After seeing some of our excellent Embrilliance embroiderers stitching one of our previous free designs, our own Erich Campbell got inspired to add something to the series. Since many of you loved using the Woodcut Turkey embroidery design to liven…
Spooky Season is already showing up in the shops and for many of our awesome Embrilliance users, the itch to stitch some fun and freaky designs has taken over. With Halloween upon us and our embroidery friends looking for something…
As soon as September rolls around, the scent of pumpkin spice fills the air and you know fall is almost upon us! Even if you’re not a fan of the autumnal treat, you may find this sketch-style pumpkin applique cute…
Back-to-school season sneaks up on all of us, but there’s one thing that’s no surprise – every kid wants something unique to personalize their gear! From jean jackets to backpacks, it’s fun (and functional) to make sure your kids’ belongings…
This fun, floral applique embroidery design is more than cute, with its positive and lovely sentiment spelled out in stitches! Customizing this quirky watering can is a wonderful way to turn your favorite fabric scrap into something special with little…
Our friend Lisa Shaw, host of the weekly Facebook broadcast, Afterhours with Lisa, was bombarded with requests for the tiny fruit patches showcased in our most recent newsletter. With comments such as “My mother-in-law is decorating her kitchen in retro…
Lisa Shaw created this lovely machine embroidery design with Valentine’s Day decor in mind. This free floral lettering design can be customized with one of three provided centers provided or stitched without the central accent if you prefer a simpler…
If you aren’t familiar with the term “mug rug”, think of it as a mini-quilt made to be an oversized coaster. Mug rugs are the perfect size to hold a cup of cocoa and a cookie for snackers, or for…
The BX format installs both stitch-based and native, object-based fonts, both with powerful tools to back them up, but Embrilliance’s object-based native fonts have super powers that set them apart. Historic Text Tools When we released Essentials in December of…
The sounds of holiday stitching are filling the cold Colorado air around the house of our friend Lisa Shaw of Bubbles’ Menagerie. It may not shape up to be a white Christmas, but she’s still creating holiday cheer with embroidery.…
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…
Merrowly Using your Embroidery Machine to make Overlock Stitching or:The Story of a Stitch 150 Years in the Making by Brian Bailie The What Patches. Emblems. Crests. Originally, they were used in garment repair, then for the military, now everyone…
An Historical look at our Christmas Traditions Sometimes reaching back to rejuvenate a classic can also show us the way forward. 2005 saw the first release of a new concept in embroidery designs called Interactives™ for Designer’s Gallery customers. When…
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…
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…