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Embroidery Books

Contemporary Machine Embroidered Accessories

CME-200

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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.

Contemporary Machine Embroidered Fashions

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Transform everyday garments into designer originals easily with your embroidery machine. You can create an original and stylish look, right in your own home in half the time it takes to shop for the "right" outfit! Here, you'll learn how to create fabulous garments by choosing the right fabrics, patterns and embroidery designs; how to create a slimming effect in any outfit by the placing of embroidery designs; and to be inspired to be your own designer. Includes bonus CD with 30+ designs.

Digitizing Made Easy

DME-100

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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.

Fill in the Blanks

FIB-100

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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.

Embroidery Machine Essentials

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Here is the best 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.

More Embroidery Essentials

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EME-200

With embroidery machines capturing the imagination of today’s creative sewers, here is a book to take you to the next step in the creative embroidery process. This new reference book shows you how to use embroidery software to customize, edit, and create decorative designs. From combining decorative designs to stitch editing to creating designs, Jeanine Twigg provides basic software theories and instructions that can be used with any embroidery machine. Includes a CD with 10 exclusive designs and artwork encompassing 20 projects, as well as additional techniques and an idea gallery from industry experts.

Embellished with Embroidery

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EWE-100

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Sulky 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.

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.

Creative Beginnings in Machine Embroidery

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CBM-200

Whether you are a first time embroiderer or are well on your way to becoming an expert, you'll want to learn the simple steps to beautiful results on an embroidery machine. Exercises, tips, illustrations and more will take the mystery out of stabilizers, thread and tools.

Embroidery Machine Essentials - Appliqué Adventures

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EME/AA

Another book in the Embroidery Machine Essentials series. Mary Mulari has once again created fun designs and projects for your embroidery machine! You'll learn about overlays, backgrounds and layering techniques and get a CD with 40 beautiful embroidery designs and 13 projects.

Embroidery Machine Essentials: Appliqué Techniques

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The fourth book in the series! Appliqué designs are among the most popular designs to stitch using an embroidery machine. Jeanine Twigg, author of this popular series has invited appliqué expert, Mary Mulari to share her creative appliqué. The 20 exclusive embroidery designs on the included CD-ROM were digitized from Mary’s original artwork and go far beyond traditional appliqué. Mary shows how to use appliqué designs both traditionally and creatively. You’ll have fun embroidering appliqués on a variety of fabrics with decorative edge finishes.

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