Embroidery Highway

Summer Bug Got Me Yesterday

Well, not really a "summer bug" but one the Dr says he has seen a lot of this spring.  I went to the E/R yesterday morning at 6am with what turned out to be gastroenteritis.  They let me go home about 11am with several injections making me feel a lot better.  Okay, maybe 'a lot' is an understatement.  :-)

Holly had them do an EKG also just to be sure it wasn't a heart problem.  My family history is scary when it comes to that so it's good to keep an eye on anything in that area.  But, this morning, I'm back to normal except I'm a bit weak and need to keep taking some pills for a while. Whew!  Good to be back to work.

So I missed doing my normal Saturday morning newletter, but it's all together here this morning. Hope you all enjoy reading through it and downloading the newest designs.

-- Larry

 

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If you're a member of ATW, please pop into the forums to say "Hi" to us.  The shortcut to the ATW forums is found right in the top navigation bar.  It says simply "Forums"... 

I hope we get to meet you there! If you're not a member yet, what are you waiting for!?

-- Larry

"Summer Spectacular" @ ATW Has Over 200+ Designs!

"Summer Spectacular" @ ATW Has Over 200+ Designs!  "Summer Spectacular" Over 200 Summer-Themed Embroidery Designs In One Mega-Pack!

Just four of the more than 200+ designs are shown above.  See all 200+ designs here...

Monkey Quilt Photo Contest Winner by Vickeys

Monkey Quilt

Posted by: vickeys Date Posted: May 26, 2011 Description:Found this new monkey material at Wal-mart and had to use ATW's monkey designs with it.

Thanks for posting this photo!  You've won a 3-month membership on ArtisticThreadWorks in this weeks photo drawing. 

All members of ArtisticThreadWorks are encouraged to post photos of their projects in our Member's Photo Gallery.  We choose a photo every week as a winner of a 3-month membership!

 

New Thumb Drives At ATW

I ordered these 64mb thumb drives a couple days ago. The large capacity drives (512mb to 256gb) are good for making backups, saving pictures, and more, but if you are using them for transferring embroidery designs to your machine, the larger the capacity, the longer it takes the embroidery machine to find your files.

It's hard to find thumb drives now that are smaller than 1gb.  The 64 megabytes is an ideal size for transferring designs. It is big enough to hold about 300 designs but small enough for the embroidery machine to access it in a couple seconds.

-- Larry

 

New Designs Released "Floral Windows"

2011-MAY-27/Artwork by DesignStitch

 

 

This weeks newest designs are in the ATW "Designs" area.  Registered guests can download one design as a sample from the above set in the "Designs / Freebies" section. 

Premium members can download ALL the sets represented by the above samples by clicking into this weeks "Designs / Current Designs" area. 

Become a Registered Guest here for free or Become a Premier Member and get all the above designs, plus full access to more than 1,000 articles about machine embroidery, and more than 18,000 designs in our Archives!

Not sure about membership?

  Take our $1 Trial Membership offer!

 

 

 

Tips for Serger Napkins

I know there are many experts out there. I'm about to start work on about 24 cloth napkins. They will be for my daughter's Bridal luncheon. I have a fabulous Babylock Imagine Wave serger, but have barely used any settings except for the "regular" one to cut off fabric to hem stuff. I will get out the instruction book, and fiddle, but want to know if there is anyone who has any inside tips on the best way to finish the edges of this square of 100% cotton fabric? She wants them square. Should I round the edges? Help? (oh wise ones...)  -- Kim

 

Hi Kim,
I just made a bunch of napkins on the serger. On mine I used a rolled hem. I used Wooly nylon in the upper looper and tightened the lower looper thread. Your serger manual should tell you how to set up for the rolled hem. Every brand of serger is different. I used scrap fabric to to test my settings on. After every adjustment I would test it until I found a setting I was happy with. It took about 20 tries before I found the correct setting.
The Wooly nylon in the upper loopper gives the edge a nice cover.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.
Post pictures.
Bruce

 

I also have made many serger napkins, I only use cloth napkins at home. I also use the rolled hem setting, just like Bruce does, but I use the regular serger thread. Follow your manual directions for setup and be sure to do lots of testing on at least 10 inches of fabric. Problems show up later rather than sooner. Check your knife setting as well. If the fabric is heavier than very light weight, you will need to set the knife to cut off less fabric in order to get it to roll. Hope this plus Bruce's help will get you started. Corliss

 

I wouldn't round the edges. Making them with the rolled hem, IMHO, is the best way to go, but be sure to make a test sample (or samples) first. When the napkin is finished serging, use Fray Check or a similar product right at the tip of the napkin to keep the thread from fraying. When it is dry, I then clip off the tails. I guess if I were a braver person, I'd clip and then apply the Fray Check. Your amazing serger will do a fabulous job without all the fiddling with tensions, threading, etc. Oh yes, if you are using Wooly Nylon, use a "cheater" loop to thread the thread into the loopers. It will give you fits if you just try to thread it into the looper by itsel!

