tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90083710681070154362024-03-12T21:50:52.858-07:00Original StitchesLife as a homeschooling mom of four who also happens to own an embroidery machine!Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677426635029762051noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008371068107015436.post-69261750478246104172016-04-07T12:56:00.000-07:002016-04-07T12:57:00.831-07:00DIY Wall Art With Lettering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We move a lot. Do you know what is expensive? Moving. Moving a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our current house has a golden bathroom. I do not know the name of this color, but after painting a lot of the house, I did not want to paint another bathroom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, to add a little something to the room, I wanted to do a multiple canvas painting with a verse.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First of all, you'll need to realize that everyone has a different style and whatever you do, your paintings will look differently than anything I make. You cannot be a perfectionist while you make your own wall art!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Go ahead and sketch, lightly, with pencil your design. Figure out what font you want and print out your lettering. Make sure it fits!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Start mixing your base color. I wanted a nice turquoise :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I started with the edges, mainly so I didn't forget later!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then move on to the canvases. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like to add a few splashes of color to my base coat!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After all of your canvases have the base coat on them, sketch you design again. I referred back to my photograph to get things "generally" in the same spot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lightly sketch. Don't worry, it'll erase. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Now start painting!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Adding layer by layer. Make sure each layer dries before adding the next. You don't want to smear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, lay out your wording. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Lord is my strength & my song. Exodus 15:2</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take your paper and rub chalk on the back of the letters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> When everything is dry, hang it up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I must say, I LOVE holey jeans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, and LOVE. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm more of a practical girl, so usually I wait for my jeans to naturally become distressed. This takes a few years of wonderfully breaking them in during normal wear. Once my jeans hit the holey phase, I wear them even more. Unfortunately, from years of wear my jeans also develop holes in other more "ris-kay" places. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My poor holey jeans don't last long before heading to the recycling pile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, imagine my delight with the whole "distressed" trend!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(BTW, anyone else have female relatives who would balk at spending money on jeans WITH holes in them?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, and LOVE my distressed jeans! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But I want them to last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is how I reinforce the holes (or cover them if you are modest) so my jeans will last a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1). Gather your supplies. All you need is a double sided fusible web (Steam-A-Seam, Heat N Bond, and Wonder Under are popular brands you can find at a large superstore or fabric store), scissors, iron, fabric, and you distressed jeans. I also use parchment paper to back everything so my iron, ironing board, and the other side of my jeans don't get dirty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">PLEASE NOTE! DO NOT TRY TO IRON YOUR DISTRESSED JEANS WHILE YOU ARE STILL WEARING THEM. </span></div>
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2) Your fusible webbing will come sandwiched between two pieces of parchment paper (if you purchased a small amount) or rolled. Cut out the amount you need. Take off one side of parchment if yours is sandwiched. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4) Cover with parchment and iron.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6) Find your distressed pants, turn them inside out, and slide a piece of parchment paper inside the leg so nothing irons through to the other side. Since my jeans are stretchy, I had to pin them open. An extra pair of hands will also work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> 7) Trim your patch and put it RIGHT SIDE DOWN on your inside out pant leg. Iron.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">8) Remove the remaining parchment and you are finished! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">9) Repeat as needed. I used a darker jean color for the holes on my knees and I used a white knit for the distressing on my thighs (just to be modest). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To care for your patched pants, wash inside out on a cold setting. Hang to dry or dry on low heat if you are a daredevil. Remember, you ironed on those patches so a high heat will weaken the bond and negate your hard work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All finished! Look at those patched distressed jeans. Beautiful!</span></div>
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Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677426635029762051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008371068107015436.post-67533117227684250032016-03-24T12:39:00.002-07:002016-03-24T12:40:15.578-07:00Quick Stitch Designs Are Here To StayI love quick designs. We have four kids, and I barely have a complete thought all day. Getting time to test out a complicated applique is not at the top of any list that you would see sitting around my house.<br />
Seriously. I just had a tooth pillow design on my machine for a week. Little. By. Little. It would get stitched out.<br />
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I first ventured into these quicker designs by making an Easter saying a few years ago. Four years ago to be exact. Wow, time flies!<br />
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I made the bunny applique as a compromise.<br />
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And then my son decided on a sports car birthday shirt.<br />
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He was turning nine so I kept it simple. No applique. Just stitching.<br />
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And again when he turned ten. Simple. Just stitching.<br />
