Oh - how it grew!

Aug 21, 2009 13 Replies

Piper's (cavalier king charles) Mum emailed yesterday afternoon to send me a link to a machine embroidery for this breed - hint! I knew where there was a prettier one so I sent her the link for my version - more expensive but prettier even though it was only a head shot - then I sent her another link to a full body picture which was half-price on sale at another store. She asked if my machine handled this type of project and if so "would I be interested in stitching both of them out for her on several items?" - I said that my machine did and that I would! I also told her that I would place her order after browsing the embroidery sale on that particular site because I had already seen several motifs that interested me (some owls but mostly tile designs for $1.50 each)...I placed the order yesterday evening and almost immediately afterwards, I received another email to let me know that the 'cardinal on that first site also looked interesting'... I think that I have persuaded her to wait on the cardinal - there might be a sale before Xmas?? This morning, I woke to an email from the embroidery company offering me 10 more embroideries for $1.60 each! Naturally, I have now browsed the site again and have 'found' 10 embroideries to add to my shopping cart - they are the owls and the Xmas lace embroideries that I decided yesterday that I really didn't need - I think that I have saved more than $50 already!! Now, I'm hoping that my embroidery module is still in good working order - its been a very long time since I played with it. I also hope that the items that my friend wants me to work with are easy ones - she hasn't told me yet.



Time to stop reading newsletters...I've been getting into too much trouble lately! jennellh


What kind of embroidery machine do you have? I bought a Pfaff 7570 on eBay but have never quite figured it out (the embroidery part of it). This summer I was gifted a Janome 10000 -- and plan to take classes in the fall on how to use it. I'd really like to figure it out!

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What site was it? I spent 4 days cleaning up my embroidery files and getting all 17,000 of them in order. Time for some new ones. Gen

I have a Pfaff 7570 and a 2124. Does anybody know if either of those will do "good" embroidery? All the equipment is just taking up space on a shelf in my already overcrowded sewing room. I've got a bunch of those cartridges too with designs. But nobody to show me what to do with any of it.

Sunny

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arethe two that I've been dealing with. Embroidery Library has the 'dogdays' half price sale happening now until the end of August with extrasales that can be applied to your purchase - all the info is on thewebsite. You weren't planning on doing much else for the next coupleof days? ;) jennellh

I haven't had time to look through the embroidery website to see what I might like to buy. But that's certainly a good deal, isn't it? I've enjoyed everything I've purchased from them through the years. Can't wait to see what all you decided on!

I love Embroidery Library designs, even though they are very dense. Their shading is fantastic. Gen

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arethe two that I've been dealing with. Embroidery Library has the 'dogdays' half price sale happening now until the end of August with extrasales that can be applied to your purchase - all the info is on thewebsite. You weren't planning on doing much else for the next coupleof days? ;) jennellh

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Sunny, It's not so much the machine to get good designs to stitch out. The secret to good designs is in the stabilizer. Some people use any old thing they have around for stabilizer. Bad idea. If you hoop your fabric with the stabilizer, make sure you don't pull it TOO tight. That distorts it, and once it's released from the hoop, it will pucker. I've given up hooping fabric. I hoop the stabilizer and spray baste the fabric to it. I also, most of the time put a basting stitch around the design area to help it stay in place. If you want to email me later I'll try to help you. I'll be gone for a week starting tomorrow. Gen

Ohhh the possibilities! Sounds like you are in for a lot of fun. :-)

Best regards, Michelle in Nevada

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