Did you know that you can use your embroidery machine to stitch out designs that look like they were pieced by a quilter? The type of piecing is sometimes called paper piecing, foundation piecing, or even “stitch and flip” sewing.…
Spruce up your decor for the holidays with this In The Hoop (ITH) coaster and ornament set from our friend, Lisa Shaw. Lisa created her designs using two of our Interactives; the Christmas Traditions design collection and Merrowly Patches. Though…
Here is a quick stitching fun design that can match any outfit! From Thanksgiving to Christmas to Valentine’s, St Patrick’s Day, Patriotic – you get the idea – simply switch up the thread colors and BOOM, matching fringe earrings! …
Are you looking for some spooky but cute free-standing lace earrings to make for Halloween? We’ve got you covered with these cute FSL spiders digitized by Lisa Shaw using Embrilliance StitchArtist. (By the way – FSL stands for Free-Standing Lace…
We’ve got nothing but TREATS for you this Halloween! We created a library of Interactive patch designs you can install directly into the Embrilliance platform. Once you install the library, you will have access to these free INTERACTIVE Patch designs…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…