How Long have you Been Embroidering? [Archive] - Embroidables

StitchinGrandma

11-08-2007, 05:59 PM

Interesting percentages after I voted just now. Even split with all having any votes sitting at 25%.

Anyway, I returned to sewing and was lucky enough to get an embroidery machine about 3 yrs ago now. I just love being able to make so many neat things. I love that we have so many talented digitizers that share so freely with us in giving samples/freebies/gifts, whatever they each call them

fun2sew

11-08-2007, 07:27 PM

Funtosew -- where in Michigan?

Its fun2sew :o)

I live near Holland , Grand Rapids area

Do you live in Michigan and where?

StitchinGrandma

11-08-2007, 07:47 PM

Its fun2sew :o)

I live near Holland , Grand Rapids area

Do you live in Michigan and where?
How cool. I'm in IL, but we come to Holland a few times a year. Our favorite hotel is in GR though so that's where we stay. :D My husband was born and raised in Holland.

Mami of 3

11-08-2007, 07:54 PM

Just 3 years and I love it ! I'm addicted:eek:

SewFanatic

11-08-2007, 08:16 PM

Less than a year and I can't stop! I'm always thinking about it!! :eek:

sewamy

11-08-2007, 09:11 PM

Only 2 years, I still feel like I am so new to it. I guess because I am learning things all the time still.

SewFanatic

11-08-2007, 09:13 PM

I learn something new all the time...which is one of the great things about this "sport"! There is no limit to it!! :D

pccbradley

11-09-2007, 05:23 AM

I have been embroidering since Thanksgiving, the Canadian one that is. So I have been at it for about 4-5 weeks now. And loving every minute of it.

Have a great day.
Sandi

starsite

11-09-2007, 06:02 AM

I've had my machine about 5 years but I was a wanna be and a drooler for about 5 before that - thankfully the machines just keep getting better & so do the prices.

ewigginton

11-09-2007, 06:11 AM

Do any of you digitize? I know enough to know that digitizing requires the patience of a saint. I look at the designs on this site and wonder how the heck? So intricate!

StitchinGrandma

11-09-2007, 06:56 AM

Do any of you digitize? I know enough to know that digitizing requires the patience of a saint. I look at the designs on this site and wonder how the heck? So intricate!
I was going to learn but my husbands car's transmission and brakes both went out this past week so ya wanna guess where my Embird money went or will be going? :(

deesmom

11-09-2007, 09:38 AM

Do any of you digitize? I know enough to know that digitizing requires the patience of a saint. I look at the designs on this site and wonder how the heck? So intricate!

I WANT to digitize. I have embird and yet, I cant seem to figure out what I am suppose to be doing. Guess I need to take the time to read up on it and figure it out one day.

crumbear

11-09-2007, 09:53 AM

I have actually been sewing for 4 years and embroidering and quilting for 3. I teach classes on all 3, and I consider myself lucky to have found my niche in life earlier rather than later. If I don't sew or embroider something every day, I get grumpy! ;)

Jen

SewFanatic

11-09-2007, 11:59 AM

Do any of you digitize? I know enough to know that digitizing requires the patience of a saint. I look at the designs on this site and wonder how the heck? So intricate!

I have done some digitizing and it does take patience. It is always worth it in the end though. I just did a bunch of shirts for my nephew's fall baseball team. I took their logo and digitized it and made him a shirt. As soon as all the parents saw it, they all wanted one! It was fun and I'm very proud to see them all wearning them to the games!

ajsmom

11-09-2007, 01:48 PM

Off and on for over 10 years, but I just got really HOOKED in the past 3 years.

LS

StitchinGrandma

11-09-2007, 02:41 PM

I WANT to digitize. I have embird and yet, I cant seem to figure out what I am suppose to be doing. Guess I need to take the time to read up on it and figure it out one day.
Have you seen these? He's got some sample videos you can watch but don't get excited as they don't give anything away but his price for the entire set I think is really good. I am going to buy these for myself when I can afford Embird. Click here (http://www.cigarcityarts.com/videos.html)

SewFanatic

11-09-2007, 06:23 PM

Exactly what I was thinking B Joy! I'm still a newbie compared to most of these people and should be able to pick up some tips and tricks!

rubiesnana

11-10-2007, 05:54 AM

I"ve only been embroidering a couple of years,so much to learn.
Pam

fun2sew

11-10-2007, 06:35 AM

After 10 years I am still learning NEW STUFF !!!!
Its fun to look back to as how I embroidered back in my earlier days and the machines!

ajsmom

11-10-2007, 05:06 PM

It just amazes me how much the embroidery industry has changed since I got my Janome 8000. I can not believe how it has taken off and grown, but I am glad. Can you imagine 10 years from now what we might be able to do.

LS

Boo Grandma

11-10-2007, 09:47 PM

This is the beginning of my third year of embroidering.........love it.

ajsmom

11-10-2007, 09:52 PM

Not nearly long enough... I still have tons and tons to learn about it, and they come up with new stuff everyday!