 

Hi Kim,
The above answers are great but on your serger in particular, you are going to want a stitch selector of "D" for a rolled hem and a stitch length of 2R or "rolled hem". Adjust the length if you want more or less coverage. Place your cutting blade with on "M" for quilting cottons and thicker fabrics. Play with this adjustment but don't go lesds tham "M". Wooly nylon or Superior poly yarn would work great just be careful in the pressing on nylon, more apt to melt with high heat. If you want to have a little more decor, place on stitch selector "C", with all other settings the same, and place different decorative threads in both the upper and lower looper. The threads will meet on the edge and you can have a two tone edge that way. Just as an FYI, if you are serging on a sheer fabric or one that is really "ravelly", widen the cutting width so more fabric will roll in to the seam and will be more secure.

Hope this helps.
happy serging!
missy

 

 

Feeling Better This Afternoon

I went to the ER this morning and I will spare you the details. I have "gastronomic enteritis" (hope I spelled that right). With IV fluids and a couple shots and a prescription, and some xays, I was out of there in about 5 hours.

They say you cant put a price on a good time but I will bet the hospital does put a price on my visit!

I feel a lot better now but will be on restricted duty for a week. IE... no heavy activity.

Tomorrow morning I will post the winners, new designs, etc that I usually do on Saturday morning.


- Larry via iPad

Larry Going To E/R This Morning

Sorry folks.  I normally write blog and put up new designs, winners, etc on Sat morning.  But this morning I will be spending time in the E/R instead.  Leaving in a couple minutes.  (It's 6am here)

Stomach feels real bad.  Nausea, etc.  Holly is taking me now so won't be back for a while.  Will make newsletter when I get home.

-- Larry

"Summer Spectacular" Summer-Themed Design Sale

"Summer Spectacular" includes more than 200 summer-themed

embroidery designs in one Mega-Pack for just $10 and includes

instant download! 

 

Sale ends on June 1st! 

 

See all 200+ designs in this pack here...

http://www.artisticthreadworks.com/snip/295.htm

 

Four designs from just one of the 20 sets included is shown here...

See ALL 200+ designs here...

http://www.artisticthreadworks.com/snip/295.htm

Formats included are ART, DST, HUS, JEF, and PES. 

(Most designs fit in a 4x4 hoop but some are larger.) 

 

Larry & Holly

http://www.ArtisticThreadWorks.com

http://www.EmbroideryHighway.com

 

 

Lavoisier And The "Law of Conservation of Mass"

You've probably heard the saying "Matter is neither created nor destroyed." 

The actual law was first stated that way in 1785 by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and includes some reference to chemistry, but we all know is just as stated above right?

Now the FUNNY THING is, that this is what popped into my head when I saw one of our friends from Illinois had gained about as much weight this winter as Holly lost.  I wonder who gained the 40 pounds I've lost since January?  Somewhere in this world, some guy is probably wondering what the heck happened!  LOL!

We left Kentucky yesterday morning and spent about 8 hours driving up to our part of Illinois.  It's warm enough here now that we only need a jacket if going out in the morning.  By noon it's up in the 60's or higher now.  I can handle that. :-)

Driving makes for a long day for me. After setup at the new campsite, I was toast.  And the satelite dish is blocked by a large tree to our South so I've got to find a "Plan B" for getting satelite TV here.  Holly was still up digitizing when I went to bed early last night.

It's good to be back in our old home area again.  We will begin seeing friends in a day or two.  Have some catchup work to do first online after a day on the road, then we can get out a bit.  For now, I hope you enjoy the new designs released this week and we'll see you in the forums! 

-- Larry

 PS:  Our "$1 Trial Membership" offer will disapear on Monday May 23rd.  If you haven't tried membership on ATW then you should give it a 3 week test-drive for just $1 now. 

Use this link.

The New Redwork Designs Released Today...

  

... are great! I don't have a 6x10 but I can do the 5x7!! Thanks!!!!-- Laurel

 

Thanks Laurel. They are great designs...

