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How to Get Started in Free-Machine Embroidery Kindle Edition

by Margo Price (Author), Andrew Moore (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
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Do you want to be more creative with your sewing?

Do you want to learn how to get more from your sewing machine?

Do you lack the confidence to get started in machine embroidery?

"How to Get Started in Free-Machine Embroidery" provides the ideal jargon-free beginners guide for those who want to explore free-machine embroidery. With a collection of creative sewing projects and individual sections for mastering basic techniques, this book guides you, step-by-step, through the basics of free-machine embroidery.

In this book, Margo Price shares her tried-and-tested techniques and sewing projects, perfected over ten-year’s experience of running her own sewing business "Time4me Workshops". The practical ideas presented in this book will provide essential reading for anyone wanting an easy-to-understand introduction to the fascinating world of free-machine embroidery.

Find out if your sewing machine is capable of machine embroidery

Cheap budget machines that claim to do it all may disappoint. A basic machine with a few basic functions, if it is sturdy, may be all you need to get started.

Get familiar with your sewing machine and how it works

Becoming confident with a sewing machine takes time and practice. You don't need to know it all to begin with but keep striving to make regular progress and acquire new skills and techniques.

Discover the essential threads, needles and fabrics you will need for free-machine embroidery

Using quality tools and materials will ensure you are not disappointed. Poor, cheap or inappropriate threads, needles and fabrics will undermine all your hard work.

Learn by doing

Many sewing books start with lots of information and theory which can be overwhelming. In this book you will begin working on projects straight away. In this way you will learn and improve in manageable chunks, and will not be put off by too much information.

Discover how to embellish your appliqué designs

Get creative and turn simple appliqué designs into custom designs or personalised gifts for your friends and family by using free-machine embroidery.

Discover how to write with a needle

Add words, names or other text to your sewing creations by using free-machine embroidery techniques. Even without a programmable machine you can learn to embroider your sewing projects with confidence.

Learn how to do free-motion quilting

Finish off your quilting projects in style by learning how to do free-motion quilting. Create formal or informal designs or find your inspiration from nature.

Learn how to draw pictures with your sewing machine

Free-machine embroidery can be used to create wonderful freehand sketches or line drawings. The possibilities are endless when you bring your own distinctive flair to your sewing.

Learn how to use dissolvable fabrics

Dissolvable fabrics can be used to make your own machine-stitched lace, adding attractive lacy borders to any sewn item by trapping pieces of fabric between two layers of film.
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About the Author

Margo Price has run sewing (and other craft) classes for many years, under the name of "Time4me Workshops", from her home in Hampshire on the South coast of England. Margo now writes craft books and publishes articles and patterns in national magazines in response to the many requests she receives for advice on sewing and how to run a successful craft business. A former career as a technical writer enables Margo to explain in concise, clear and compelling terms, how to achieve professional results with your craft projects.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HHCTPW8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ AAM Design Limited; 1st edition (December 23, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 23, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1092 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 76 pages
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    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 86 ratings

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Margo Price is a published author and journalist. She lives on the South coast of the UK where she divides her time between commercial technical authoring and writing Kindle eBooks. She has taught sewing and creative writing for the last ten years and now draws on her experiences to write books that help people realise their dreams.

Latest Release: How to Get Started in Free-Machine Embroidery

Next Release: How to Dye Fabrics

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2014
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I'm still reading it, but I like the author's style.
She is practical and experienced-she's taught machine embroidery.
I can hand embroider and love it, but wanted to learn how to use my old faithful sewing machine to do some of the embroidery. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a new machine.
She starts right from the basics and doesn't miss a thing-the machine needles needed, the foot needed, the kind of fabric and thread to use are all covered. And she provides some practical assignments to do. I feel I'm not alone and that I will learn all I will need by the time I finish the book to continue and get on to some of my own designs.
It's not an expensive book either.
In getting the right embroidery foot for your machine, you can go online and look up your machine and which embroidery foot it takes and then order it online. That's what I did within a few pages of her book. Step-by-step, she guides you and it gives you confidence that you are learning from a very good teacher.
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Jen
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Starter!
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2014
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I'm not new to sewing, but have never tried free-machine embroidery. Though there are a lot of nice, free tutorials online, I found they were missing the most basic steps and was getting frustrated trying to learn. This book really didn't tell me anything I never heard of (use of needles, winding a bobbin, using stabilizers, etc), but it was important to understand the "why" of those things in terms of this technique. I found the author to be basic and thorough, while also sharing her obvious skill, technique, and love for this art form. This was exactly the missing piece I needed to get started - her step-by-step style was perfect for me. Also, the fact I could get this on Kindle was another plus. I am looking forward to practicing this technique!
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A. Ryan
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2016
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I have done a lot of appliqué and have used both drop in and vertical bobbins. I have not noticed a difference between the two.
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MD2788
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem...
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2014
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I've been looking for a great guide for free-machine embroidery and I am so glad I stumbled upon this gem. The author, Margo Price shows you how to do everything from organizing your workspace to choosing what threads and needles to use, to offering wonderful, creative ideas for the end product. I'm definitely going to pass the word along to my mom about this book - she is a sewing nut and would love it! Thanks for a great book!
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Mary B
2.0 out of 5 stars Not a book I will keep or found useful
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2017
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If you know nothing about machine quilting or applique maybe this book would help, I did not find it useful and regret the purchase.
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Alex Colby
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant for beginners!
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2014
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This is just what I've been looking for! I'm a complete novice in machine-free embroidery and I've read several texts that have far too much in them that I don't understand.

