When our good friend Eileen Roche shared her new book – Machine Embroidery in 6 Easy Lessons – with us, we were so excited! Then she asked if we would like to be a stop on her blog tour & our answer was of course!
Dian, our resident in-house designer & machine embroidery expert, was the perfect choice to give this new book a look & let us know all the details! So Dian took it home & here is what she had to say:
I’ve been a machine embroiderer for over 10 years. I wasn’t sure I could learn anything new. I was wrong. Machine Embroidery in 6 Easy Lessons by Eileen Roche is great for beginners and experienced embroiderers alike.
The overall design of the book is very good. It spells out the steps to a successful embroidery that are clear and easy to follow. Photographs are plentiful and useful. The 12-Point Checklist and the 10 Favorite Time-Saving Habits are good for newbies and also good reminders for more experienced embroiderers.
I learned a new technique for embroidering multiple appliques in chapter 2 that will save me time in the future. I was intrigued by the tools at the back of the book. They are very inventive and useful. Instructions for using them are clear and well written. She gives multiples examples for using blue painters tape which is a good inexpensive tool.
I liked this book a lot. I think it is a good starter book for new machine embroidery enthusiasts and a good book for reminding the experienced enthusiast of the small things we might have forgotten. – Dian S. of Indygo Junction
Wow! It sounds like this is the perfect book for both experienced & new machine embroiderers! Great job, Eileen! So now….
It’s time for a giveaway…
Post a comment to this blog post only stating why you would like to win your own copy of Machine Embroidery in 6 Easy Lessons. One winner will be selected at random to win an autographed copy of the book! Big thanks to Eileen for the opportunity to be a part of your tour! To learn more about this wonderful book, please visit Eileen’s website – www.machineembroideryin6easystepsbook.com
I am relatively new to machine embroidery and I find placement of the designs especially when rehooping to continue the design to be very time consuming. It takes longer to get the placement perfect than it does to ‘watch’ my machine perform its mind-blowing magic =). I would love this book for the time saving tips Eileen will offer to me.
I would love this book. I am pregnant with my second child and have complications, which means lots of at home time for me. I just bought my first machine today and hope to have energy to start soon.
I also would love to win this book. I just got my first embroidery machine this week. Want my daughter to learn this type of craft. Thought it might give her a hobby
. But I’m not much help to her because I know nothing about it either. So it would help both of us. Thanks for the chance.
I would love to have this book because I’m very new to machine embroidery and need all the help I can get. I tired to find it for purchase but struck out.
I am a member of the US Army Warrior in Transition Unit after my injuries in Afghanistan. I have taken up embroidery as a therapy for PTSD. I veiwed these two episodes of Sewing With Nancy and loved the simple beauty of embroidery. I believe this book would help with minimizing the fustrations seen with novice embroiderers like myself. I would love this book and the extreamly useful tools that are enclosed with the same! Thanks Nancy and Eileen for such awesome advice and teaching of basic fundamentals of embroidery.
I would love to have this book. I just got my first embroidery machine and would love some tips on how to use it!
Would love to learn new tips and techniques. I have the hardest time trying to machine embroider!
I would love to win this book. I am a new machine embroiderer and I can’t tell you how many things I have screwed up because they didn’t end up where I thought they would. I am thinking that this book will help me with that.
I purchased a used embroidery machine and this book would give me the confidence to master this machine!
Hope I can still win. I have a new sewing machine and am interested in learning embroidery. This book sounds like just what I need
I would love to win this book. I am constantly looking for new things to learn. It is a never ending process that I love doing. This book sounds like it is full of ideas and tips.
LOVE LOVE LOVE learning new embroidery tips and tricks, and I think Eileen’s book is just the reference for doing so!
Thanks for the offer and a chance to win!
LOVE LOVE LOVE learning new embroidery tips and tricks, and think Eileen’s book would be a tremendous help in doing so! Thanks for the chance to win….
I would love to win this book, I have had an embroidery machine for 4 years now and have not used it very much because my projects do not turn out as well as I would like.
I want to win because I want to learn to do machine embroidery. thanks for the chance!
I am another newbie, I bought a previously loved Bernina 200/730 and I am teaching myself. I made a quilt label and I am going to try a Valentine card today, but I know this is only scratching the surface of what this marvellous machine can do. I definitely need a copy of this book! Thanks
I am new to embroidery (with a stress on the word “new”). But I made a card for our oldest daughter’s birthday – it was amazing! I just have to learn more. Thank you for this opportunity.
I really need some tips for machine embroidery! this looks wonderful! thanks you!
I would love to have the tools and the book would be a great reference to have.
Learning a simpler way for machine embroidery would do me wonders now.
I am a novice and self teaching/learning – I could so use this book.
I am new to machine embroidery. I’ve only done small projects. I need to learn more about placement on garments etc. and this looks like it will fit the bill. Plus, who doesn’t like winning things!
I would love to give machine embroidery a go, this book may be the kick start I need to get me going
I have had my embroidery machine about a year and have done only red work designs. Would love the book.
I would like to win to learn more ways to create great machine embroidery.
I would like to win to learn more tips on doing great machine embroidery!
I would love to learn how to do this!
I have so much more to learn about machine embroidery. I try to get everything I can read to help me do a better job embroidering. I love to see the stitch-outs of my labor. I would enjoy this book very much and appreciate it even more. I need all the help I can get. Norma Jean McDarmont
I would love to find this book in my sewing room as a reference source. I can always learn new things.
