by Julie Brand | Feb 25, 2020 | blog, News, Top Tips
This is something that I often get asked by keen embroiderers. There are so many different ways to transfer a design that I thought I’d share with you my favourite methods. Tracing using a light pad This is an invaluable piece of kit which is...
by Julie Brand | Mar 13, 2019 | blog, Top Tips
I have been embroidering since I can’t remember when. I became quite obsessive about it when I was in my mid teens. I would buy a pre printed pattern, iron it onto fabric, and then follow a guide to make it exactly as the picture said I should. There was very...
by Julie Brand | Oct 11, 2018 | blog, Top Tips
8 Top Tips for Successful Free-Motion Machine Embroidery It is so easy these days to find information if you want to learn something new. Search engines and You Tube are most people’s “go to”. There are video tutorials and often downloadable...
by Julie Brand | Jun 20, 2018 | blog, Top Tips
You’ve spent hours and hours making your beautiful stitched picture but have you thought about how you’re going to frame it? When I first joined a textile group, one of our main aims was to exhibit- a scary thought as I’d never exhibited before. So...