Category: For her
Machine Embroidery on Corduroy
Corduroy is a polarizing fabric. Some people love it, some hate it. Me? I’m in the former camp. I LOVE corduroy. Maybe it’s because corduroy reminds me of my preppy uncles who all wear candy cane embroidered corduroy pants around the holidays. The texture of embroidery on lush corduroy fabric was, and still is, so […]
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 […]
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 […]
