My first entry

It occured to me that it might be helpful for all, to have a place on my site where retailers and consumers can leave comments, tips and ideas about the current or previous embroidery club projects and designs. Over the last couple of years I've received lots of corrections and tips from many of you. I have especially appreciated Patricia's input (Patricia is from Sault Ste Marie), so much so that she is my official tester. She gets the project a couple of weeks earlier. She helps me to get the instructions correct and lets me know if the designs stitch out properly. She also suggests other presser feet and notions that would work with certain techniques. Since I can't insert these types of suggestions into the directions without rewriting from scratch. I though that I can share these tips through a blog. Plus all of you can add your own comments, tips and ideas. So here goes, my very first blog entry - eeeeek!

I put a great deal of though into each and every project and design that I create. In fact some days, weeks and months I drive myself crazy making sure that the project and design fit together. The projects themselves have to be timely, relevant and useful. And, the designs must coordinate with the projects. I hate the idea of simply slapping a design, any design, onto a project. defintely not my idea of creative. I am hopeful that each month I will be able to share some of my though process in creating that month's project. I work on projects a few months in advance. So I won't be able to add any great insights into the next couple of projects. Right now I am working on the February project. I will try to keep track with this one.

I just made the October Embroidery Club project live to retailers. Here's what Patricia said:

"My bag is finished and I really like it. I used a dark green commander fabric and a light beige fabric for the designs. The new, smaller "Go Green or Go Home" worked really well. The only things I did differently: I used the Left Edge Topstitch foot instead of stitching 7/8" from the edge for the top hem and I also used the Edge/Joining foot for the 1/8" topstitching on the hem and no pinning with either foot! Beautiful!! I have not done the Magnetic Notepad Holder yet. Great project!"