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So pretty!

I think we did some kind of fudge years ago, but we didn’t like it.

I was thinking I had posted the towels, but I guess not. :D I forgot to take a pic of Tonya's shirt so she sent this one. The applique alphabet is Coffee Cakes from Applique Alley. She has several Christmas themed add-ons which I think are cute, and Tonya liked them. I have a shirt to do for me if I...

We miss the days of hair bows and polka dot shoes! I think she had a pair in nearly every color.

Real cute!

Nonie, the ITH designs I have from her came with a pdf tutorial. It's probably on your computer somewhere. I download mine in Embird so I can find them.

So, so cute!

If you haven't already, slow your machine down.

Is that an area where the design starts and ties off in the same place? Possibly have 3 different threads from the different parts starting and ending in the same spot? IMO, it's poor digitizing, but many do it. Sometimes I pull it off the machine, and trim as much thread as I can underneath. It loo...

Nonie, the majority of the appliqués I’ve done were on knit shirts, and I don’t use a bigger needle because it would leave holes in the shirt. I’ve tried the stretch needles that some say to use on knits, but I didn’t see any difference. JMO

Linda, I was referring to machine embroidery, but when I’ve done appliqué using the sewing machine, I still used the 75/11 embroidery machine needle and 40 wt embroidery thread.