Today we're in a quiet little campground in the town of "Caledonia, Wisconsin".  We're out of the house and the painters will start on it Monday getting it ready for sale. And so the adventure begins!

Holly's nephew Rob and his wife Mary (one of our ATW team) are here with us staying in their camper next to ours. We'll be heading off for a flea market just down the road a couple miles in a few minutes so I'll have to keep this part of Bobbin-Buzz short, but I had to get this out to you as there are lots of things going on at ATW and DW and around the embroidery sites of the web this weekend.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible now that we've hit the road and will keep you posted on when we're coming to your area.

-- Larry

This Will Be The BIGGEST SALE Of The Summer... Mid-Summer Night's Dream!
Computer Help: Lost Labels (Here's an example of the sort of questions answered in our "Computer Help" forum ...) "I have all my files stored in a directory with sub directories by topic. Some how I have managed to loose the labels from all of the folders in one directory. i.e. my animal files are stored in a directory like this... My Documents/Embroidery files/animals/cows In the example when I open the animals folder the names of folders in the animal folder is missing. If I open any of the unnamed folders the sub-folders all have their titles. How do I find the missing names of the folders? Do I have you all confused now? Thanks for any help you have to offer. -- Annie" ------------------------------------------------- Annie - I have a solution to your missing file names problem! Make a new folder with a different name. (For example "Animals-2") Then copy all the folders that are inside Animals over to Animals-2. When you're done I think you will see the folders now have names. -- Larry ------------------------------------------------- Thanks Larry. It worked! Kind Regards, Annie
Lighten Up! NOW THAT I'M OLDER 1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it. 2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran. 3. I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart. 4. I don't remember being absent minded. 5. All reports are in, life is now officially unfair. 6. If all is not lost, where is it? 7. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. 8. Some days you are the dog, some days you're the hydrant. 9. I wish the buck stopped here, I sure could use a few. 10. Kids in the back seat cause accidents. 11. Accidents in the back seat cause kids. 12. It's hard to make a come back when you haven't been anywhere. 13. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom. 14. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees. 15. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess? 16. It's not hard to meet expenses...they're everywhere. 17. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. 18. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter... I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. (Thanks Andy for posting this in the forum... Now I understand some things MUCH better!)
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The Heart Of A Champion! Our friend Lesli Richardson is a digitizer and embroidery educator in Rotonda Florida. Holly met her at a "StitchFest" several years ago and the they have stayed in touch over time. Lesli's son Joey is 11 now and was born with spina bifida. He's also a gifted wheelchair racer! Lesli has just created a set of designs for everyone. I'll let Lesli tell you the rest of the story... Click here for "The Heart Of A Champion!"
New Designs Released This Week At ArtisticThreadWorks... See ALL this week's new sets here! And this months Member Bonus Set... "Decorative Florals For Jeans" Here's a picture of ONE of this week's design sets... See ALL the new sets here!
Bobbin-Buzz Designs Help yourself to this weeks free design set "Tigers". These are for everyone that is a subscriber to Bobbin-Buzz, our free weekly newsletter! Download Tigers Here! Have fun!
Don't Miss This Week's "Stitchin Bits" Nita's got some great articles in this week's issue of Stitchin Bits at... http://www.nitasplace.com/public/708.cfm
Decorative Floral Jeans Designs This month we've done something new for our member bonus. Holly has created a set of designs that can be used in two different ways... First - they can be used as embroidery only designs. They are decorative florals and would be terrific going up the leg of a pair of jeans, or any number of other places. Second - they have also been designed with places marked for addition of Swarovski Crystals to add "Bling!" to the designs! We realized that a lot of members might not yet have taken a class on how to add crystal to fabric. So we went to North Carolina and shot a video with Dawn Wenner ( the "Queen Of Crystals" ) of www.DesignByDawn.com showing how to add crystals to fabric. Dawn shows not only how to add crystals to embroidery designs on this video, but also shows her newest creation called "Dot-to-Dot / Crystal-to-Crystal" that she just released. The June member bonus can be downloaded from our library this month for free by our members. For those needing the video, we are offering it at an introductory price you're sure to like. And during the month of June, Dawn is offering a crystal kit designed just for our member bonus! Get more info about this at... http://www.artisticthreadworks.com/dec-florals