Once upon a time ago, not too long ago, I was a beginner sewer. The year was around 2007, and I recently purchased my very own sewing machine. This machine was so special that I gave her the name "Big Sister". It was because of Big Sister that I am where I am today. Big Sister was a Singer Quantum XL 6000, and her super power was...she threaded herself. That's right!!! She threaded herself! All I had to do was simply pull about 8" of thread from the spool and guide it to the left to a thread cutter. (I remember spending a whole day trying to decipher instructions printed in a [...]
Start Each Day with a Grateful Heart To the best of my knowledge, I completed this wall hanging in February, 2019. It was gifted to a co-worker upon her retirement. The main part is a pre-printed panel from Designs in Machine Embroidery (DiME) and I used an included wood grain embroidery design to embroider the background. This was a lot of fun to work on and I used many built-in features of the Baby Lock Destiny to design and create the heart “paw print” embroidery design. Created in IQ Designer in a Baby Lock Destiny. The most exquisite detail of this wall hanging is [...]