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An Unfortunate Event from Quilt in Progress

In my forced time away from home, I brought my lightest, smallest sewing machine so I would be able to create. I bought the Brother PE400D (home embroidery) machine in 2003. I know 20 years is a long time for an electronic machine to keep working well, but I really did hope for more.

I’ve had trouble with it in the past. The LCD screen needed calibrating at one time, and I took it to an authorized repair spot. The fellow looked it over and said he needed to do some research. He ended up calling me after about ...

added by quiltinprogress 11 months, 3 weeks ago. under brother , calibration , embroidery , embroidery machine , lcd touchscreen , pe400d , technology (Comments)

The Death of an Embroidery Machine from Podunk Pretties

After trying many different pens for making labels that supposedly will survive a washing machine I've learned they are all lies. Even the archival quality fabric pens do not survive when I use Dawn dish soap to help with bleeding fabrics. They do however last longer than sharpies and Microns. But with each wash they fade a little more. And that's without Dawn dish soap. The plan was to pull out my embroidery machine to make quilt labels. This machine was purchased in 2005 and has not been used in 8 or 9 years. Image below is from ...

added by Podunk Pretties 1 year, 3 months ago. under embroidery machine , quilt label

Autumn Jubilee Embroidered Mini Quilt Finish from From My Carolina Home

Today we finish the #autumnjubilee2020 Embroidered Mini quilt. When we left off two weeks ago, your assignment was to stitch out four designs of your choice from the available designs on your machine.

Measure your embroidered elements with a square up ruler to determine the largest size.

Then add 1-2 inches all around. Cut all your embroidered pieces all the same size.

For mine, the optimum size was 5-1/2 inches.

So I trimmed all four to that size. Then I set them out to see what size sashing would work the best. I auditioned a 2-inch sashing, with the ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 3 years, 6 months ago. under #autumnjubilee2020 , autumn jubilee , embroidery machine , madamsew , needlework and embroidery , quilting (Comments)

Embroidery Wall Hanging from From My Carolina Home

For those of you with embroidery machines, do you sometimes find it hard to decide where to use some of those wonderful designs? My embroidery machine is 20 years old, but still going strong, but I haven’t used it as much recently. So, I thought, maybe we could do something fun for Autumn Jubilee (#AutumnJubilee2020) using embroidery. For this project, you will stitch out designs on your machine, and I’ll walk you through a technique, not a pattern as such because everyone will have different designs and different sizes.

I have many software cards with designs, and one ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 3 years, 6 months ago. under #autumnjubilee2020 , autumn jubilee , embroidery machine , floriani , sewing (Comments)

Embroidered Ornaments from From My Carolina Home

Making ornaments from embroidered motifs is fun, and a perfect exchange gift for your holiday parties. I have made ornaments from crewel work and cross stitch, and today I want to show you how to use your embroidery machine to do something different. My embroidery machine has cards with motifs on them. I began with this angel, but not in all the colors.

Threading the machine with a white rayon thread, when the machine stopped to change colors, I just hit the button to start again. I ended up with a lovely embroidery all in white.

I cut the piece ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 4 years, 5 months ago. under christmas ornaments , embroidery machine , sewing (Comments)

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