bit more about them from customers before I buy. Last review on face

4 21 Jan 2017

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Has anyone here used premier plus ultra by pfaff husqvarna? I would like to know how easy it is to use and how it compares to other software you have used.< I went to my local quilt shop to ask about upgrading my janome digitizer. They have it but

5 16 Jan 2017

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by Sewmum1 in Community

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I am after a super quick to stitch out ith rectangle doily with a fabric centre. I have tried searching but I don't think I am using the right terms as I can't seem to find what I am after. I thought I had downloaded one similar from DBC way back when b

8 04 Jan 2017

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by Sewmum1 in Community

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Any tips for making FSL with metallic thread? I would really love to be able to do this successfully. I have been trying for far too long to get this to work, I am thinking it may be the designs. I had metallic thread in the top but it just keeps b

13 29 Nov 2016

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I am after some gift idea for boys, my nephews are not into any particular sports or interests so I am stumped for present ideas. One is 11 and the other is 17. I am happy to make them something, but I am fresh out of ideas. A quilt is not an option for t

12 18 Nov 2016