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Just letting you know that the second block of the free block of the month is now available on the website.  There was a little glitch at the end of the month so if you tried to download the block during that time you fell through the cracks.  Sorry about that and thanks for contacting me to let me know that was happening!  Everyone that contacted me should have received their download by now. The new block is a crazy daisy.   For future reference, the blocks will be taken off the website at 9pm on the last day of...

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It is here!Free block of the month.  Here is how it works: Each month, on the first, I will post a new block.  You have that month to download the block free.  On the last day of the month that block will be removed and a new block will replace it.  If you miss downloading one of the blocks they will be available at the end of the program so you can purchase whatever you missed out on.   Here is the first block - "Wonky".  All the designs are whimsical, contemporary images. I can envision this as a border going all of the way...

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I just was asked a question about how to finish off the project after you are done sewing all of the lovely pieces of wool to the background.  Do you put batting in?  Do you fuse it?  Do you back it?   Here's what I do (not that it is written in stone).  All of the above... but not necessarily all together! If I am creating a small 6" x 10" hanging that I plan on dangling from one of those adorable Ackfeld Wire hangers I take some flannel or homespun and fuse it to the back of my project....

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Check out what can be done with these three wacky cats...special pricing on the set.

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Brenda Jeschke is my hero!!  I've been learning to digitize and she has helped me TREMENDOUSLY! She is so knowledgeable about machine embroidery and has helped me avoid so many errors and problems in the new designs I am creating. Here's why I decided to learn digitizing... So many of us just want to do the fun embellishing part of wool.  Well, that's not entirely true.  I like to do the work by hand as well... but sometimes I just want to get started adding beads, different threads, and ribbons.  Not to mention that I have this beautiful machine that...

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