Embroidery And Yahoo Groups
"I feel like this a very elementary question but I have not read about the above groups - how they work - do you have to belong to a separate one for every site you are interested in - is there a cost - just some general information would be so helpful." . . . Continue...
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Saving Files From A Bad CD Or DVD
"I need your help. I spent time transferring my files to a DVD. I had to restore my laptop. In restoring my files I was able to retrieve one file and then I got the message that the disk was corrupt. . . . Continue...
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March Member Bonus: Florals & Flight
The March 2009 member bonus is ready for download. This light and airy set is called "Florals & Flight" and has 22 delicate designs in spring and summer colors. It's free to members of ATW for the month of March 2009. They are also available in our store for anyone who chooses to buy individual sets instead. . . . Continue...
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Dorothy And Friends Appear March 6th 2009 On ATW
Members of ATW can download "Dorothy And Friends" designs starting today in our Design Library. Fun any time, but especially appropriate for any kind of "dress up" occasion. Have fun with these characters! There are 10 designs in this set. Artwork by Jodie of JDSclipart. . . . Continue...
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FATC Contest March 2009
The March 2009 FATC contest is now closed. The winner of the March FATC contest was StitchesByCindy and she will get to choose the April theme. . . . Continue...
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Book 6: The Master Quilter
Winter 2009
The Master Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini is the fourth book in our book club. Members are invited to read the book and participate in the conversations in the special forum set up just for this book. After the month is over, we will leave access available to the forum for those who come along later and want to catch up on the discussions. . . . Continue...
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Feb '09 FATC Contest Winners
We have the winners from the February 2009 FATC contest! Here's a prize winners list. Thank you to EVERYONE who entered a card. The voting was really close with less than 2% points . . . Continue...
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Newspaper Industry Shrinking
Can you see why? Here's a collection of newspaper clippings that just might explain the demise of the newspaper industry in America. Then again, it might explain some other things too! . . . Continue...
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FATC Contest Feb 2009
The theme for the Feb '09 contest was... "Stick Figures" Comments are now open!Members can add questions or comments on any of the photos bel . . . Continue...
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FATC Materials
Here are photos of materials Holly uses to make Fabric Art Trading Cards. If you have questions about any of these materials or techniques, please click over to the A href="http . . . Continue...
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Help With "MyATW"
MyATW is "A New Kind Of Sewcial Network" but you may have questions about how it works and how to use all the neat new features. Questions like "How does my personal photo gallery work?", "How do I connect to 'Friends' within MyATW?" and so on... Here's the HELP section for MyATW . . . Continue...
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FATC's And ATW
People LOVE to SWAP things! Whether it's baseball cards, quilt squares, fat quarters, or anything else... swapping is a fun part of many hobbies. STRO . . . Continue...
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VIDEO: Machine Embroidery Applique The ATW Way!
(Reposted From 7/14/06)
Machine embroidery applique sews out a design outline three times. The first time around is the "placement stitch", showing you what area needs to be covered by the applique fabric. Once the fabric is in position the second time around adds the "tack-down stitch" holding the fabric in place. Once you trim away any excess fabric outside the tack-down stitch you put the hoop back on the embroidery machine and it runs the "cover stitch" that covers up the tack-down stitch and the edge of the fabric that you trimmed. . . . Continue...
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What To Do While Your Embroidery Machine Is In The Repair Shop!
(Repost from May 26, 2007)
Just what would YOU do with the spare time that comes from having your embroidery machine in the repair shop? Here are some of the answers to this question from a 24-Hour Contest we did where we asked our members this question "What would you do if your embroidery machine was in the shop?" . . . Continue...
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Menu Options In MyATW Edit Page
This explains what the settings do in "Menu Options" when editing your "MyATW" area... You can change everything in your "MyATW" space whenever you want to. Just click the "Edit" link on the . . . Continue...
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Connecting Up With "Friends"
Here's a short how-to article showing how to connect up with friends in our new sew-cial networking module called "MyATW". It's a step-by-step guide to linking your personal pages to those of friends . . . Continue...
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Points?
You'll probably notice the word "Points" in a couple places on your "My ATW" pages... "Points" was included in the design for future use. The code is still being written on that part of the . . . Continue...
