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…
Everyone loves a quick-stitching, no-trim design especially when someone like our wonderful Lisa Shaw gives you one for FREE! Read on for more information and a link to the project files below Linework designs like the one above – also…
Barbecue season is in full swing, what better time for us to post a hot design you can stitch for the master of your family’s grill? This high-impact embroidery uses 3D ‘puffy’ foam to create a dimensional look your outdoor…
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…
Are you feeling lucky? You don’t have to be Irish to stitch these designs, but if you do, you could be a winner! Read all the way through to the bottom of this post for details on how you could…
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.…
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…
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…
Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2021 has Embrilliance celebrating a near perfect match.
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…