LS

ShirleyC

11-11-2007, 10:55 AM

I think I became interested when I bought a new Janome3000 sewing machine, and the dealer was demonstrating an embroidery machine. It just took my eye.

I started saving my money from workshops and extra things until I had enough to pay for half the machine. That convinced my hubby how badly I wanted one. I bought the Babylock Esante, then traded for the Ellegeo, and now I have a Janome 11000. My best friend has the Ellegeo.

It's so much fun and a stress reliever for me. I have no desire to digitize.

reapingandsewing

11-11-2007, 12:50 PM

Hello Out There!
This is my first time visiting this site. I am overwhelmed with all the new things to learn on my Husqv. 950 E. I'm looking for d cards.
My first project was making lap top covers with business name on them. That was easy.
I will visit often.

Sewing friend,
DR

fun2sew

11-11-2007, 01:04 PM

Grab a cup of Coffee and start posting!

You still have time to get to 100 post!

Deedles

11-11-2007, 02:50 PM

I'm starting my 3rd year. For everything I've learned on these message board, there's much more I still need to learn. I am so thankful for these boards, If I had to depend on getting this knowledge from the local shops, I would have quit long ago.

dana

11-11-2007, 05:07 PM

It will be a year in December. What advise does anyone have for the newbies? I can not find many resources in my area- and most chain stores, only want to tell you about their product. Any "secrets/ tidbits" welcome here!

I am glad to be a part of a message board with people that are as crazy about embroidery as I am.

:p

marilynd

11-11-2007, 06:35 PM

I am going on 6 years in a few months.

clae

11-11-2007, 06:38 PM

I have been embroidering for about 3 years now..
I LOVE IT!!
Christy

pcsews

11-12-2007, 01:02 PM

I got my machine 3 years ago as I wanted to make my DD a quilt for her 1st birthday. My old Brother machine broke in the middle of making it so my husband said....go buy you a new, good machine. I took him to a sewing center and walking in he said...go ahead and buy the best on in here.... I had to pick him up off the floor when he found out how much they were!!! Needless to say I didn't get the best one there...I did get a Babylock Ellure though!! Ever since then I have been hooked on embroidery!!

rodneytb

11-12-2007, 07:35 PM

Only 8 months. I don't know what I did with my time before that.

SewAddicted

11-12-2007, 07:58 PM

I've been embroidering for about 3 years, and loving every minute of it!
Pam

rosebud314

11-12-2007, 08:36 PM

I think I've had my machine about 8 years. I'm sooooo looking forward to getting another one. I want a bigger stitch field. I fell so confined:(

sew blessed

11-13-2007, 07:57 PM

I just started this year, and I love all the things you can do with embroidery to make a project truly unique!:D

T-Bags & Rags

11-13-2007, 07:59 PM

I've been at this for about 2 years or so but I'm just now getting my business going.

debi@thebeach

11-15-2007, 12:21 AM

I thought I was among the few newbies but according to the poll, it looks as if there are alot of us out there.

Crafty Connie

11-15-2007, 07:08 AM

I've been embroidering for about a year now. I care for severally physically and mentally disabled children so I don't have a ton of time on my hands to embroider. :( But I'm having fun when I do! (I have to make sure my other work is done before I sit down by my machine. :D

Crafty Connie

11-15-2007, 07:10 AM

I was thinking...us "Newbees" to embroidery need sites like these that's why there's more of us that are registered. Thank goodness some of the prfessionals hang around and help us out! :D

dramaw

11-15-2007, 09:26 AM

I have been embroidering for about 5 years...Learn something new constantly...the addiction grows by leaps and bounds...LOL

Dramaw

Sew So Happy

11-18-2007, 08:01 PM

My grandmother has embroidered for the last five years or so. I have always envied her and thought it would be something I would have to wait on, also. I just took the bull by the horns and bought my machine in June this year. It is like an addiction. I love it so much!

Dana66P

11-19-2007, 02:51 PM

I have been embroidering for 4 years now and I LOVE it...only one complaint in 4 years.
They are NOT right...heehee

Dana

Snyder.crafting

11-19-2007, 03:07 PM

I have had my embroidery machine for about 5 years. I got it just after my daughter was born. I wish I had more time to use it. I though that when she went to school I would have more time, but it is more hectic than ever now. Somehow this does not stop me from purchasing designs!!!!!!

mdquilter

11-21-2007, 07:20 AM

I've been embroidering for a little over 2 years on a consistent basis. But my mom bought her first embroidery machine in 1986 and her second machine in 1997. So I have been around machine embroidery forover 20 years LOL

Yeffie

11-21-2007, 07:41 AM

6 years for me!

