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Guest Articles About Embroidery
Here are a few 'Samples' of the articles inside the membership area. If you decide to become a member, you have would access to our complete library of hundreds of embroidery articles as well as our discussion forum with thousands of how-to tips and the thousands of designs in our Design Library.
Get a free subscription to our "Embroidery Newsletter" and receive weekly news about machine embroidery AND new free designs twice a week! (Get On Free Newsletter List Here)
And now - the sample articles about embroidery....
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5 Keys To Successful Machine Embroidery
Today is Christmas Day 2008 and there are many first-time embroidery machine owners starting to search the internet for help with getting going. This article covers 5 key things you MUST know about this hobby... Copyrights, Sharing, Learning Curve, Friends, and one more key that's above all the others . . .
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The Thread Path
Fourth article in our series on "What's wrong with my design?" covers what can go wrong within your embroidery machine along the thread path to cause problems with your design stitchout . . .
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Bad Needles
Taking a look again at what can go wrong with an embroidery stitchout, we move now to the needle and what can happen when . . .
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Tension Settings
TENSION settings get blamed a lot more often than they should. Yes, it's possible that a problem is cause by the tension settings on your machine, but more than likely, it's something else causing the problem. There are two tension settings on your machine. Whether you have . . .
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"Halloween" FATC Contest
(September 2009)
The September 2009 FATC contest photo posts. The theme was "Halloween"! The winners of this FATC contest were announced shortly after 10/1/09.
Members could make their FATC's and enter the photos until September 26th 2009 when voting started. Good luck to everyone in the contest! . . .
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Happy Birthday Embroidery Fans!
Happy Birthday Lisa (L1Pooh), Happy Birthday Anette... Today is Your Day to Celebrate with Family & Friends! Have a Wonderful Day Today and a Great Big Happy Birthday to Both of You! Nancy, NY . . .
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Business: "WGIYBIWCO"
In this business article, I discuss a concept called "WGIYBIWCO" which means "What Goes In Your Brain Is What Comes Out". For those who desire to open or grow their own business, it contains crtitical information to move you along the right path . . .
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Bobbin Problems
Third article in our series on "What's wrong with my design?" covers what can go wrong with your bobbin and how to fix these type of problems . . .
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Masking Tape
Roll, fold, hold... Masking tape comes in as handy in the sewing room as duct tape does in the garage. Here's a tip from one of our great members . . .
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You Can Run With This Tip!
I guess this one was learned the hard way! Make a habit of checking your machine BEFORE you press the START button on your design. It will keep you from having THIS problem . . .
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Sellers Introduction To Main Street Boutiques
March 2009
Our idea is to help as many of you as possible who want to own an online business to get started now. If you are still fully employed then you can look at your online business as a hedge against future downturns and as a supplemental income. If you're already layed off or not working your normal hours then it's not a future situation, it's a present one. Either way, we're glad your doing something now. Sellers fall into two categories... those who want to sell digital products and those who . . .
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Kids Praying
Released Weds March 11th, 2009 / Artwork by Clipartopolis. This set is available as a sampler for just a couple more days! While it's a sampler, guests are invited to download these designs for free. After Tuesday, they are a members-only set. Members can click design to go to the download page! Kids Praying Redwork . . .
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NEW: Sunbonnet Occupation Designs
New Design set... Artwork by JDS. Members click design to go to download page! Guests can have these ones too! They are this week's "FRIDAY FREEBIE" This set is available as a sampler for the next couple days! Guests are invited to download these designs by clicking the links. We give away hundreds of designs every year on the ATW pages. How else can you tell if they're good unless you can sample a few yourself? Enjoy! . . .
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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. . . .
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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. . . .
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Kids Praying Embroidery Designs
New designs! Artwork by Clipartopolis and digitized by Holly. Set of five precious redwork designs showing kids praying. Great for Easter, Thanksgiving, or just any old time. Ideal on kitchen towels or breadcloth too. Easy to stitch out, fit 4x4 hoop, traditional look and timeless theme. Free for all site visitors from 2/25/09 to 3/5/09. ALWAYS free for our members! . . .
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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! . . .
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Removing Old Embroidered Lettering?
Here's a from our forum... "I run a small embroidery business from my home and have had a couple instances where people have asked about having an embroidered name removed from a coat and a new name stitched in it's place. The first time, I was able to just cover up the current name with a design and stitch over that. Now, someone else has asked me about the same thing. What should I do?" . . .
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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 . . .
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Getting More From Your OnLine Store
From a member... "I have my own online store where I sell my quilts and things. I sell on ebay mostly. I was told in order to get traffic to my own online store I would have to start marketing and that it is really expensive. I am totally confused on what i should do. I was told that it would cost about 2,000 to market my store to search engines in order to get more business. I really want to sell more from my site versus ebay and their fees. Does anyone have any information or advice on where i should begin?" -- Of course I have some information! In fact this article is a great guide to getting your . . .
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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?" . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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