Embroidery Tip – Reading, Talking and Learning!

These may not be the three “R’s” that you knew as a child in school, but one of the most important things you can do when learning about your embroidery machine or  accessories for the machine, find suggestions as to how to embroider a project you are working on, perhaps a good type of stabilizer to use for specific fabric, thread someone talks about that is reasonably priced or has a great range of colours or, for that matter, anything else embroidery-related, is to read and listen and learn.

Now, that seems a strange embroidery tip, doesn’t it? But just think what you can learn by listening to people at an embroidery club meeting. They talk about the stabilizer they used for a design, where they purchased that adorable design you saw , where they found a new line of embroidery thread at a great price, and so much more. And quite often this conversation is over a cup of coffee, so by listening carefully you are actually increasing your embroidery knowledge, aren’t you?

Now as for reading, read your manual, join an embroidery mail list and read the questions and answers on the list. There are many embroidery lists, whatever your interests are, be it embroidery, digitizing or any other subject, that will be just what you need.

Do a bit of research on the net by doing Google searches for specific questions. There is a lot of available information, but you must read, listen and search to find it.  If you are new to embroidery this will increase your comfort level with embroidery and if you feel you are old hat, you will still find that one little gem of an idea that you had never thought of!