(See ALL of this set in next post!)
 

In case anyone is wondering why some redwork is 4x4, 5x7, or 6x10 only, there IS a reason.

When you are digitizing, there are only so many redwork lines that will fit into a given area. If there are a lot of lines close together in the artwork (as you can see in the redwork above) then they can't be compressed down to fit into a very small area like a 4x4 hoop and still show up as redwork.

The only other option then is to remove some of the lines. But that won't work either if removing some of the lines then destroys the quality of the drawing.

So sometimes you get artwork that won't fit into a 4x4 hoop when done in redwork. It's like trying to put 10 pounds of potatoes into a 5 pound sack. Sometimes you just need a bigger sack, or in the case of redwork, a bigger hoop.

-- Larry

One Of The New Design Sets Released Today...

2011-MAY-20/Artwork by EmbroideryArtsite

This weeks newest designs are in the ATW "Designs" area.  Registered guests can download one design as a sample from the above set in the "Designs / Freebies" section. 

Premium members can download ALL the sets represented by the above samples by clicking into this weeks "Designs / Current Designs" area. 

Become a Registered Guest here for free or Become a Premier Member and get all the above designs, plus full access to more than 1,000 articles about machine embroidery, and more than 18,000 designs in our Archives!

Not sure about membership?

  Take our $1 Trial Membership offer!

 

 

 

Photo Winner: "Wave Fix"

Wave Fix

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Posted by: QuirkyKim Date Posted: May 20, 2011 Description:I'll write in the main area why there is a wave on this name! QK

Okay. Confession time. A gal brought a nice hooded towel in a shark motif to me, to embroider a little boy's name. She wanted a big name. I used a bit of tape to attach the template I had printed onto the towel.

Stitched out so beautifully. BUT, the one part of the tape PULLED OUT some of the velour loops! It was right below the A. No matter what I wanted to pretend, it showed. Small, but showed. SO, the lady needed it right away. The party she has been invited to is tomorrow. She brought the towel this late morning.

AND, the party? It is the birthday party, which will be filmed, of the little boy of the woman on Housewives of Atlanta! Are you kidding me?! SO, um, I digitized a wave and added it right on top of the bottom part of the A. I didn't call and ask. I just did it. There was no time to do anything else.

When I called for her to pick it up, I told her what I had done. She came right away to see "if it looks alright". GULP. She said it was just fine, and actually really great! SO, if you see a particular gift opened up on the birthday episode, you know the "back story". I posted the pic in photos. --  QuirkyKim

 

 

Thanks for posting this photo!  You've won a 3-month membership on ArtisticThreadWorks in this weeks photo drawing. 

All members of ArtisticThreadWorks are encouraged to post photos of their projects in our Member's Photo Gallery.  We choose a photo every week as a winner of a 3-month membership!

 

Holly And I Are In Kentucky Today

We arrived last night in the Paducah area.  The plan is to stay here a few days and visit with Nita and CJ before heading Northward.

Driving up through Alabama and Tennessee we saw tornado and flood damage. Wow.  Hard hit areas along at least 100 miles of highway.  Some of the worst flooding is right here in the Calvert City area. Nita's home is NOT one of those in danger this time. :-)

Holly has not digitized for a couple days and now she is back at it this morning.  I'm back to work on the site, newsletter, and other stuff.

Hope you enjoy this week's new designs and I will talk at you again soon! 

-- Larry

 

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If you're a member of ATW, please pop into the forums to say "Hi" to us.  The shortcut to the ATW forums is found right in the top navigation bar.  It says simply "Forums"... 

I hope we get to meet you there! If you're not a member yet, what are you waiting for!?

-- Larry

New & Improved @ ArtisticThreadWorks 5-14-2011

There's LOTS of stuff at ATW...  thousands of designs, community features, articles, and more.  Sometimes it can be hard to find the forest for the trees.  SO I've made TEN NEW VIDEOS showing how to use the various parts of the website. 

All the videos are about 3 minutes long except the first one that is a tour of the site.  You can reach them all by clicking on "TOUR" on the top navbar or "TOUR" on the left side navbar. 

Watch the videos.  You may find something new that you've never seen before on ATW!

-- Larry

 

 

Last Call For Mother's Day 2011 Sale @ $1 Per Set!

(The price we've set for this grand set makes it almost a gift! :-) 

Featuring 78 Jacobean Designs
Plus 97 "Bonus Designs"
In One Grand Package!

