Creative machine Embroider is filled with ideas, techniques and projects to spice up fashion accessories, gifts or home decor.

Creative Machine Embroidery

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Coming Attractions

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must haves • the latest & greatest tools & designs

MugCozy • Add some holiday cheer to your favorite mug with a pretty felt wrap. A mug sporting this wrap makes a great gift — fill with tea, cocoa or other treats for an extra touch.

Finishing Touches • Once your embroidery machine takes the last stitch, there’s still work to do before your embroidery is truly complete. From removing the stabilizer, clipping jump threads and pressing, the final steps help make your embroidery look clean and professional. Learn essential techniques to professionally finish embroidery designs.

Embellish, Emboss + Embroider • Use your embroidery machine and all-over quilt designs to create unique textured fabric for accessories, home-decor, crafting and pieced quilts.

Fabric Foray: Flannel • Flannel is a woven fabric that’s brushed on one or both fabric sides for softness. Flannel is warm, economical and available in a variety of blends, weights and widths. Choose from solid colors or an assortment of prints.

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Golden Tone Swing Jacket • With the holidays around the corner, chances are you’re beginning to plan your outfits for parties and family gatherings. Create the perfect piece with an embellished jacket featuring a shimmering border design. Plus, learn essential tips for working with metallic thread.

MAGIC METALLIC

Holiday Hotpad • What’s better than cozying up on the couch to watch a holiday movie with freshly baked goods? Embroider a themed potholder to assist you in your baking adventures. Or pack baking tools inside and give as a gift.

Waiting for Santa Slippers • Looking for the perfect handmade gift to give this holiday season? Look no further than these festive stitched slippers.

Pines & Peplum Sweatshirt • Update a basic sweatshirt pattern with a flirty peplum and raw-edged, holiday-theme machine appliqué in flannel.

EMBROIDERING KNITS

All Set for Snow • Create a winter wonderland at your next dinner party with a table runner and matching napkins featuring snowflake embroidery.

Lace Illusion Blouse • A delicate lace yoke and cuffs add a touch of glam to a basic knit blouse. Learn how to easily embroider and attach the lace appliqué to a handmade top.

Wonderful Time Pouch • Create a sweet zipper pouch that’s perfect for holiday gifting.

Daily Cheer Calendar • Count down the days to Christmas with an Advent calendar embellished with freestanding lace poinsettias, festive embroidery and glitter vinyl numbers.

FABRIC APPLIQUÉ NUMBERS

Sweet Treats • Bake your holiday goodies in an easy-to-make apron decorated with embroidery designs that showcase the sweets of the season. We loved this project so much the first time around, we’re sharing it again!

Melissa Bryan of Melissa Bryan Designs • Melissa Bryan saw her first embroidery machine at a fair back in the late 90s when a local sewing center had a booth with machines on display. Not being able to afford that particular machine, Melissa went home and did some research. Soon after, she purchased her first sewing and embroidery machine combo. Later, when her first granddaughter was born, Melissa became serious about designing and digitizing. In an attempt to balance her passion for both sewing and embroidery, she started designing embroidery quilt blocks that are used in her quilt patterns.

Safari Statement • Who says white and red need to be holiday focused? We love the big and bold zebra against the vibrant red. Say goodbye to dull and boring blazers — texture,...