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Embroidery Studio Organization in 6 Easy Steps

Make your embroidery studio your favorite place to be with the help of the Stitching Sisters! Authors and sisters Marie Zinno and Eileen Roche have both recently reorganized their home embroidery studios, and they're sharing what they learned with you!

Inside this 64-page book, Marie and Eileen will guide you through six easy steps to reorganizing your studio. You'll learn to evaluate what you have and what you need, plan the studio layout with an embroiderer's unique needs in mind, set a budget, designate an area for each function, and then set your plan in motion!

Marie and Eileen share their reorganization experiences throughout the book and include lots of photos of their studio space and storage solutions along with a few "before" photos that keep them motivated to stay organized. So gather your embroidery studio wish list and get your home studio organized and efficient in six 

THE STITCHING SISTERS GUIDE TO HOOPING

Hooping an item correctly is an important beginning step to getting a professionally embroidered design. But with the many different items to embroider and the variety of hoops available, knowing which hoop to use and how to hoop any given item can be challenging.

In Hoop It Up, the Stitching Sisters, Eileen Roche and Marie Zinno, take the confusion out of hooping. They've pooled their years of embroidery experience to share their best practices for embroidering over 30 popular items.

First Eileen and Marie will explain the different approaches to hooping–the tried and true standard hoop, the user-friendly magnetic hoop, the on-the-edge border hoop, and the sticky stabilizer route. You'll also learn about a variety of embroidery tools, like the Angle Finder and Hoop Guard, which can make the task of hooping so much easier and more accurate.

Next you'll learn step by step how to hoop over 30 items, both flat and tubular. From napkins, bibs, and blankets to baby onesies, T-shirts, and hats, you'll see how to plan the embroidery for each item and how to control the variables to ensure success. Take the confusion and frustration out of hooping with Hoop It Up!

You'll also discover 99 Tips for Success spread throughout the book that will save you time and prevent frustration!

BONUS!

Inside the 80 page spiral bound book you'll find six embroidery positioning tools you can use again and again!

• Angle Finder

• 4" Target Ruler (two versions)

• 7" Target Ruler (two versions)

• Target Stickers

Machine Embroidered Monograms for the Home

Learn the INs and OUTs of Monogramming

Stitching Sisters, Marie Zinno and Eileen Roche have teamed up to write Machine-Embroidered Monograms for the Home. This 50 page book is not only filled with inspiration and helpful information on monogramming etiquette, it also includes a design CD with 3 fonts in 3 sizes and 28 frames and bracket designs to enhance your monograms. All the projects featured in the book use the designs contained on the CD!

"We tried to display practical and creative projects that you would enjoy having in your home. We stayed within traditional, popular colors so that you could envision on the same projects in your home décor." Eileen Roche & Marie Zinno

Machine Embroidered Monograms for the Home Includes:

• The 6 F's of monogramming

• Embroidery software 101

• Helpful tips and tricks

• 7 inspiring projects

  • Creative Napkins

  • Monogramming Table Linens

  • Best Seat in the House

  • Foot Stool

  • Bathroom Makeover

  • Bedroom Makeover

  • Embroidered Faux Suede Desk Accessories

  • Helpful tools and resources

Monograms come in the following sizes:

• Madison - 3in and 5in

• Newsprint - 1.5in

• Savannah - 1.5in, 3in, and 5in

Formats include: DST, PES, EXP, XXX, JEF, PCS, VIP

Machine Embroidery for Babies and Tots" includes step-by-step instructions, advice on choosing appropriate designs for various projects, and 20 embroidery designs for ready-made blanks and custom designed items.Readers will quickly discover how to use elegant embroidery to create fantastic fashions and playful home decor items including crib skirts, blankets, jackets and overalls with butterflies, sailboats and flowers.

Stipple is Fast! Stipple is Easy! Stipple is Flawless!

1. Hoop quilt block, batting and backing in any embroidery hoop.

2. Stitch color one - the appliqué outline.

3. Stitch color two - Stipple!

4. Lay the appliqué fabric over the outline and stitch color number three, the tackdown

5. Stitch color four - accents and additional layers of appliqué

6. Remove from the hoop and trim the appliqué

Stipple! Sea Life Includes:

• 8 embroidery designs for the 160mm x 230mm hoop

• 6 embroidery designs for the 130mm x 180mm hoop

• Printable step-by-step instructions to make the Sea Life quilt (Finished size: 29" x 27")

• Eileen Roche's Reversible Quilting Technique - Projects look beautiful from the front and back!

Embroidery Formats: ART, C2S, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, VIP, XXX Designs sizes: 160mm x 230mm and 130mm x 180mm 
Requirements: Embroidery software, 6" x 10 1/4" or 5" x 7" hoop 
Stipple! is a patented process: Patent Number 8,171,867