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Hi all!
Many of you remember me grousing about a year ago about some wedding pillows I was making with my embroidery machine.
Well, I did finish them a couple months after the wedding, but I did finish them finally!
For those of you who didn't hear, I wanted to do something special for Jouliana and Stephan's wedding. I bought 2 nice
designs to embroider to make 2 pillows. I matched colors to their wedding invitation, and added their names and wedding date
to one of them to really personalize it. BUT, it turns out I needed a larger hoop than I already had, so I bought a hoop
for $200 that would be big enough. Then I learned that I had to split the design in half, sew one side and then flip the
hoop and sew the other side. The 2 sides are supposed to match up so that you can't tell the difference, but no matter what
I did, they wouldn't match up. I ended up upgrading to a better machine, a Pfaff 2170 ( http://pfaffusa.com/4960.html ),
that has a computer screen to look at the design so I could see where things were and put them where they belonged and they
finally matched up. That was another $2500.
That's why I call them my $3000 pillows :). They ended up with the pillows, but I ended up with the better end of the
deal I think :)
Thanks for getting married, Jouliana and Stephan and giving me this great opportunity!
The email below is from the website where I bought the designs. I sent them photos of the finished products and they
are putting them in their showcase.
Edith
What I am doing today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
-Unknown
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:30 PM
To: edith
Subject: Your Wedding Pillows on Showcase Soon!
Dear Edith,
Thank you for sending in the photo of your lovely Wedding Pillows! Your stitching is beautifully done! We're pleased
to get in touch today to let you know that we'll be featuring your project on Embroidery Library's Showcase soon watch for
it on 6/11/2008.
To see the showcase, go to www.embroiderylibraryprojects.com/ and click on Stitchers Showcase. If you happen to miss seeing
the premier, you can always get to it later, or refer others to it, by going to the calendars on the Showcase page, and clicking
on that date.
Thank you for sharing photos of your projects. Please continue sending us your pictures, and also, telling us about your
creations. We love to hear the stories that go with them and any special techniques you used to make them.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Have a great day!
Elizabeth
EmbroideryLibrary
"The Low Price Leader in Embroidery Designs."
www.emblibrary.com
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