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    4 Must Know Machine Embroidery Hooping Techniques
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    4 Must Know Machine Embroidery Hooping Techniques

    Improper hooping is the number one issue I see in machine embroidery and hey, who knows there may even be a better way for you to be...
    A Deep Dive of the Bernina Stitch Regulator
    • Aug 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Deep Dive of the Bernina Stitch Regulator

    The BERNINA Stitch Regulator is the stitch regulating accessory that is both coveted and confusing for some. Let's demystify it shall we?...
    5 Ways to Enhance Your Quilts with Machine Embroidery
    • Aug 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    5 Ways to Enhance Your Quilts with Machine Embroidery

    This blog contains ads with affiliate links. This means that I will make a small commission should you purchase as a result of a link you...
    Fast and Simple Embroidery Machine Quilted Pot Holders
    • Aug 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    Fast and Simple Embroidery Machine Quilted Pot Holders

    On their own or in a cute gift basket of other handmade home goods, these easy pot holders are great for beginners trying to test out...
    Five Must Have Stabilizers for Machine Embroidery
    • May 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Five Must Have Stabilizers for Machine Embroidery

    Let's save your money for the designs and the fabrics and just start out with these 5 must have stabilizers for machine embroidery...
     How toMachine Embroider with Aurifil CottonThread
    • Apr 24, 2020
    • 6 min

    How toMachine Embroider with Aurifil CottonThread

    I am going to walk you through using cotton thread in your embroidery machine so you feel confident using your gorgeous Aurifil thread
    9 Ways Your Bernina Can Help You Make Masks
    • Apr 19, 2020
    • 5 min

    9 Ways Your Bernina Can Help You Make Masks

    Whether donating to health care workers or making for your family, almost every sewist I know is making masks right now
    The Easy Way to Keep Your Thread Inventory Organized
    • Jan 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Easy Way to Keep Your Thread Inventory Organized

    I am not an organized person. I am too ADHD for that. My sewing room is an absolute disaster area 99% of the time. But there is one thing...
    My Ultimate Eco Friendly, Zero Waste Swap List
    • Jan 9, 2020
    • 12 min

    My Ultimate Eco Friendly, Zero Waste Swap List

    This page will be periodically updated to reflect the most current items I use, tutorials I have created and resources I recommen
    3  Common Free Motion Quilting Mistakes (And how I stopped making them!)
    • Sep 10, 2019
    • 5 min

    3 Common Free Motion Quilting Mistakes (And how I stopped making them!)

    Stop making these 3 silly free motion quilting mistakes and start being the quilting rock star I know you can be.
    Designing Embroidery the Easy Way on your BERNINA B880PLUS
    • Aug 21, 2019
    • 7 min

    Designing Embroidery the Easy Way on your BERNINA B880PLUS

    Do you have a B 880 PLUS or a B 880? Have you used your shape designer yet? Because if you haven't I am going to BLOW YOUR MIND with this...
    Gorgeously Textured Applique with 12wt Aurifil
    • Jul 24, 2019
    • 7 min

    Gorgeously Textured Applique with 12wt Aurifil

    I love the glimmer in sewists eyes when I profess my love for Aurifil's 12wt thread. The wonder, the excitement, the sheer curosity and...
    Creating Your Own Machine Embroidered Quilt Label
    • Jun 19, 2019
    • 5 min

    Creating Your Own Machine Embroidered Quilt Label

    The best quilting advice I ever got was "Label ALL of your quilts" I heeded that fantastic advice and then a few quilts in a slowly came...
    Introducing Scissortail Stitches: OESD's Cool Kid Sister
    • Jun 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    Introducing Scissortail Stitches: OESD's Cool Kid Sister

    Have you ever been lucky enough to be right at the start of something pretty cool? I happened into that position recently and I cannot...
    The Best Tool Ever and the Five Minute Scrunchie
    • May 15, 2019
    • 5 min

    The Best Tool Ever and the Five Minute Scrunchie

    Scrunchies are back y'all. They are back in a big way. I made some the other day with Jade, my step daughter, and it...was...awesome. Oh...
    My Four Must Have Sewing Machine Features
    • Apr 23, 2019
    • 4 min

    My Four Must Have Sewing Machine Features

    In 2015 I was employed by a sewing machine dealer, ever since then I have spent most of my days talking with sewists of all types about...
    Getting Started With Machine Embroidery (Even If Your Machine Doesn't Embroider)
    • Apr 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    Getting Started With Machine Embroidery (Even If Your Machine Doesn't Embroider)

    The first time I sat down at an embroidery machine I was hooked. I only knew that machine embroidery was a thing because I had...
    ResuableMake Up Wipes on the Overlocker
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 6 min

    ResuableMake Up Wipes on the Overlocker

    The tutorial portion of this post has been edited as of January 7th 2020 to reflect my most recent (less chaotic) method of making the...
    Tough Kitten Crafts Shop Hop: The Modern Sewist in Sarasota, Florida
    • Jan 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    Tough Kitten Crafts Shop Hop: The Modern Sewist in Sarasota, Florida

    Did you know that I am a traveling sewing educator? I travel the US putting on fantastic single day and multi-day events and it has been...
     Hello 2019! Write a Creative Bucket List with me!
    • Jan 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Hello 2019! Write a Creative Bucket List with me!

    I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that your new year is starting off beautifully. I had a fantastic Christmas, even though I...
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    Meet Kate
    Is #hotelfie a thing? Cause it should be
    Hey, I'm Kate!

    I live  in Orlando and spending my free time knitting, Netflixin' and probably buying too many supplies for a new hobby. 

    Let's get you fearless with machine embroidery.