 

Take a look at this package

(click here for full view!)

 And lots more! 

Take a look at this package (click here for full view!)

 

 

Pet Screen Bag

Posted by: rjsnitz Date Posted: May 07, 2011 Description:The black on this is actually pet screen. The designs are from Hatched in Africa. I scattered some svorski crystals on the flip flops and on the bubbles by the fish.

Thanks for posting this photo!  You've won a 3-month membership on ArtisticThreadWorks in this weeks photo drawing. 

All members of ArtisticThreadWorks are encouraged to post photos of their projects in our Member's Photo Gallery.  We choose a photo every week as a winner of a 3-month membership!

 

New Designs "Magic Cats"

2011-MAY-13/Artwork by EmbroideringColors

This weeks newest designs are in the ATW "Designs" area.  Registered guests can download one design as a sample from the above set in the "Designs / Freebies" section. 

Premium members can download ALL the sets represented by the above samples by clicking into this weeks "Designs / Current Designs" area. 

Become a Registered Guest here for free or Become a Premier Member and get all the above designs, plus full access to more than 1,000 articles about machine embroidery, and more than 18,000 designs in our Archives!

Not sure about membership?

  Take our $1 Trial Membership offer!

 

 

 

"Holly, The Designs, Cats, Birds, Are Great!"

  Thanks for the cute cats, and the birds too. The quilt designs will be beautiful on a quilt, I think I'm going to try them, when I get the time . Thanks Lady Crow

 

 Thanks Lady Crow!  Holly has more in this style coming soon.  I think it was dogs and horses she has in the works. -- Larry

Expect ATW to be down today

Mother's Day 2011... Where Are You?

With Mother's Day weekend upon us, I was thinking about my mom yesterday.  Both our mom's are gone now but remembered often. One of my favorite quotes from Lincoln is...

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."

So here's to all the moms out there this weekend!  Wishing each of you a good weekend.  Thanking each of you for what you've given your children.  May they bless your name forever.

We're still in Florida for now.  In the past we've headed back to Illinois in April.  It's always too cold there in April, so we decided to hang out here a little longer this year and skip the April showers and blustery kite-flying days.  It should be pretty and green when we get there at the beginning of June.

Holly has been digitizing like crazy this week!  I think she has produced about 8 or 9 sets of designs in that time.  That's a lot of digitizing! 

She's shared pictures of a couple designs from the sets she's been working on on our Facebook page and inside the ATW forum.  I've brought a picture into the highway here for you to see if you're not already in one of those other areas. Pretty neat stuff.  

I've been working on updates to our Facebook page and also on making the ATW website siimpler to use.  One thing I've struggled with over the years has been how to keep everything "simple" to access when the volume grows and grows.  It's been a challenge but I think (!) I finally have a handle on how to simplify access to the volume of stuff on the site. 

Volume?  It's more than the 20,000 designs.  It's also photos, articles, videos, and additional content that make up nearly 100-gb or hard drive space.  It takes hours to backup the site data.  It would take months just to click through every page, photo, and post on the site.  Keeping it all organized for easy access is one of those constant things I do.  (And you wondered why Holly kept me around didn't you!)

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If you're a member of ATW, please pop into the forums to say "Hi" to us.  The shortcut to the ATW forums is found right in the top navigation bar.  It says simply "Forums"... 

I hope we get to meet you there! If you're not a member yet, what are you waiting for!?

-- Larry

New & Improved @ ArtisticThreadWorks 5-7-2011

ArtisticThreadWorks is all about EMBROIDERY DESIGNS and the fun that goes along with machine embroidery.  To make the designs easier to get to, we've updated the site to include a shortcut to all the designs in the right side menu area.  As you view ArtisticThreadWorks now, the right side menu contains nothing but links to designs!

It's a LONG LIST of design categories in alphabetical order.  Scroll down the home page of ATW and you'll see the entire menu.  It looks like this...

A closeup look at the top part of the menu shows some special links called "A-B-F-N-S" which stands for... Adult, Bonus. Freebies, Newest and Search.  They're in red because you'll want to use them over and over and that makes them easy to spot.  The rest of the links in blue take you to individual caterogies of designs. 

Both members and guest can browse our designs using the menu.  Members can download to their hearts content.  Guest are invited to join us if they see something they want.  The price is right and the design stitch out great. :-)

 

 

Project Contest Winner: "SnowDay SewDay" by L1Pooh

Posted by: L1Pooh Date Posted: May 04, 2011

Description:My first appliquéd quilt. Still have to get it quilted.