I would love to find this book in my sewing room as a reference source. I have a machine and I know I can always learn new things.
I would love to win this book! I need all the help I can get. =D Hope it’s not too late to enter the drawing…
Ooh! Hope I win. Met Amy @Country Living Fair in Atlanta.
I have had my embroidery machine from many years, but use the embroidery features infrequently. So, each time I decide to do a project I have to reread everything! It would be nice to have all the basics in one place rather than scattered through several books, as I have now.
I’ve upgraded to a machine with a larger hoop and would love to win this book. Eileen’s blog is a great source of information and inspriation. I love to read the tips and tricks of the experts.
I would like to win this book so that I can use my embroidery machine in a more efficient manner and less time.
There’s always a reason to learn something new. I’ve never tried machine embroidery, but would love to learn how it’s done.
My best friend gave me an embroidery machine when we found out I was getting my first granddaughter. I need all the help I can get to learn how to use it!
I have a new embroidery machine that I haven’t used yet. I have had it a year and am afraid of it. Maybe this book would help me get over my jitters and start using this machine.
I inherited an embroidery machine and at my age, am scared to use it, even though I have had a few lessons. Need all the written step-by-step instructions I can get.
I would love to win this book. I am new to machine embroidery and I think this book would be very helpful in enabling me to create successful projects.
Just purchased an embroidery machine and I’m always looking for helpful hints and ideas.
I am fairly new to embroidery and can use all the expert advice I can get.
I recently watched Eileen on Sewing with Nancy where they had a 2-part series about Eileen’s Embroidery in 6 Easy Steps. I am a beginner and the book looks like a must have for one just starting or great reference for those more experienced. The included items are a great idea too. Thanks for this opportunity to win a signed copy.
I haventbtakenany classes for my embroidery machine and every time I use it I have to read the manual. I also don’t know what type of stabilizer I need for each project. So I think this book would be the perfect resource for me. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
Would love to learn your secrets!
I would love to have this book to use as a great reference and to give me more confidence that I can do it and have great results
I started learning machine embroidery about 1 1/2 years ago. have picked up a lot of helpful tips from reading Blogs in what little time I can spare between working full time and taking care of home and family.I am also helping and sharing embroidery tips with a friend who is struggling with extreme pain due to abdominal adhesions and neuropathy so this book would be a huge help to both of us.
I still learn best with books and am a complete beginner so would love to win and learn! My first project would be personalizing with initials–looks like a beginner project!
I have had an embroidery machine for years now and would love to use the embroidery capabilities more. I use it basically for making quilt labels. Would love to learn how to do more things! Great give-away!
Always love to learn new and recall old ideas!
I would love to win this book so I could learn to do things right from the beginning.
I have been doing some machine embroidery. It has been okay but this would be great! To know how to do this correctly and have it be perfect would be fantastic!
I have been embroidering for 7 years and would love to have this book. I still have issues with some steps when doing a large design and using the colors of thread I have to match the ones used in the design
Have been embroidering for just over a year and want to know the best and easiest way to hoop for continuous embroidery
I would love to win this book. i have attented two Stiching Sisters Seminars, and since I learned a lot at both of them, (I was a little afraid the 2nd one would be too repitive, and wasn’t) I feel I would learn even more. If they come to our area again, I will go for the 3rd time! I enjoyed both Eileen and Marie, and I was impressed with their “no questions are dumb questions”, even though they may have already been asked; their patience and love of teaching shines in all that they do.
Thanks for the chance to win this great book. Placement is always difficult for me and I would love to have Eileen’s and Nancy’s book for some expertise help in planning, placing , and combining designs.
I am still learning and to have the “how to’s” in front of me would be a great help! I need all the help I can get!!
This book would be very helpful in learning to do Machine Embroidery. Since I love to sew and have a Brother 2002D machine I would love to be able to do more with the embroidery.
I am a fairly new embroiderer and really could use the information in this book. I hope I win!
Judy
I’ve just read the table of contents of this book—WOW. And if that is any indication of the help we will receive, WAHOO! When I bought my embroidery machine, I was full of “I can do its” . I was taught by an aunt that if you can find a book on the subject, read it and you can do it!. I’ve always followed that advice. And this book looks like one I definitely need to read. However, sometimes, there are some roadblocks in the way. I encountered one of them shortly after I got my machine and was not able to do much with it. I had taken the instructional classes from the shop where I originally purchased my machine. That gave loads of information and enthusiasm. But it was almost too much verbal info, you need to keep referring back to a book, with lots of pictures, guides, tips and more. I do believe this book will give that to me. My surgeries and treatment are in the past and I need to move forward. I was in the “just get well” mode – now I want to rejoin my “let’s see what this machine can do” mode and get back into the hobby that I had just started to love and enjoy. I especially want to try the project ideas that are presented — practice makes perfect – and I do need the practice.
Thanks for the great giveaway!! I love to win.
What a wonderful book! I always need new ideas for quick embellishments.
I’m just learning what my machine can and can’t do. Sometimes it to much.
Machine Embroidery in 6 Easy Lessons will help me to better understand combining designs, stabilizers and fabrics to sew great embroidery designs.
I have Eleven grand-kids to design and embroidery for. I need all of the help I can get.
Sounds like just the book I need. I love blue tape, I’m curious on her uses with ME