sewmom — Cute Embroidery

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As I sit on hold with the insurance company trying to figure out where $1500 dollars went that I should get reimbursed for from my FSA account I remember what my sweet husband said to me yesterday. "You have a job. You are not a housewife. You are CFO of

6 28 May 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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How long can you keep cotton/poly thread? I have 100s of spools some over 40 years old. They are kept out of sunlight in plastic storage boxes made for thread. I have heard of the tug test where you take a strand and see if it will break easily but that d

6 17 May 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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I'm headed to Austin, Texas next month. Any suggestions on what to do besides the DAC conference? I've never been to Texas.

6 08 May 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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I'm so excited. We were driving to Santa Cruz to visit my daughter, her boyfriend and his parents when I check Facebook and see that my niece is in labor. My niece and her husband are huge Disney and Star Wars fans so having the baby on May the 4 (May t

11 05 May 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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4-25-13 Bon Jovi concert! Last USA concert of his Because We Can tour. Pictures are up!

19 25 Apr 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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April 19th, 2013. Beautiful Monterey and Carmel! Hotel is right on the beach : ) 2. Mural at Hogs Breath owned by Clint Eastwood where I had lunch. 3. Sunset outside Bubba Gump's restaurant. They play Forrest Gump trivia with you while you wait for

14 20 Apr 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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Help! Does anyone own a Pfaff tiptronic 6270 and know how to thread it? My machine is in the shop, I borrowed my sister's Pfaff but she barely knows how to use it and she's out of town. The manual is printed from the Internet and its blurry. All my basi

2 07 Mar 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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Does anybody have any digitizing advice for making small circles look good. I have a design that I'm working on that has eyes and buttons that are about 2mm. Even though I start with a circle it doesn't always turn out circular. I'm using Masterworks I

4 11 Feb 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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CES Trip Report 2013 - That’s the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I know you all want to hear about the Brother booth at the Venetian so I will start there (see the ceiling picture). I went straight to the Dreamweaver but was quickly ushered ove

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22 13 Jan 2013

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by sewmom in Community

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I'm testing my ability to upload a picture onto Cute from my phone. I wasn't able to do it on my last trip but here is the scene in Grants Pass, Oregon. Heading home!

6 30 Dec 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I need help with push /pull compensation. I have Masterworks II. I have a 2 inch section of fill that is pulling in about 1/8 inch in from the outline. My software instructions say I should increase the pull compensation but I don't know how much. My cho

5 09 Dec 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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Beautiful trip to UC Santa Cruz today. Couldn't spend too much time with my daughter. We brought her supplies and then she had to hit the books. So my husband and I went to the pier for lunch : ) 1st picture is a better view from her dorm room. She co

15 30 Sep 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I attended the Pleasanton Quilt, Craft, & Sewing Festival on Friday. I didn't buy much and I didn't learn a lot either. I made a cute bag but overall I was disappointed. I was looking forward to a digitizing seminar that was advertised like this: â€

19 24 Sep 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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Thank you Cuties for over 200,000 flowers! I really enjoy being here with all of you.

16 20 Sep 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I need advice for embroidering on a canvas tote bag with plastic coating on the inside. Any hints on how to be successful with this type of fabric? Thank you!

10 29 Aug 2012