Discover the ins and outs of embroidery from the embroidery industry's leading expert, Eileen Roche.
Machine Embroidery in 6 Easy Lessons Book
- Learn to avoid the pitfalls and common mistakes that can ruin an embroidery project
- Eileen demystifies embroidery by breaking the process down into easy to follow lessons including many useful tips and techniques
- Book includes 4 essential tools: angle finder, centering ruler, target ruler, and target stickers
- Six easy to follow lessons include:
- Beginning basics covers the top six machine features required to make machine embroidery possible and basic supplies needed
- Embroidery designs lesson helps you understand the basic elements of every embroidery design to assist in the selection of stabilizers and fabrics
- Placement lesson covers techniques for perfect placement on common projects
- Hooping lesson discusses different hooping techniques and tools for a perfect embroidery design
- Stitching lesson covers some fine-tuning items that should be done just prior to stitching out the design
- Finishing, the final lesson, includes critiquing, trimming threads, removing the stabilizer, and pressing
- Full color photographs and illustrations
- Step-by-step instructions
- Soft cover, 64 page book by Eileen Roche
Essential tools:
- Angle Finder: Determines the exact rotation necessary for any design to be stitched accurately in the hoop
- Centering Ruler: 12" ruler measures left and right from the center to easily locate the center of any area in the hoop
- Target Ruler: 6" x 6" ruler measures from the center out (in four directions) with an open hole at the center to place a target sticker
- Target stickers: Sheet of pressure-sensitive adhesive stickers with cross-hairs for hoop alignment; 15 round (3/4" diameter), and 5 text (3/4" x 4)
