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Hello Everyone, Laura here from Trash to Couture! One of my favorite things about sewing is creating handmade gifts. Anything from your child’s costume to a baby basket for your new niece like the one in this tutorial. I like to add embroidery to personalize each gift. The Brother SE1800 Sewing and Embroidery Machine makes … Read More
Hello Everyone, Laura here from Trash to Couture! I recently started exploring the Custom Stitch Feature on my Brother SE1800 Sewing and Embroidery Machine. It’s another way as a designer to customize my projects and create my own decorative stitches. It takes a bit of practice and some testing but once you learn this feature … Read More
The Brother CV3440 and CV3550 Cover Stitch Machines offer cover-hem functionality for a high‑quality, sophisticated finish. Whether using one of the cover stitch stitches or the chain stitch, you’ll find these user‑friendly machines make hemming and topstitching fabrics and garments a breeze. Whether the situation calls for a chain stitch, wide cover stitch or a … Read More
As I learn more about how to use the Entrepreneur Pro PR1000e 10-needle embroidery machine for applique, I discovered a feature that makes it easier to see the Placement stitches. This is helpful to make sure that the Applique fabric is fully covering the Placement stitches, as well as trimming the Applique fabric after the … Read More
Y’all may or may not know that I have a 4 1/2 year old daughter named Helena. Well, her self-anointed super power is “stylish” and she has definitely taken us outside of the traditional color scheme this holiday season. This year, pink and purple and sparkles are literally everywhere in my house, so when I … Read More
Materials used: BES4 Dream Edition Software 2 pieces of Water Soluble Stabilizer Double sided fusible adhesive ScanNCut or Printed template 4×4 inch hoop Fabric and Embroidery Thread One of the things I love about the holiday season is putting more effort into gift giving than just going out and purchasing something without adding any personalization. … Read More
You can create Quilted Blocks on the Entrepreneur Pro PR1000e that look beautiful on both the front and back. The secret is to change bobbins each time the top thread color changes. In this video, I will show you how easy it is to change a single needle design to a multi-needle design by adding … Read More
Embellishing with embroidery is a stylish way to design your own fabric or upcycle a garment. You may have seen my posts about adding embroidery to denim, what about knits? Knit tops are my go to for a quick and easy sewing project. The knits I typically use for tops are usually rayon or polyester … Read More
Materials: Bath or Hand Towel BES4 Dream Edition Software with Power Pack Hoop size of your choice my towel used an 8×8 inch embroidery hoop Water Soluble Adhesive Stabilizer Water Soluble topping This time of year, is the time to think about gift giving. When I have the time, I really enjoy making my gifts … Read More
Hello there, Laura here from Trash to Couture. I love the trend of embroidered denim. It’s a fun way to customize your jeans and it’s easier than you think. You can achieve this look with a basic sewing machine like I did on the Brother XR9550PRW Sewing Machine. Not only that but you get to … Read More
I bought this sweater a few years back because the fabric is soft and fluffy, but I never wear it because the collar is too tight! If I could just open that collar up; then it occurred to me – upcycle into a sweater jacket by adding a zipper. Supplies: 22” separating zipper (measure in … Read More
I usually use a tight weave fabric such as Batik for my applique in the hoop designs. The batik fabric trims well, and can handle the needle punching. In this design, I selected a set of fabric selections that could support an Indian Pottery design. This lead me to fabric with a much looser weave … Read More
Hello everyone. Laura here from Trash to Couture. For this post, I will share with you how to embroider onto a collared shirt with the Brother SE625 Sewing and Embroidery Machine. This is a great way to update old or boring clothing. The SE625 has a set of built in floral patterns that I will be … Read More
I was thrilled to see an upgrade for THE Dream Machine by Brother that offers more stitch patterns, a cursive font, 50 exclusive embroidery patterns and more editing capabilities; plus, you receive a 9 ½” by 9 ½” embroidery hoop in the box! At the time of this writing there are two upgrades available for … Read More
I was playing around with metallic thread and satin fabric and ended up with a fabulous mat to hold my jewelry! I could think of other uses for this as well, not to mention it would make an awesome gift! You can make the mat any size you like, but I am going to stick … Read More
Sometimes beautiful quilting and the texture it gives a project is intriguing enough to stand alone. Nowhere is that more evident than in a simple wholecloth quilt made with solid-color fabric, and you can add a subtle shimmer by using crepe-backed satin as your fabric. THE Dream Fabric Frame works like an embroidery hoop to … Read More
You’ll be amazed at how fast you can finish this table runner! The secret is in the serger style “quilt as you go” method of construction. Begin with an embroidered center block and two embroidered end pieces. Add accent strips in between and serge the pieces together and you have yourself a reversible table runner. … Read More
You have loaded your design and prepared your 8” x 8” hoop per the design instructions. You select the basting stitch option from your embroidery machine to secure the background fabric to the stabilizer in the hoop. But wait, per the message on your embroidery machine our design no longer fits – it says to … Read More