Long time, no see. It’s been a while. I’ve been working on birthday and Easter things, including trying to digitize a fairly complicated design for a birthday pillowcase. It came out okay, but I wasn’t entirely satisfied and I’m not… Read More ›
embroidery
Shamrock Earrings
A few posts back, I went through a long discussion with lots of math of how to get the lines in the lace base to align perfectly. For this set of earrings, I followed the procedure and got everything to… Read More ›
Quick Tip #11
In Generations, if you are trying to apply a change to several objects and it doesn’t seem to be working on some or all of them, make sure you didn’t accidentally lock some of them in the Stitch Sequence. This… Read More ›
What Next?
Hmm. What to work on next? I have a few more borders for you as well as some shamrock earrings. I need to revisit the lily earrings and clean up the trillium earrings. I saw someone on Facebook mention the… Read More ›
Quick Tip #10
I’ve been digitizing rows of objects in different lengths lately. My procedure has been the following, starting with the shortest line: Create one object. Save the single file. Copy and paste more objects until I get the length I want…. Read More ›
Quick Tip #9
If you combine the satin plain line with the triple run plain line, you get a beaded look. The triple run goes on top for this effect. I used two different colors and enlarged it so you could see it… Read More ›
What is Subway Art?
Several people have asked about the term “Subway Art” so I went looking for a definition. I found this post that describes it. What is Subway Art? Basically, subway art, also known as typography art, is arranging words in a… Read More ›
Quick Tip #8
When you create a void in a satin stitch, always double-check the direction of the stitches. I’ve been working on a clawed monster for my grandson. I wanted to remove some of the stitches in the applique cover stitch in… Read More ›
Working with Motif Borders
I discovered an error in the Subway Ornaments file. Some of the hearts were stuck together because they were the same color. I corrected the file yesterday. You may want to download it again. Motif Border After I finished creating… Read More ›
Midnight Constellations 3
I might as well face it. I’m not going to get anything written on Wednesday nights until The Assassination of Gianni Versace is finished. Here is the next number of the Midnight Constellations Font. You are welcome to use… Read More ›
