sewmom — Cute Embroidery

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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 Project

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I made this apron for a sample for Hang to Dry Applique. This is the Princess Monogram alpha and is not applique. I love the scroll work.

1 links:

[1] http://www.hangtodryapplique.com/

www.hangtodryapplique.com

33 09 Oct 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 Project

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Lol, short for Lolly which is short for Loretta. This is a tote bag I made for my mom. She loves cats! The font is cross stitch from Becky J. It stitched out beautifully!

1 links:

[1] Becky J Designs

www.beckyjdesigns.com

21 09 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

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by sewmom in Community

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I was in San Francisco yesterday for a friend's birthday. We saw a bit of the America's Cup race at the Marina, took a ride in a pedi cab and then walked around Fort Mason to get to Fisherman's Wharf. The race went in front of Alcatraz and almost as fa

8 27 Aug 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I spent several hours at the County Fair and strolled through the fiber exhibits. Lots of beautiful projects. Something that really caught my eye was the 3D paper decoupage art! The fair is celebrating 100 years so there were a lot of exhibits that showed

14 08 Jul 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I am working on a t-shirt quilt and I am not a quilter. (I've done small ones.) I would like to know if there is a way to quilt this myself without a quilting machine or long arm machine. How can it be done in pieces? I hear it could be $200 to have it q

1 links:

[1] http://answers.cuteembroidery.com/8856618.html

answers.cuteembroidery.com

10 03 Jul 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I had the pleasure of having dinner with a local quilter. She teaches quilting classes and has her own quilting business. (Her husband and mine work in the same industry which is why this dinner took place.) I was thrilled to see her 14 foot quilting mach

3 links:

[1] Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

[2] Pintrest pictures of quilts

pinterest.com

[3] Googel search for Baltimore album quilts

www.google.com

17 24 Jun 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I need some hugs. I'm sitting here hemming my daughter's senior ball gown and trying not to get tears on it. It's separation anxiety. How am I going to get through the next 3 months before she goes to college? Yes, my boys have already been through thi

36 09 May 2012

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by sewmom in Project

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Wedding gift for my niece. I have removed their names for privacy. Look carefully, you might see some mice.

46 30 Apr 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I'm doing a lot of small lettering and to keep the bobbin thread from showing through I reduced my tension. This works but my Brother ULT 2003D keeps stopping me and telling me to check my thread. I just hit start again and it's fine but I'm literally

12 25 Apr 2012

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by sewmom in Community

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I need a little laundry help. I need to get tree sap out of washable wool pants. I usually wash them in cold water and hang them to dry but that won't get sap out. Yes, that was my son out there on Earth day chopping down trees to get his sawyering cert

10 24 Apr 2012