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At this point, I gave up all pretense about have time to stitch out appliques all of the time and started doing what I call "Quick Stitch" designs. There is nothing fancy about these designs, just some quick stitching for moms who do not have a lot of time between naps, dinner, and bath time!<br />
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Quick Stitch designs make it easy to add any name or saying without too much stitching!<br />
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If you head on over to our website, you'll find some new designs on a special sale! </div>
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Well, how goes your year? I can't believe it's been almost a year since I last posted. </div>
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Life with four kids is a little crazy. </div>
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Maybe a lot crazy.</div>
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So crazy that I don't have time to post new design for weeks!</div>
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For example, these past few weeks we have......</div>
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Celebrated my birthday.</div>
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With a hike. </div>
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With all four kids.</div>
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Because that is fun to do on birthdays.</div>
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Right?</div>
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(Yes, it is fun :) )</div>
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Watched a lot of this.</div>
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Because both boys play on different teams.</div>
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Something about needing to be in the right age groups.</div>
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Not to mention BOTH girls now dance. </div>
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Why?</div>
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Why is our culture so kid centered?</div>
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Made several costumes.</div>
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Because every little girl needs Elsa hair.</div>
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And every little boy needs spikes on his sweatshirt to match his dinosaur tail.</div>
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Luckily one just wore his uniform for the next day.</div>
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And the other was all cheaply purchased off of Amazon. </div>
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Magic wands are only $1.</div>
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Now that is magical.</div>
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And more birthdays. </div>
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Where does the time go that he is another year older?</div>
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And of course, all of the other usual mayhem of having four kids.</div>
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All children should have old dried apples in their bed....</div>
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...right?</div>
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No?</div>
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What about candy wrappers?</div>
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Still no?</div>
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Well, no worries.</div>
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Our pantry is now locked.</div>
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Anyway, all of this to say WOW! WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?</div>
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And I will be doing more blogging.</div>
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Blogging about yummy recipes.</div>
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Blogging about fashion. Say what?!?</div>
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Blogging about appliques. </div>
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So, how goes your year?</div>
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We just added a <a href="http://www.originalstitches.com/applique-designs/boys/american-football-p-511.html" target="_blank">simple football applique</a> to our free section on our website!</span></span></span></span></div>
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new releases and freebies! This month's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OriginalStitches/app_137541772984354" target="_blank">facebook freebie</a> is a Football Turkey Applique!</span></span></span></span></div>
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have loved to draw since I was a little girl and I was the one to always
show up at Grandma's house with a handful of pictures. I appreciate this
opportunity to create files for you to use with your little ones or
your home business. Being able to stay at home with my children is a
blessing and I would like to give you a little something in return!</span></span> </div>
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Congrats Shirley!
Please check your email as I'll need to know where to send this wonderful bundle of fabric!</div>
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I do not yet have a preview for November's fabric bundle. Yikes! I need to go fabric shopping....for realz this time.</div>
Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677426635029762051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008371068107015436.post-30537576207329690722013-10-02T12:44:00.001-07:002013-10-04T22:28:46.787-07:00Customer Appreciation Week - October 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
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Don't forget to like our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/OriginalStitches" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> to stay up-to-date on all of our
new releases and freebies! </span></span></span></span><br />
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have loved to draw since I was a little girl and I was the one to always
show up at Grandma's house with a handful of pictures. I appreciate this
opportunity to create files for you to use with your little ones or
your home business. Being able to stay at home with my children is a
blessing and I would like to give you a little something in return!</span></span> </div>
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I love making these verses for you. I really do!</div>
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What a great thing, to be able to spread God's love and grace through something so simple as an embroidered item.</div>
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As with all of my designs, I try test out each and every one myself.</div>
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This newest verse is a big one. </div>
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Too big for a towel....</div>
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Don't be shy now, I found a simple frame at a local thrift store for only $1.50.</div>
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Congrats Staci!
