Category: For her
How to monogram a sweater with your embroidery machine
My mom’s birthday always presents a HUGE challenge, because she is SOOOO incredibly difficult to shop for. A few years ago I was really stuck coming up with a gift idea. I had already given her my favorite gift for Mother’s Day (the monogrammed straw hat). 24 hours prior to her birthday, I still had […]
A heart appliqué for the perfect Valentine’s sweater
It’s sort of ironic that I make this heart appliqué sweatshirt and the fact that I love it so much. You know why? I’m totally not into wearing holiday related apparel. In fact, my kids even called me out on wearing a pink dress (with my black velvet pom pom shawl) on Christmas Eve. My […]
How to make a shawl with pompom trim
There is nothing better for a sewing and embroidery geek then coming up with a new idea for a project and having it turn out better than expected. My latest win was a velvet shawl that I made for my sister, sister-in-law, my friend Anna, and myself. It turned out AMAZING. So, I thought you […]
How to embroider on a baseball cap
Are you an owner of a single needle embroidery machine who longs for a hat embroidery machine to be able to machine embroider on a baseball cap? Guess what? You don’t need any type of special embroidery machine. It’s actually possible to embroider on a baseball cap using your single needle home embroidery machine. I […]
How to embroider on a puffy vest (or coat)
Yes, I realize Christmas is still 2 months away, but I actually started my shopping a few weeks ago when I found the most adorable shiny, silver, plush, pink-lined vests in the girls section at Walmart. I scooped them up immediately with the intention of personalizing them for my two little nieces. And, in my […]
Baby shower gifts to make on an embroidery machine
These days, it’s not often that I get invited to a baby showers. My peers are (for the most part) done having babies. And I’m still too young to be a grandma. (Or at least I hope. ) Anyway, what this means is that I haven’t had much of a need to come up with baby shower […]
Personalized embroidered chair is the perfect gift for my fishing and camping coworker
Let me start this by saying I cannot believe how well this turned out. I can also do not believe how much my coworker Jake, liked this gift. I’m already getting ahead of myself… Jake’s birthday was last week and I wanted to do something nice for him. But, the afternoon prior to his birthday […]