 

Thanks for posting this photo!  You've won a 3-month membership on ArtisticThreadWorks in this weeks photo drawing. 

All members of ArtisticThreadWorks are encouraged to post photos of their projects in our Member's Photo Gallery.  We choose a photo every week as a winner of a 3-month membership!

 

ATW Website Server Maintenance Monday May 9th 2011

The ATW server is being changed to a new one on Monday morning May 9th.  This SHOULD be a 30 minute change-over according to our hosting company, but I suspect it will be a 4 hour change in reality.  Our friend Nita's server was changed a week ago and her site was down for several hours.

Our blog will still work.  Our FaceBook pages will still work.  You can still reach me via phone.  And you can reach us via email at webmaster.artisticthreadworks@gmail.com if you need help.  

However, if the help you need is getting into ATW, changing your account, emai, credit card, etc., we will not be able to do that during the server move as that is all done on the server that hosts our website and is temporarily unavailable. 

My BEST GUESS is that ATW will be offline from 8am to noon on Monday 5/9.  :-)

-- Larry 

New Free Designs For Members" "America The Beautiful"

America-The-Beautiful
2011-MAY-06/Artwork by DigiScrapKits

This weeks newest designs are in the ATW "Designs" area.  Registered guests can download one design as a sample from the above set in the "Designs / Freebies" section. 

Premium members can download ALL the sets represented by the above samples by clicking into this weeks "Designs / Current Designs" area. 

Become a Registered Guest here for free or Become a Premier Member and get all the above designs, plus full access to more than 1,000 articles about machine embroidery, and more than 18,000 designs in our Archives!

Not sure about membership?

  Take our $1 Trial Membership offer!

 

 

 

New Set In Process...

Holly is working on this new set of designs.  She thought you might like a sneak preview...

The designs will be available both with and without the chapter and verse reference.  From original artwork made by Holly. Scheduled for release on 6-10-11 to ATW members for free.

-- Larry

 

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Posted May 05,2011 7:18 PM	joanpekrul
Thank you, Thank you, I can hardly wait to stitch the new designs. I will be buying some new t-shirts and waiting. I love all the new designs to come. Joan/Sewing in Oklahoma
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Posted May 06,2011 6:04 AM	Pastor_Ruth
You KNOW I am gonna love this set!!! Awesome... I see Bible Cases/Totes in the future!
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Posted May 06,2011 7:35 AM	piratemom
These are great. I got a lot of "suggestions" at the ArtFest for the dish towels with scriptures on them. Can't wait to use these. Robin
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Posted May 06,2011 8:58 PM	Nutmeg283
Yes, great idea with the bible verses! I did something like this last week at a art show, and Robin you are right, they were the first to sell out. Should of done more. Nutmeg

ATW Site UP / NitasPlace Site Down

FYI -- If you are also a member at Nita's Place you have probably noticed that her site is down.  So are all teh sites on that server.  Happening May 1st at 1pm EDT their hosting company is doing "service".  It was supposed to only take a few minutes.  LOL!  It's now been 2 hours.

While ATW is not on the same server, we do use the same hosting company.  Our server is scheduled to move from Chicago to Kansas City on May 15th so I suspect we will have the same issue in a couple weeks.

It looks like it is UP now as I am writing this post so it was a 2 hour "few minutes" service. 

Don't you just love computers? :-)

Time To Pull Up The Tent Stakes...

It's May 1st and we'll be leaving the Fort Walton Beach area in less than two weeks.  That means I need to start pulling up our lawn ornaments and packing the outdoor lights and barbeque grill into the basement. 

As you can see from the websites, we've also been busy with projects, digitizing, and updates on our navigation menus, help menus, and more.  Details on one of those updates are below as well as a few of the recent design sets Holly has been working on.

Our sympathy goes out to all those in the SouthEast who have been affected by the storms.  It's been the worst storm season in decades and the pictures on the TV are awful.  Having worked with ARES in the past, Holly and I have seen floods and wind storm damage firsthand a few times and it is tough to deal with. 

-- Larry

 

If you're not a member of ATW yet, please join and pop into the forums to say "Hi" to us.  The shortcut to the ATW forums is found right in the top navigation bar.  It looks like this...

I hope we get to meet you there! 

-- Larry

New & Improved @ ArtisticThreadWorks

I've been doing a LOT LOT LOT of improvements at ArtisticThreadWorks.  I'll detail one of those new features each week here in our blog. This week I'll tell you about our new Birthday Calendar!