This really did take me through everything I needed to go through step by step in a way that I really understand.

I'm really getting to grips with it now and it's all thanks to the authors of this book!
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Sandy
5.0 out of 5 stars The REAL DEAL and more…
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2014
This is a comprehensive guide that will take you through not just the basics, but the steps, the cautions, the must do things and the absolutely don’t do things of machine embroidery.

There are tips that will make your embroidery projects both successful and fun. After all, if it isn't fun, why do it?

Just one of many examples: Anyone who has done the least amount of sewing, either hand or machine, knows that some thread is “fuzzy”. But did you know what kind of problems that will cause? Other than breaking easy, I had no idea of the other issues, and how they make such a mess of your embroidery. You will learn what to look for and how to avoid the problems to begin with.

I read a lot of self-help nonfiction books; I just have a curious mind that way. Margo Price’s book is not just a cut above - it is a clear superior stand out. Recently there has been a strong trend for short, shorter, and ultra-short “books” coming out. They are really nothing more than barely a glorified counter top brochure obviously based on at most a couple hours of internet research where the author clearly does not really know the topic.

This book is the opposite of that trend. This book is a well thought out, fully fleshed out, in-depth walk through all of the pieces you will need to be successful. It is based on literally years of experience – little things like using an egg timer, or wipe down the needle with surgical spirit, or needle burrs, or… or …. The attention to all the little details that will make your project fun or frustrating is a delight to find.

Not only does it have the details for successful embroidery, there are a couple beginner projects at the end of the book. It is obvious that Margo Price is an experienced teacher because she patiently shows every step on a doable yet increasing challenging set of practice pieces moving on to a nice project that anyone would love to have when it is finished.
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pixie
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2015
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Easy to read, lots of encouragement, good safety tips
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Aurelia
5.0 out of 5 stars Just like having a teacher by your side!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2022
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The author's voice is so engaging and the directions so clear, that reading the book felt like being in a workshop! Great starting point for anyone who has not tried free machine embroidery and applique before.
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Hypnotist 101
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Margo Price Gem!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2014
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Margo Price is building a great reputation for her books about Sewing Skills and the like, because she's such a well-organised author. This book is no different. It starts with the very basics, and that means even vintage sewing machines. The message is 'simple is best' which is great because embroidery should be about creativity and imagination, not just technology! Full of little tricks-of-the-trade like angling your machine and using extra (cheap) lighting to illuminate your workspace properly, stuff you'd take ages to discover for yourself. If this is your hobby or even your small business, this book is invaluable. Highly recommended.
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Pollylux
4.0 out of 5 stars How to get started in Free-Machine Embroidery
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2014
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This is an interesting little book with lots of helpful tips. In particular the best type of machine to ensure success, how to prepare your machine, how to ensure you are sitting correctly and how to make the view of your work easier. The projects are very simple and are not demanding to any sewer. It is easy to read and is a good introduction to Free motion embroidery, but something more substantial would be needed to go into the subject in any depth.
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Sarah W
5.0 out of 5 stars I would certainly recommend "How to get started in Free-Machine Embroidery"
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2015
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Having recently attended an afternoon Free-Machine Embroidery class I bought this book; it gave me answers to questions I didn't know to ask at the time, some of which might seem obvious to others but never having done it before made me feel more confident, from basic to more dept. I would certainly recommend "How to get started in Free-Machine Embroidery". Now I'm off to have some fun with my machine!
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catlady
2.0 out of 5 stars Okay
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2016
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Sadly this did not reach my expectations - perhaps they were too high. This book is okay as far as it goes but there was a lot of my questions left unanswered
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