Lyndac

11-21-2007, 09:28 AM

A long time! I have been doing it for about 9 years!

fun2sew

11-24-2007, 03:47 PM

Only 2 years and loving it!

fun2sew

11-24-2007, 06:07 PM

Just 2 years.
I am still learning alot!

idesign

11-24-2007, 06:34 PM

I'm assuming the question means hooped embroidery, not the embroidery stitches on our machines? I have been doing embroidery since 1998 and have learned so much over the years. My son still pulls on an old shirt that I did for him that first year, when I didn't know about not stretching a knit shirt drum tight! You can imagine how wrinkled it is around the embroidery. I can't get him to throw it away though.

Sew 'N Sane

11-25-2007, 11:40 AM

Hey Gang!

I've been embroidering for about 11 years now and I just get more and more excited about it all the time! I still have not gotten a digitizing program, so the only designs I've digitized have been done on my Janome Customizer programs. They come out okay, but I would love to be able to make designs as fantastic as the ones on this site.

Isn't it amazing how your whole perspective changes once you start embroidering. Now when you are out shopping you look at things and think 'hmmm, what can I embroider on that?' Or, 'how can I fit that in my embroidery hoop?'

What I love is when my kids come up to me and ask me to embroider things for them. Especially my 18 year old! He outgrew all the old Pokemon designs a long time ago, so I haven't embroidered for him in a long time. It's been nice having him ask me to do things for him.
:)

huffjoann

11-28-2007, 01:12 PM

less than a year and I still not good at it

tflosses4u

11-30-2007, 03:59 PM

I was surprised(not really, i'd been begging for one all year)with one last Christmas

Mamakin5

12-01-2007, 11:42 AM

Do any of you digitize? I know enough to know that digitizing requires the patience of a saint. I look at the designs on this site and wonder how the heck? So intricate!

I do a lot of my own digitizing. I love the challenge and even after almost ten years, it still amazes me as I sit at the embroidery machine and watch it stitch out something I digitized! It is a lot of fun to do.

peachy3

12-01-2007, 02:12 PM

I started embroidering when my little one was born. It gave me something to do when he would not sleep all night. We would go into the sewing room and close the door and I would rock him and the sewing machine would embroider.

P3

Becca

02-07-2008, 03:42 PM

I have been embroidering for 5 years and love it. I am still learning too which is a good thing.

Maxine

02-07-2008, 08:33 PM

Since Christmas... that makes me a real newbie

Maxine

carmelite

02-08-2008, 04:49 AM

hi!
i've been embroidering 7 or 8 years, not positive which year it was...
not very much until april 2005. then at least 10 hours a day. haven't since august 2005. still working now to get sewing room back from the "storage" place it became! have LOTS of designs. i collect them. :) have purchased mmm way over 100/.. probablay 300 or so. block that out to void guilt. :proud:

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hardworkfhe

02-10-2008, 02:25 PM

Over 7 years. I still love it and I'm always looking for something new to try. I always look for things to make that will work with my church calling. I'm in the nursery right now, and I can make at least one cute thing for the children a month.

Luciana

02-17-2008, 12:01 PM

I´ve been embroidering for about 9 years and still love to do it like in the beggining!!!

Carlene

02-20-2008, 12:33 PM

Sorta kinda still a newbie...
1 year

Emily W.

02-28-2008, 11:11 PM

About 4-5 months. I'm also a newbie. I'm so addicted though...am I addicted to the projects & designs or this new found MESSAGE BOARD threads???? I think both! ;)

StitchinGrandma

03-03-2008, 03:46 AM

About 4-5 months. I'm also a newbie. I'm so addicted though...am I addicted to the projects & designs or this new found MESSAGE BOARD threads???? I think both! ;)

It's ALL addicting. LOL Seeing the neat things made with the designs here are such a huge help because it gives you even more ideas what to use the designs for.

stitchcrazy

03-03-2008, 09:58 AM

3-4 months embroidering - less than a month on these boards and now i can't get through the day without my message board fix...i'm so afraid I'll miss something! ;)

StitchinGrandma

03-04-2008, 06:13 AM

3-4 months embroidering - less than a month on these boards and now i can't get through the day without my message board fix...i'm so afraid I'll miss something! ;)

Oh, did you miss the part in the membership agreement that the message board here was legalized crack? :p

Sew 'N Sane

03-04-2008, 07:04 AM

Oh, did you miss the part in the membership agreement that the message board here was legalized crack? :p

Well no wonder I have to check the message board 5 or 6 times a day. :love:

:marchmellow:

StitchinGrandma

03-04-2008, 07:27 AM

LOL I know. It slipped past me too, but I saw it when I reread it again. roflmao

stitchcrazy

03-04-2008, 09:46 AM

Geez! I really gotta start reading the fine print! How am I going to break myself of this one??? I don't even have the desire to try! :):):):)

StitchinGrandma

03-05-2008, 03:21 PM

Geez! I really gotta start reading the fine print! How am I going to break myself of this one??? I don't even have the desire to try! :):):):)
Ooh we'll figure out a loop hole so you can't leave. roflmao