Members of ATW are encouraged to add their birthday to our calendar so your friends here can send you greetings.  The calendar is shown below and you can reach it any time by entering our FORUMS...

"Fairies-in-The-Night"

Fairies-in-The-Night

via www.hollysdesignstudio.com

Photo Winner: "Accessories 4 Moms Purse"

Accessories 4 Mom's Purse

Posted by: pam351 Date Posted: Apr 27, 2011 Description:I made these to go with my Mom's purse.She was very pleased.

Thanks for posting this photo!  You've won a 3-month membership on ArtisticThreadWorks in this weeks photo drawing. 

All members of ArtisticThreadWorks are encouraged to post photos of their projects in our Member's Photo Gallery.  We choose a photo every week as a winner of a 3-month membership!

 

"Constellations" Embroidery Designs

This new set was released this weekend.  They are the constellations and more will follow as Holly already has the artwork for several more sets like this one.

DONE TWO WAYS...

These designs have been digitized two ways.  First, as you see them in the picture below as "all embroidery".  And second, where the stars are located Holly has replaced each star with a small circle about 2.5mm in diameter.  The circle is used for placement markings for those who want to replace the embroidered stars with crystals instead.

If you have never used crystals before, they are very easy to use and create stunning results.  Your crystals should be slightly larger than the placement circle so that they entirely cover the thread.  In this case, that would mean 3.5mm or 4mm crystals. 

You apply the crystals with a heat tool that looks like is pen-shaped and holds the crystal in place with a cup-shaped tip.  Heat the tool up, push it down onto the crystal to pick it up, then place it onto the fabric.  The heat melts the glue that comes on the back of the crystal.  You insert a pin into a slot near the tip of the heat pencil and use the pin to hold the crystal down while you remove the heat pen from it. 

The melted glus bonds wih the fabric attaching it permenently.  It REALLY grabs onto the fabric so be sure you put it in the right place to start with! 

A picture is worth a thousand words right?  So a video must be worth a million words!  In that case, you'll like this next part.  During the month of May, we will be showing the video "How To Use Crystals" inside the ATW website to members for free.  Look for the video on the home page starting Sunday May 1st.

2011-APR-29/Artwork by EmbroideringColors

via www.artisticthreadworks.com

Thank You ATW For Helping Nita!!!

I have seen the full breadth of the designs offered for Nita and I am telling you they are amazing! First thank you to all the contributors who have reached out with their hearts across this vast world and blessed Nita with the compassion of giving of themselves. Thank you Holly and Larry for helping provide the platform to make this possible... I know you both love Nita and CJ and that your hearts bleed for your precious sister of the heart and her family. Thank you to those who have, and continue, praying for Nita. Finally to those who will be sending their financial blessing through this medium to Nita. When folks look at me and tell me it is hopeless I tell them they are NOT looking in the right places. If you have ever spent time on the boards of ATW, Nita's Place or any place where they are you will find hope everywhere!

May God bless each of you!
Pastor Ruth

 

Thank you Pastor Ruth.  This is not about Holly and me but rather about all the folks who are there to help out when needed.  We really do have a wonderful group of caring folks in this hobby.  A lot of heart and spirit.  -- Larry

Premier Member Bonus Designs For May 2011

I normally don't post a picture showing ALL the designs in a set. To save space here in our blog I usually just make a screencapture showing 4 of the designs. But this set is so gorgeous, I just couldn't decide which 4 designs to show, so I am putting the whole set here for you to see...

This set is free to Members of ATW all this month. If you're not a member yet, you can join here for just $80 a year split into 4 payments of just $19.95 each...

ArtisticThreadWorks.com/join

 

Fundraiser Info

As many of you have already heard, our friend Nita O'Keefe's son Shayne died just before the AEC (American Embroidery Conference) started a few days ago. Nita had to cancel her appearance at the AEC and return home. Several of her digitizer friends have put together a package of designs to sell as a fundraiser.

Please take a look at this page for more info...

http://www.artisticthreadworks.com/nita

There are over 140 designs in this pack and your donation will get you not only the design pack but also the thanks of a friend who has gone through one of the hardest blows life can hand you.

Here are a few of the designs in the pack. You can see all of them on the web page below. Please share a link to this page with your friends who would like to help and would like a design pack like this. Here is the page to share with your friends...

http://www.artisticthreadworks.com/nita