Spring is in the air, though our friend Lisa Shaw of Bubbles’ Menagerie still has snow outside her sewing room window in Colorado! The weather has encouraged some inside activities for our Lisa, such as creating this lovely sketch tulip…
Sketch and Scribble styled embroidery designs are not only fun and fast to stitch, they are quick and easy digitizing projects for embroiderers of any experience level. Our friend Lisa Shaw created this design during one of her Afterhours with…
Digitizing can be overwhelming for those new to machine embroidery and even experienced embroiderers who have only customized existing designs. For those of you who have wished for a basic, hands-on tutorial to get you started as you learn to…
As we prepare for the upcoming holiday season, many of us are looking for last minute embroidery ideas for gifts and home decor. I was in a “pickle” and said to my Embrilliance peeps “YIKES! Can you believe that it…
Some very special things happened in the winter of 2013 including the introduction of “moddies” or modify-able design libraries. We thought it would be nice as we transition to a new website, that we re-post these libraries from the Embrilliance…
We know that you enjoy stitching keyfob designs, so we hope that you enjoy this month’s free design from our friend Lisa Shaw of Bubbles’ Menagerie. This project was the focus of one of her “Afterhours” broadcast on her SewBubbles…
During the past few months, many of us turned to our sewing and embroidery to not only help others, but to also help ourselves get through these unknown and sometimes stressful times. Our friend Marygayle Browning, sent us in this…
Today we give you some designs that you can use to make gifts for your Mom/Mum – yes we remembered to include a “Mum” version for our friends who prefer to call their mother by the alternative spelling 🙂 Don’t…
We like to create embroidered projects for all of our friends and family – including those with four legs! Today’s project was created by our own Lisa Shaw of Bubbles’ Menagerie for her furry family members, Daisy & Oscar. Of…
Graduations have taken on a different look and feel this year. Distance learning has changed many of the social aspects of senior year. Today’s free design was created by our friend Marygayle Browning, who is an active member in the…
When we are told to shelter at home, many of us decided that we were given permission to do what we love as much as we wanted! My morning starts with coffee (or tea), sewing and embroidery all day, and…
It is the time of year where we have “spring cleaning” going on. After all of the stitching that has been taking place, our sewing space could probably use a little TLC as well. Hope that you find some time…
Sometimes we need a bit of humorous embroidery to get through the tough times. Does you machine prefer personal attention at all times? Like does it run amok as soon as you leave the room? Imagine what happens when you…
There are so many people working behind the scenes in the office doing the administrative paperwork “stuff” and keeping things running as smoothly as possible. THANK YOU! SSSO #19: In the hoop Administration/Office Staff Key Fob We’ve got a quick-stitching,…
Today we give a shout out to those working at the pharmacy during this time. Are you enjoying stitching all of our in the hoop key fob designs? We’d love to see photos of those that you are stitching during…
Thank you for continuing to stay home and stitching projects! We’ve seen you adding the #Embrilliance and #StayStrongStitchOn hashtags on your posts, and we couldn’t be more proud of all you’ve made! SSSO #16: Nurse’s Hat Key Fob! OK, so…
Today we have a light-hearted applique Emoji design created in StitchArtist by our friend Mary Keels. We are so inspired by the creative digitizing being done by those using the Embrilliance software programs! After seeing her project posted in the…
Leave an extra gift when you pickup dinner! Every so often we see photos tagged with the #Embrilliance and #StayStrongStitchOn hashtags on them. What a treat for us to see you stitching out these designs 😀 The act of dining…
We love to hear about projects created by those using our software programs! Our friend Heather Greig is active on our Brilliant Embrilliance Embroidery Group as well as our StitchArtist Digitizing Fans group on Facebook. She sent us these photos…
Say “Thank You” to those that stock the shelves and run the checkouts! We’ve seen you adding the #Embrilliance and #StayStrongStitchOn hashtags on your posts, and we couldn’t be more proud of all you’ve made! As we continue with our…