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How to avoid having issues when using your embroidery software to open embroidery files.

Tim’s Tech Tip of the Week How to avoid having issues when using your embroidery software to open embroidery files. While embroidery software packages can be useful in manipulating designs, they ca...

Sweet Pea's April Sew-a-long. Abstract Flowers Sponsored by Marathon Threads Australia- NOW FINISHED

Welcome to Sweet Pea’s April Sew-a-long 3 weeks…5th to 26nd April (Australian time) To join this, sew-a-long we ask that you agree to stitch out the design Abstract Flowers Table Runner. ( or you...

The History of Machine Embroidery

For those of us that see and use advanced sewing and embroidery machines on a regular basis, it’s easy to forget the humble beginnings from which the craft began. Here at Sweet Pea we spend a consi...

Positive and Negative Space in Design

When creating or editing designs in machine embroidery it is important to remember that what we are engaging in an artistic process. Even those of you that embroider as an occasional hobby can bene...

Machine Embroidery Storage Tips

As you continue to delve deeper and deeper into your machine embroidery hobby (or obsession) the more you may encounter one particular issue getting a little bit out of hand.. Storage! In the early...

Sweet Pea's March Sew-a-long. Easter Flag Sponsored by Robison-Anton Threads.

Welcome to Sweet Pea’s March Sew-a-long 3 weeks…1st to 22nd March (Australian time) To join this, sew-a-long we ask that you agree to stitch out the design Easter Flag or Table Runner ( or your v...