3D USA Design
The 4th of July is a great time to celebrate with a bold, patriotic look, and our friend Lisa Shaw created this classic, standout USA design that’s sure to fit the bill. Made to adorn the pocket of a denim…
His & Hers Patches
Patches are a fun way to add customized embroidery to any item! They can be stitched on by hand or machine, or adhered with various adhesives (including a hot glue gun, in some instances!), but no matter how you attach…
Sketchy Tulip Design
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 & Scribble Double Love Design
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…
Beginning Digitizing Class
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…
Happy Thanksgiving 2020
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…
Blast from the Past – Christmas 2013
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…
Free Initial Keyfob Design
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…
Free Statue of Liberty Embroidery Design and Patch Project
Our own Erich Campbell once offered a wonderful light-stitching rendition of the one and only Statue of Liberty for our July 4th festivities, but it never managed to make it to the project blog! We decided to remedy that and…
Free USA Flag-Inspired Scribble Trapunto Embroidery Design for Independence Day
In recognition of the upcoming 4th of July holiday, our own Erich Campbell decided to recreate one of this most popular designs in a more modern format for everyone to enjoy. This larger format design was created with sweatshirts and…
Show your Dad he’s the Best with a Quick-Stitching Text Design!
We here at Embrilliance have been very busy, but we didn’t want to let Father’s Day go by without celebrating all the awesome dads out there! Our own Erich Campbell saw some bold, single-color, printed Father’s Day items in one…
Sew You Care key fob design
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…
Celebrate Mother’s Day with a Free Key Fob design!
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…
Puppy Paw Placemat Layout Project
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…
Stay Strong and Stitch On #25 – Firefighters’ Maltese Cross with Crossed Axes Embroidery Design
Giving you the tools you need to stitch for your favorite firefighers! Though we are transitioning to other sorts of designs and fun projects in our campaign, we had this dapper design made for our first responders ready to roll…
In Defence of ‘Sloppy’ Embroidery
Greetings, Stitchers! Erich Campbell here. Today, rather than present you with another stock design, I figured I’d give you a couple of stories from my embroidery career to help you to stay strong and stitch on, even when you don’t…
Stay Strong & Stitch On! Graduation bookmark
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…
Stay Strong & Stitch On #24 Sewing Plan
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…
Stay Strong & Stitch On #23: Stethoscope Text Template / Nurses Listen Embroidery Design
Thank you for listening and telling your story! For this installment of our ‘Stay Strong and Stitch On!’ campaign, we’re giving you yet another versatile little design that can be used for anyone in the medical field, though we’ve added…
Spring Cleaning
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…