Please check your email as I'll need to know where to send this wonderful bundle of fabric!</div>
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I do not yet have a preview for October's fabric bundle. Yikes! I need to go fabric shopping.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The first week of each month will feature </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">a new designs and freebies</span></span></span></span>.
Don't forget to like our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/OriginalStitches" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> to stay up-to-date on all of our
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have loved to draw since I was a little girl and I was the one to always
show up at Grandma's house with a handful of pictures. I appreciate this
opportunity to create files for you to use with your little ones or
your home business. Being able to stay at home with my children is a
blessing and I would like to give you a little something in return!</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I purchased this month's selection from <a href="http://www.tjsfabrics.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">TJ's Fabrics</a>. </span></span></div>
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My little man had another birthday this summer. </div>
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Designed by the birthday boy, this "Monster Allosaurus" applique is now available at <a href="http://www.originalstitches.com/applique-designs/animals/monster-allosaurus-p-479.html">http://www.originalstitches.com/applique-designs/animals/monster-allosaurus-p-479.html</a>!Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677426635029762051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008371068107015436.post-74841121201510106242013-07-14T23:11:00.000-07:002013-07-15T15:04:40.933-07:00My Baby Love: July 2013 Business Spotlight<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Hi! My name is Lauren. I am a stay at home mom to a 3 year old boy and am currently expecting another little one. I work part time from home sewing and monogramming. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"> </span></span></span>My grandmother taught me how to sew 20 years ago and it has been my passion ever since! I got my first embroidery machine 4 years ago and my business took off soon after. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"> </span></span></span>My business is called My Baby Love. My website is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mybabyloveonline.com/">www.mybabyloveonline.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and I'm also on etsy at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/MyBabyLoveOnline">http://www.etsy.com/people/MyBabyLoveOnline</a>. My facebook page is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/mybabyloveonline">www.facebook.com/mybabyloveonline</a>. My items can also be found on Zulily and Groopdealz every now and then.</div>
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Congrats Julie!
Please check your email as I'll need to know where to send this wonderful bundle of fabric!<br />
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Here is a preview of next month's for August Customer Appreciation Week!</div>
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From <a href="http://store.tjsfabrics.com/stores_app/browse_item_details_tjs.asp?shopper_id=5149681711485149&store_id=860&page_id=23&item_id=3783" target="_blank">TJ's Fabrics - Hipster Applique Bundle</a></div>
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I love this one!<br />
You ladies are getting so much nice fabric! I need to start keeping some of these for myself.....don't you think?</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome
to our sixth CAW! The first week of each month will feature </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">a new free verse
that will be posted for download on our website (released on Friday) and </span></span></span></span>a new free
design for facebook fans (released on Saturday - but with a twist this month).
Don't forget to like our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/OriginalStitches" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> to stay up-to-date on all of our
new releases and freebies! </span></span></span></span><br />
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have loved to draw since I was a little girl and was the one to always
show up at Grandma's house with a handful of pictures. I appreciate this
opportunity to create files for you to use with your little ones or
your home business. Being able to stay at home with my children is a
blessing and I would like to give you a little something in return!</span></span> </div>
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will also feature a giveaway sponsored by yours truly, Original Stitches. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I purchased this month's selection from <a href="http://www.tjsfabrics.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">TJ's Fabrics</a>. </span></span></div>
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Congrats Migdalia!
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to our fifth CAW! The first week of each month will feature a new free
design for facebook fans (released on Thursday) and a new free verse
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Don't forget to like our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/OriginalStitches" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> to stay up-to-date on all of our
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have loved to draw since I was a little girl and was the one to always
show up at Grandma's house with a handful of pictures. I appreciate this
opportunity to create files for you to use with your little ones or
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have loved to draw since I was a little girl and was the one to always
show up at Grandma's house with a handful of pictures. I appreciate this
opportunity to create files for you to use with your little ones or
your home business. Being able to stay at home with my children is a
blessing and I would like to give you a little something in return!</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome to our fourth CAW! The first week of each month will feature a new free design (coming on Thursday) and a new free (almost) verse <a href="http://www.originalstitches.com/free/sayings/jesus-loves-p-447.html" target="_blank">Jesus Loves Me (Plain</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.originalstitches.com/free/sayings/jesus-loves-p-447.html" target="_blank">)</a>.</span> Please head on over to the website to download the all of our freebies!
