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Members Can Vote Now On March FATC Contest!

Members can vote on the March FATC contest for the next several days. Voting ends on March 31st so vote early and vote often! (Just like in Chicago! :-) . . . Unravel This!

One Community Member's Solution To Perfect Placement Every Time

Perfect embroidery every time! A tip from one of our own on how to use shelf liner for more accurate placement. . . . Unravel This!

What Can You Count On As "Stabilizer" In A Pinch?

Out of commercial stabilizer? How many of our members have substituted when in a pinch? Here's a tip from one person who has and I'm wondering if you've tried this too? . . . Unravel This!

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. . . . Unravel This!

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. . . . Unravel This!

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. . . . Unravel This!

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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! . . . Unravel This!

Materials For Making Fabric Art Trading Cards (FATC's)
Here are photos of materials Holly uses to make Fabric Art Trading Cards. CLICK each thumbnail photo for a closeup view of the item AND for an explanation Holly has written of . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

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?" . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

Veterans, Who Do They Think They Are?
Here's a great poem written by one of our members, Laurel Olmsted. I bet you can't read it without a tear in your eye! Thank you Laurel for permission to reprint your poem . . . Unravel This!

Titles On Pictures In "MyATW" Photo Albums
We've already asked our developers to add a field where members can add a title to pictures they upload. That feature will be available as quickly as they can develop and clear it in their testi . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

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???" . . . Unravel This!

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 . . . Unravel This!

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. . . . Unravel This!

Embroidery Tip: Hanging On By A Thread

Embroidery Tip: "Grease" The Way

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 . . . Unravel This!

Embroidery Tip: Glue Stick For Quilting

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 . . . Unravel This!

Embroidery Tip: A Special "Been-There-Done-That" Tip!

Embroidery Tip: Spray Adhesive

Embroidery Tip: More Money For Thread!

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, . . . Unravel This!

Embroidery Tip: Use $49 Device To Protect Your $9,000 Machine