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F-A-S-T Follow Up!
Here's a "F-A-S-T" follow up, an amazing story, and a very important short video! It's not embroidery related, it's "life related". So read this short article and watch the video . . . Continue...
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Re-Sizing Photos To Be Uploaded
We've already asked our developer team to make the photos you upload automatically resize like they do in our existing photo gallery. They've scheduled the work on this and we hope to add this t . . . Continue...
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Resize Photos Easy And Free
Sure your super-wizbang digital camera takes great photos, but when you load the pictures to the web they are HUGE! Here's what to do about it. My camera takes 12-megapixel photos. That's great for lots of purposes, but when I want to add one of them to my personal photo gallery there's a problem. The 12-megapix photo takes a long time to load to the web AND . . . Continue...
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Memorize This... "F-A-S-T"
In December my dad had a stroke. He's okay, or at least as okay as he's going to be for now at 87 years old and had a hard life in some ways. The point of this post is that everyone should be aware of how to identify when a person has had a stroke and what to do about it . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Thread Recommendations
What's a good brand of embroidery thread to buy? Everyone asks this question when they're starting out and re-examine the issue every year or two. Why is it a question that comes up again and again when you thought it was settled in your own mind years ago? Here's an in-depth look at the question of embroidery thread purchased on ebay . . . Continue...
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Give Us Your 2-Cents!
Last November we were in Joann's buying some fabric... We noticed the gift cards at the checkout counter and couldn't resist buying a few of those cards. Okay - not really a few... it was a LOT of them. We basically emptied their racks! Now we have a big stack of these cards - each one worth $10 - sitting next to . . . Continue...
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Cross Stitch Machine Embroidery?
Here's a question about machine cross stitch that started out in our discussion forum and is worth sharing with the world! Thanks to Grandma Lola and to everyone that answered... "Have any of you done cross stitch on your embroidery machines. DO you know where I can find instructions on how to do it? Do you actually use CS fabric???" . . . Continue...
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Using Embroidery Stabilizer As A Coffee Filter
-- Holly Pike
I decided this morning to make a pot of coffee using embroidery stabilizer instead of a coffee filter. It didn't come out quite right and I'm wondering if I should have used cutaway instead of tearaway? Or maybe "Totally Stable" but I was concerned about the amount of glue I'd end up with in my coffee if I went that route! So I had one more idea and . . . Continue...
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Thread Color Conversion Charts
Here's a quick link to all kinds of different cross-reference charts to convert from one brand of thread to another while keeping the same color. Not all brands of thread offer all colors of the rainbow, but they do all come in a wide choice of differnt shades and hues. When a particular color from one company does not have a direct conversion to another brand then the chart will be blank or have an "NA" or a "-" mark in that space . . . Continue...
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Can't See Newest Designs On ATW?
Sometimes a computer won't show the latest version of a web page you're trying to view. But the only way you even KNOW there is a newer version is a sneaking suspicion that the site hasn't been . . . Continue...
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Converting Embroidery Design Formats
You see a great design that you really want, but it's in PES format for Brother and Babylock machines and you have a Viking machine. What can you do? Fortunately you can convert an embroide . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: Masking Tape
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: Hanging On By A Thread
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: "Grease" The Way
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Making Wide Coasters
Lidia Doneddu from Victoria, Australia sent me this terrific step-by-step pictorial article on how she makes wide coasters. I think she did an excellent job of not only putting together the instructions but in taking great photos and putting it all into one photo. Click below to see the complete article . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: Glue Stick For Quilting
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Project Photo Contest Winner: Sibyls
Dec 19th 2008
Each week we draw a winning photo from the pictures posted in our project photo gallery during the previous week. The person who posted the photo wins a 3 month membershiop extension to ATW. Here's this week's winner . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: A Special "Been-There-Done-That" Tip!
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: Spray Adhesive
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: More Money For Thread!
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Holiday Eating Tips
(Thanks to BStripe for posting this in our forum...) 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: Keep Your Embroidery Design Files SAFE
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: Always Check Those CD's!
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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Embroidery Tip: No One Gets Stabbed
We have over 1,500 embroidery and computer tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery Tips", "Computer Tips", and "Web-Wize Tips" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . Continue...
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