Don't forget to like our Facebook page to stay up-to-date on all of our
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The reason we are taking a break from the verses stems from a recent stitchout. I made two "Jesus Loves Me" applique shirts for my sister-in-law who visited this last month. I LOVE that applique. However, they took a loooooooong time to trim and then stitch. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Right now, I have this lovely fabric Riley Blake Medium Dots bundle sitting here just waiting to be mailed out! I have bought a few of these fabric bundles from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hootcouture" target="_blank">Hoot Couture on Etsy</a>. I loved my experience purchasing through them. They were quick to ship and there were a few extra scrap pieces hidden in the package. I even used one of those scraps for the mini dots on the Jesus Love Me shirt stitched in the above photos.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This week's guest is Elizabeth of Baby Love Customs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am currently a work at home mom to 3 boys, Judge-3, Zavier-18 months, and Sidney-4 months.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.babylovecustoms.com/" target="_blank">"All American Boy" from A Stitch For You</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My
grandmother first taught me to sew when I was 8 years old. I have been
sewing off and on ever since then (16 years!), but never really tried to
teach myself anything new. One of my New Year Resolutions this year is
to learn more advanced sewing skills. I hope to eventually start making
clothes for myself and to sell in my boutique.</span></span></span></span></div>
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first became interested in embroidery when a close friend of mine
offered to make a few personalized items while I was pregnant with my
middle son in the summer of 2011. Her mom had a machine at the time,
little did we know, we would spend countless hours at her mom’s house in
front of the machine. It quickly became an obsession, haha! About 2
months later, I finally convinced my husband to let me buy my first
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.babylovecustoms.com/" target="_blank">Star & Swirls from Embroidery Boutique</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Right now, my favorite items to embroider are shirts and baby gifts, especially for little girls! Since I have a house full of boys, I really love being able to make cute, girly items. I’ve always told my husband that we would be in trouble if we ever had a girl, lol.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In October of 2011, Baby Love Customs was born. I started selling on Etsy (<a href="https://www.gmx.com/dereferrer/?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.babylovecustoms.etsy.com%2F&lang=en" target="_blank">www.babylovecustoms.etsy.com</a>) then expanded to Facebook early in 2012 (<a href="https://www.gmx.com/dereferrer/?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbabylovecustoms&lang=en" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/babylovecustoms</a>). As of March 2013, I have launched my first website (<a href="https://www.gmx.com/dereferrer/?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.babylovecustoms.com%2F&lang=en" target="_blank">www.babylovecustoms.com</a>). I love seeing new, adorable designs from all the awesome digitizers out there, and not too long ago wanted to try my hand at it as well. I love having the ability to now create my own unique designs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I offer custom shirts and onesies for every occasion, baby gift sets and diaper bags/tote bags of all kind. Holiday shirts are always big sellers.</span></span><br />
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You have a design that you want to stitch but it takes up the whole field of your embroidery hoop and if you centered it traditionally, it would look off-center.</div>
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Have you been there?</div>
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All of the sudden you finish and you pull your item off the hoop and realize.........oops, it looks off-centered!</div>
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Here's an easy way to make sure your designs are always centered and it really only involves one (or two or three) extra step(s). If you have software, print off a 1:1 ratio template of your design. If you don't have software, go download WilcomTruesizer (FREE software to view and print and change file formats) and print off a 1:1 ratio template.</div>
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You will also need your garment, hoop, and grid.</div>
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Go ahead and add centering marks to your garment.</div>
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If I went ahead a stitched out this design based on centering the hoop on the garment, this would be the placement of the design. Technically centered but it also looks off-centered. </div>
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Instead, I want the #1 to be centered. I use the centering marks on my garment to center the #1.<br />
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I mark new spots to line up my design. You can use the grid on your template if you lay it on top. My template has nice little holes just for marking. Does yours? </div>
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Now put your grid in your hoop and line everything back up as you hoop. As you can see, the hoop is not centered anymore......</div>
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but the design will stitch out looking more centered! </div>
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