In December of 2002 we started publishing our weekly online newsletter called "Bobbin Buzz".  Since then, it's grown to be a HUGELY popular touchstone for the embroidery community with over 50,000 readers every week.

The Bobbin Buzz Newsletter  is now at the center of the home page on our website as well as here in the Bobbin-Buzz section. Every new article will now show up in the center section of the site. Any articles with a PURPLE GRAPHIC are for ATW Members only, all other articles are FREE ACCESS for everyone! 

Trial Membership: Experience Membership For Yourself! Here's an irresistable deal that we have never offered before! If you're not a member of ATW yet, this is the time to join! You can now get a trial membership to ATW for just $5 . . . keep reading When Designs Just Won't Stitch Out Part 3: "Other Problems" A 3-Part series on what to do when your designs won't stitch out properly. In part-3 we cover what to do when it's not a problem with your machine . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... Keeping In Shape - At Least MENTALLY! We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 28th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading When Designs Just Won't Stitch Out Part 2: "Loops & Birdsnests" A 3-Part series on what to do when your designs won't stitch out properly. In part-2 we cover the basic steps to take when your designs suddenly start looking terrible . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... Preparing Colors BEFORE You're Ready To Thread The Machine We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 27th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading When Designs Just Won't Stitch Out Part 1: "A Point Of Reference" A 3-Part series on what to do when your designs won't stitch out properly. In part-1 we cover what to do NOW before you have a problem . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... For Twin Needle Designs We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 26th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Software Survey Please take a minute (literally) to answer our simple 2-question survey about computers. Thank you! . . . keep reading Free Standing Lace (or "FSL") -- A Simple Step-By-Step Tutorial Here's the question from my mailbag... "Please, I need help with Free Standing Lace! I haven't done any of this because I have no idea where to begin. Can I get step by step instructions?" I asked our members to respond and we many great responses to this one question. Here is the winning answer . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... No More Tangles! We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 25th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Saving Money on Stabilizers & Needles? Here's the question from my mailbag... "I want to know how to make the most of my materials. I feel that I waste a lot of stabilizer, or is that just to be expected?" I asked our members to respond and we many great responses to this one question. Here is the winning answer . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... An Easy Way To Keep Your Project Colors We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 24th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Keeping Things Straight? Here's the question from my mailbag... "I need tips for getting my clothing items straight in my hoop. Seems like I'm always crooked." I asked our members to respond and we saw no less than 59 responses to this one question. Here is the winning answer and some more runner-ups . . . keep reading "Most Important Advice" For Newbies Who Recently Purchased Embird... "You promote Embird tutorial videos, does this mean this is your primary software you used to create all your designs? If so, what is the most important advice for newbies who recently purchase Embird?" . . . keep reading New Member's Designs: "A Kids View - Football" This set of embroidery designs is called "A Kids View - Football". They are free to our ATW Members as part of our 17,000+ designs in our Design Library. There are 7 designs in the set digitized by Mary and artwork by JDS Clipart. Just choose 'STICK FIGURES' in our Design Library or simply browse backwards through our design timeline. If you like this set, you may also like our other designs also in the same category. . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... Empty Your Bobbin Without Having To Pick It Up Off The Floor! We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 23rd 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading New Member's Designs: "Sleeping In The Moon" This set of embroidery designs is called "Sleeping In The Moon". They are free to our ATW Members as part of our 17,000+ designs in our Design Library. There are 10 designs in the set digitized by Holly and artwork by Clipartopolis. Just choose 'OUTLINES' in our Design Library or simply browse backwards through our design timeline. If you like this set, you may also like our other designs also in the same category. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 22nd 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Where To Start With Digitizing? "I'd like to learn to digitize, however I don't know where to start. I own Embird. Should I purchase Embird digitizer or a different program? How difficult is it?" . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... Keeping Designs Catalog'ed & Backed-Up! We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 21st 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Daily News: August 20th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Daily News: August 19th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Daily News: August 18th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Daily News: August 17th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading The Week That Makes You Appreciate Good Weeks! This was one of those weeks you'd just as soon forget about except that they make normal ones seem so nice. It could have been worse, we didn't loose any friends or family members, no terminal illness or anything like that, just some aggravations. It started on Monday when we were . . . keep reading Free This Week: Tulip Garden This is a set of "Tulip Garden" embroidery designs. They are free to our guests for 1 week from Friday 8/15 to Thursday 8/21. They are ALWAYS free to our members as part of our 17,000+ designs in our Design Library. There are 7 designs in the set digitized by Mary and artwork by JDS. Just choose 'SAMPLE DESIGNS' in our Design Library . . . keep reading 8/16/08 Drawing Photo Of The Week This week's photo contest winner is rlp4747 for the photo of a beautiful bag made for a friend. Photos are chosen in a random drawing each week and the winner is awarded a 3 month membership extension. . . . keep reading Free To Our Members: Art Deco Tropical Fish This is a set of "Art-Deco Fish" embroidery designs. They are free to our Members as part of our "Design Library". There are 9 designs in this set digitized by Holly and artwork by Clipartopolis. Just choose "This Week" or "WaterLife" in our Design Library . . . keep reading Daily News: August 16th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... Dryer Sheets We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 15th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... Hooping Organza We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 14th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... A NOVEL Approach To Understanding Your Machines We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 13th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... 5 Tips About Needles! We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 12th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Embroidery Tip... "Before You Start!" We have almost 1,000 embroidery tips submitted by our members. Watch our site each day for tips you can use and click back through our "Embroidery" department (See Left-Side Menus) for previous tips too. . . . keep reading Daily News: August 11th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading New Member's Designs: Hippo Ballet This is a set of "Hippo Ballet" embroidery designs. They are free to our ATW Members as part of our 17,000+ designs in our Design Library. There are 7 designs in the set digitized by Mary and artwork by JDS. Just choose 'DANCE' in our Design Library. If you like this set, you may also like our Ballet Bunnies and our Kokopelli designs also in the DANCE section . . . keep reading Daily News: August 10th 2008 Browse through the Daily News today and see what your favorite digitizers from around the web and around the world have been working on the last few days. Click any thumbnail for a close-up look and click again to visit their website! . . . keep reading Limited Edition Designs / Free To Our Members: Elegant Hummingbirds This is a set of "Elegant Hummingbirds" embroidery designs. They are free to our Members for 2 weeks from Friday 8/8 to Thursday 8/21. After 8/21/08 they'll be available only in our Store. There are 10 designs in this set digitized by Holly and artwork by Clipartopolis. Just choose 'Bonus Designs' in our Design Library . . . keep reading Free This Week: School Critters This is a set of "School Critters" embroidery designs. They are free to our guests for 1 week from Friday 8/8 to Thursday 8/14. They are ALWAYS free to our members as part of our 17,000+ designs in our Design Library. There are 7 designs in the set digitized by Mary and artwork by JDS. Just choose 'SAMPLE DESIGNS' in our Design Library . . . keep reading