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...
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- 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?...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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
- 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...
- 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
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...