sewmom — Cute Embroidery

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Revised with answers from the company I purchased from. This tool is a curette to clean ears and it is in the sewing kit as a bonus for the customers. Apparently it is not intended for use in sewing. Original question: I bought sewing/repair kits for m

19 18 Dec 2016

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EDITED: Help please. 2nd question: Can I iron metallic thread?---- I'm using metallic thread on a design and just did a test stitch. The thread is breaking a lot and twisting tight between the spool and the machine after a lot of stitching. I'm using a

20 23 Oct 2016

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My husband and I just got back from a fabulous trip to Niagara Falls. We spent most of it on the Canada side but walked across the Rainbow Bridge to the US side too. Our Sheraton on the Falls in Canada hotel room looked out over the falls and we could ope

22 13 Sep 2016

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Pictures from my eldest son's wedding. The weather was perfect (no rain even though it said there was a small chance) and the venue was very pretty. These are snapshots of the some of the wedding party, me with my husband, and me with my daughters. My so

26 08 Aug 2016

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Help please! I'm still getting puckers on my stitching. I've got 2 layers of tear away, sharp new needle, I've adjusted tension several times. This is on satin fabric floated with sticky spray and basted. Any suggestions? (BTW this is for my son's

13 29 Jun 2016

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More advice please. What is the best weight of fabric to use for a patch that also has an applique on top? So 2 fabrics: top applique fabric and base fabric. Both will show. I'm considering light broadcloth or trigger but I have to shop so I can buy a

3 21 Jun 2016

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I did a little shopping at Joanne's when the Sulky thread clearance started. My daughter just helped me reorganize my threads. I had to add 2 1/2 more thread storage boxes! (This doesn't include my large spools.)

13 19 Jun 2016

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Advice please. I want to embroider on a lightweight Cotton/Poly. It's what Joanne's used to call Symphony. Since it's not all cotton it is not very forgiving and I always have puckering problems. Has anyone used this fabric successfully and do you have

7 19 Jun 2016

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Father's Day is coming soon and I like to embroider a new shirt for my husband every year. I do small, left chest designs around 3 inches. One of my favorites is the one with Dad and the established year of our first child. I'm looking for new designs f

3 22 May 2016

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Joanne's has some Sulky retiring colors on clearance for .97 cents. My store still had them on the rack but I heard some stores have them in bins. Hurry and check it out.

2 19 May 2016

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Advice please. I need to patch a very small tear in a polyester fleece sweatshirt. Sewing it would show and I don't want to embroider in this spot. I was thinking an iron on patch in the back but I'm concerned about the heat on the fleece. Does anybody

2 10 May 2016

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Tips please. I'm monogramming an insulated lunch box. I'm thinking I will hoop tear away and float the box. What's the best way to keep it floated? I want to avoid pin holes and sticky spray. Is there a double stick tape in a special brand that works w

5 28 Apr 2016

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I wandered by an antique store today and saw cards with about 40 beautiful buttons on each. They looked like samples since there were no 2 buttons alike. I saw the $4.00 price and got excited until the owner said it was $4.00 per button not per card. Feel

10 22 Apr 2016

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Adorable adult children: My daughter was home and brought her laundry home with her. She had not used my new washing machine yet and I would be at work so I decided to code the detergents to help her out. The detergent and stain booster go in the left com

6 13 Apr 2016

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This is the dress I might wear to my son's wedding. I found a picture of the dress on line and I got it for over 50% off! I got the petite size so it's actually a little above the knee. I like the shorter length better on me.

23 11 Apr 2016