A great way to restyle jeans is to embellish with embroidery. In a previous blog post, I demonstrated embellishing jeans with free-motion embroidery, but that technique was limited to a small area. What if you want to embellish a large section of the leg or the entire leg for that matter? It’s really quite simple! … Read More
Embroidery
Create Appliquéd Letters on It’s Sew Easy TV
Rebecca Kemp Brent Creates Appliquéd Letters for Words and Monograms on It’s Sew Easy (Episode 1104-3) Educator Rebecca Kemp Brent uses basic computer fonts and a sewing machine to create beautiful monograms on It’s Sew Easy. She shows how to use a basic word processing program to make patterns for letters. Using a Brother sewing … Read More
Restyle a T-Shirt with Embroidery on It’s Sew Easy TV
Eileen Roche Shows How To Restyle a T-Shirt with Embroidery on It’s Sew Easy (Episode 1104-1) Make a truly personal style statement. Embroidery expert Eileen Roche restyles a T-shirt with Embroidery on It’s Sew Easy. She adds laces to create a boutique look. Eileen uses Brother International Corporation’s embroidery sewing machine with digitized embroidery designs … Read More
Finding Dory Dress with New iBroidery Designs
Everyone loves Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory. With your Brother embroidery machine, 4″x4″ frame or larger, you can delight children as they find Dory and her friends on their garments, pillowcases, and other accessories. In a flash, you can download this unlikely school of marine pals at Brother’s iBroidery.com. Each fits in a 4″x4″ frame. With sewing … Read More
Video: Add a Custom Monogram to a Canvas Tote
Adding an embroidered monogram is not only simple to do, it is a great way to customize just about anything! I don’t know about you, but I love DIY projects and the more custom I can make them, the better. For those or you with an entrepreneurial spirit, this is a perfect added sale for … Read More
Batik Beach Bag with FREE Seashell Design
This Batik Beach Bag with it’s FREE Seashell Design is ideal for trimming the pocket on a summer beach bag. Make this featured project using a roomy bucket bag pattern that makes packing for the beach easy! With a few pattern hacks this summery batik bag goes from simple to spectacular! Supply List Brother Sewing … Read More
This Year’s 2017 Line Up
BROTHER CHANGES THE INDUSTRY ONCE AGAIN WITH ITS 2017 LINEUP OF NEW MACHINES AND SOFTWARE We often hear that to be successful in business, one should “do one thing and do it well.” Brother International Corporation has blown that adage away by mastering the ability to lead the industry in multiple categories. Brother is…sewing…embroidery…quilting and … Read More
Tea Time Linens with Alice in Wonderland
Bring the magical characters of Wonderland to your own Mad Hatter Tea Party. With your Brother sewing & embroidery machine you can create a fantasy linen tea set for a special little girl’s birthday–or for her unbirthday! Have tea with Alice, the White Rabbit, the March Hare, and more of Disney’s Wonderland personalities, all machine … Read More
Free Design: Upcycle a Shirt for Scrap Storage
If you can’t bear to discard bits and pieces of fabric you are going to love our re-cycled shirt project this month. We used the Brother Free Design of the month, a miniature quilt design to decorate the front of a shirt and then turned it into a scrap bag. To further decorate the shirt … Read More
New Disney Tsum Tsum Designs Shirt and Shorts Project
Enchanted by Disney’s tiny Tsum Tsums, your little one will be delighted when decked out with their favorite characters. This is an easy sewing project. A Simplicity pattern, your Brother combo machine (sewing and embroidery) and iBroidery.com’s Tsum Tsum designs team up to stitch Minnie Mouse, with her signature red polka dot bow. A Tsum … Read More
VIDEO: Custom Stippling with Embroidery using My Design Center
Brother Machine: THE Dream Machine XV8500D I love designing my own fabric and stippling adds such a gorgeous touch. But I have to confess my stitches don’t always look so perfect, not to mention it take a lot of time. Not anymore! Using My Design Center on THE Dream Machine XV8500D I can now add … Read More
‘Ariel’ Doll Sleeping Bag (for 18″ dolls)
Every 18” doll can get Princess quality beauty rest in this cozy sleeping bag. With your Brother embroidery machine and Disney’s Princess Signature Collection from iBroidery.com, you can make this quick and easy project. Brother’s embroidery machines can stitch Ariel or other Disney royalty onto unique garments and accessories for girls of all sizes. This … Read More
Make a Zootopia Themed Knapsack
With your Brother Sewing and Embroidery machine, Zootopia designs on iBroidery.com, and some materials, you can make this knapsack for an imaginative child. It certifies a youngster’s membership in the crime-busting Zootopia PD. In Disney’s unique metropolis, a rucksack like this would be handy for surveillance when packed with snacks and binoculars. While tracking bad … Read More
Foot of the Month: Project Binder Foot
Our Brother March Foot of the Month is the adjustable binder foot and we show you how to create Embroidered Jar Covers for your Sewing Room. The adjustable binder foot makes it easy to finish raw edges using ready made or custom made bias binding. It is adjustable so you can choose from a variety … Read More
Embellishing Jeans with Free Motion Embroidery
An easy way to restyle jeans is to add a touch of embroidery. Free motion embroidery, also referred to as thread painting is so easy and you don’t even need an embroidery machine for this technique. Instead we are going to use free motion quilting techniques. Materials: Jeans Medium Weight Tear-away Stabilizer Any type of thread … Read More