Embroidery Books
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Machine Embroidery on Difficult Materials

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Deborah Jones provides a wealth of infomation on refining machine embroidery variables to get great results for 19 of the most difficult materials to work with, including leather and vinyl. Learn the "logic" of adjusting the variables for any difficult material and explore machine embroidery with your own designs. Includes CD with 20 designs.
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Simple Silk RIbbon Embroidery by Machine

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Do you love the look of silk ribbon embroidery, but not the tedious handwork? Now you can create beautiful embroidery entirely by machine. Susan Schrempf shows you how to create stems, leaves, leaves, flowers, roses and rosebuds, loops French knots and ruching. Her student-tested techniques make it all so easy! You'll learn easy techniques that really work with any sewing machine and be creating intricate-looking work the simple way!
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Contemporary Machine Embroidered Accessories

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Learn how to select the right fabrics, patterns and embroidery designs to create the accessories you crave! You’ll learn valuable stabilizer secrets, and get 18 different projects, including bags, belts, shoes, scarves and more. Includes CD with 24 designs.

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Digitizing Made Easy

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John Deer has written a book for every embroidery machine user looking to better understand and utilize digitizing software. His time-tested methods will help you to identify the tools of modern digitizing, and the best processes with which to use them. You’ll learn about artwork, stitch types, underlay, blending and more. You’ll soon be on your way to create your own unique designs. Includes CD with 20+ embroidery designs.

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Fill in the Blanks

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Turn a blank into an embellished treasure. Whether it’s a paper card or a jewelry box, a teddy bear jacket or a ring bearer pillow, Fill in the Blanks with Machine Embroidery gives you the tips, tricks and ideas you need to get the most out of your embroidery machine. 13 step-by-step projects and 53 beautiful embroidery designs are included.

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Embroidery Machine Essentials

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Here is the best, new how-to guide on stabilizing, hooping, and stitching decorative designs for owners of home embroidery machines. Taking the guesswork out of owning a home embroidery machine, this book covers the entire embroidery process from choosing designs and threads to final stitch outs. A handy troubleshooting section helps solve problems, and a bonus CD includes six exclusive embroidery designs from Cactus Punch.
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Embellished with Embroidery

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A new book from Martha Pullen, filled with creative projects, gifts and ideas! Includes a CD with 10 beautifully digitized designs, along with Martha's instructions for lace shaping, Madiera appliqué and more.
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Machine Embroidery for Babies and Tots

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Add a stylish touch to your favourite toddler or baby’s wardrobe or room with step-by-step instructions and over 20 great embroidery designs on an included CD. Create overalls, jackets, blankets and more for your special little one.

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Donna Dewberry's Machine Embroidery Flowers

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The charming English garden style made famous by Donna Dewberry comes alive in new design motifs for machine embroidery projects. This one-of-a-kind resource will teach you how to easily add elements of Donna's popular garden motifs to any outfit, bath or kitchen accessory, or gift basket using machine embroidery. You'll get a CD with 20 designs, easy-to-understand instructions, tips and techniques for embellishing all kinds of projects with machine embroidery, and 20 different projects to start from.
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Machine Embroidery on Paper

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Embellishing paper with machine embroidery is a masterful show of creativity. The combination of paper, threads and embellishments are truly works of art. Machine Embroidery on Paper explains how to get started embroidering on paper, plus gives you step-by-step instructions to create many beautiful techniques and projects. Includes multi-format CD-ROM for all embroidery machines with over 21 designs.
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Machine Embroidered Quilts

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Now quilters can successsfully combine the two great arts of embroidery and quilting with amazing results! You’ll get instruction of selecting designs, fabrics, threads, needles and stabilizers, how to hoop and stitch, and then you’ll learn how to put it all together into a gorgeous quilt. The book includes 12 stunning quilt projects, with ideas and inspriation for many more. Patterns for the quilts and ten embroidery designs are included on a CD-ROM.

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Machine Embroidery Room by Room

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This book will inspire you to tackle a home makeover, one roon at a time! Eight rooms, each with a theme and three design groupings for each theme are featured in this machine embroidery guide and enclosed CD-ROM. The versatility of the designs will give you countless options for revitalizing any room. You'll get projects to add character to the family room, dining room, patio, sunroom, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. More than 30 projects are included for embroiderers of all skill levels. Included CD has 50 bonus designs.
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Machine Embroidery for Special Occasions

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Make every event spectacular with this must-have party planner for machine embroiderers. Embroider napkins, table cloths, place mats and more for birthdays, garden parties, Mardi Gras, harvest festivals and more. Includes CD with more than 40 designs and projects.

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Machine Embroidery Wild & Wacky

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Now you can stitch on any and every surface with this new guide to embroidery from Linda Griepentrog and Rebecca Brent. Use some very unconventional materials such as wook, canvas and paper, and then combine your embroidery with other embellishment tehcniques like embossing, painting, photo transfers and more. This book is perfect for the machine embroiderer who wants to expand her horizons. Includes a bonus CD-ROM with more than 20 embroidery designs.
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Machine Embroidery With Confidence

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Nancy Zieman teaches aspiring and experienced embroiderers everything they need to know to master the art of machine embroidery. You’ll learn everything you need to know, from the basics to troubleshooting tips,  hooping, stabilizers, software and more. This is a must-have!

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Secrets to Successful Stabilizing!

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Here's a great how-to book! 136 jam-packed, full-colour pages of exciting step-by-step projects, ideas and tips from over 50 well-known industry professionals. You'll learn the what, where, when, which, why, and how of using stabilizers successfully. Even includes an original, mulit-sized vest pattern.
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Sulky Secrets to Sucessful Embroidery

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Embroidery is the talk of the sewing world and Sulky is here to show sewing enthusiasts how to successfully embroider with computerized designs, built-in stitches, free motion sewing and even by hand! The newest Sulky educational book “Sulky Secrets to Successful Embroidery” by Joyce Drexler is jam packed with over 40 creative projects plus full-size patterns for beginning to advanced embroiderers. Fun projects like the “Fiasco Purse” and “Bad Hair Day” curling iron holder will amuse sewing/embroidery enthusiasts. Quilted wall hangings, knockout fashions and whimsical bobbles receive just the right creative touch with Sulky Decorative Threads and Stabilizers. Stunning projects featuring Joyce Drexler’s newest embroidery cards will please every computerized embroidery buff. This new book, just like our other Sulky Secrets books, is an excellent reference source. It teaches the reader the correct use of Sulky threads and stabilizers for every embroidery project imaginable.
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Embroidery Machine Essentials - Fleece Techniques

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Another in the series, here, fFleece expert, Nancy Cornwall has teamed up with Jeanine. #FT Fleece Techniques. Fleece offers the perfect canvas for embroidery creativity; you’ll learn the basics and beyond about working with it at your embroidery machine.

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