Satisfy your Savings Sweet tooth

When the weather outside is frightful, Craftsy is so delightful.  And as long as you can't be on the go....Let the classes flow, let them flow, let them flow!

The weather this morning in Jackson, TN.  Freezing Rain and Sleet.  I plan on staying in and shopping for Classes.  You know we southerners don't like the cold or snow!

Now that I have given you a good chuckle this morning....

Up to 50% off ALL classes!
Act fast to satisfy your savings sweet tooth!
Don't wait, offer expires tonight at 11:59 PM MT.

 

Craftsy Flash Sale

"What do you want to create in 2015? Get better at what you love to do and save up to 50% off popular online Craftsy classes for this weekend only. (35+ new classes included!)"

When things go wrong......

Ok, so a few of you have requested information about uh oh's that happen..
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We all know getting ready for Christmas can be very hectic.  Well believe me when I say that when you travel, it becomes more than hectic.  At my house this year, I had a frantic one day to get prepared for Christmas.  I had a few gifts to make and had exactly 24 hrs. to get them completed.  My dad had asked for hats for a Church function he participates in, so I thought..no problem, put that hat hoop on and go for it, right????

Not so much.  I put the hat hoop on, hooped the first hat, ran the design and no problem it is done and looked great.  So here I go with the second one.  I am getting super fast at this by now.  This one is a little heavier weight, a denim hat, I hoop it up, put it on the machine and my machine is struggling to get it done.  Now I am on a PR1000e and it can go through almost anything, but I think to myself, maybe the fabric is just too thick for my needles.  I had 75/11's in the machine.  In the back of my head, I could hear Paulette Bell telling me you never need a 90/14 needle in this machine, but my machine was really thumping.  So I switched out the needles.

Well the machine ran beautifully after that and finished the hat without further issue.  When I took the hat off, I had to laugh at myself.  Sometimes you just have to!  I had completely sewn the back of the hat to the front over the Velcro closure.  I don't know how I managed to get that sucker caught, but I did indeed.  Moral of the story....If your machine is struggling, check and make sure you don't have something caught under the frame that isn't supposed to be stitching.  I stitched through 6 layers of denim and 2 layers of Velcro.  Boy that machine can stitch through almost anything!

The Knowing in Sewing

Happy New Year to one and all!

Just a quick note to let you know the Newsletter went out last night.  If you didn't find it in your in box, end me an email and I will forward it on to you and check your email address in my system.  There were bounce backs.

Cindy

Huge Craftsy Sale....Act Now

Wow...I was floored when I got this email today.  All Craftsy Classes are $19.99 until Christmas day.  If you have been waiting for the right time to purchase a class, I would say this is it!  Below is a link to go directly to the Craftsy Sale.

Little Black Dress Files from It's Sew Easy Show

Hi All,
My Christmas present to you is to finally get the project files uploaded to my website for you to use.  I hope you enjoy them!

Follow this link....http://cynthiasembroidery.com/Free-Designs_ep_42.html
This will take you to the free designs page.  The files are on the bottom of the page.

Cindy

Kari's Sew Unique bounced emails

Some of your emails have bounced back to me as undeliverable.
behrecar (your mailbox is full)
kathyhoffma I added the n to the end of your name and it bounced back again, you will have to contact me.

Contact me if you don't receive your instructions: cindyhogan@cynthiasembroidery.com

Cindy

Kari's Sew Unique Seminar

Hi Ladies,
I really enjoyed spending time with all of you this weekend.  You were a wonderful group!  Check your emails for the instructions that you requested.  I just sent them out.  They may make my newsletter this month as well.  Two birds with one stone :)

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!
Cindy

Craftsy Black Friday Sale

"I'm excited to share some news with you about Craftsy's biggest event of the year! I know that this is the season to shower your loved ones with gifts, but why not invest in yourself, too? Craftsy is making that just a little easier by marking down ALL online Embroidery classes to $19.99 or less, including mine, through Monday. Give the gift of learning here:"

 

http://www.craftsy.com/ext/CynthiaHogan_holiday

$20 off My Craftsy Class 3 days only

Hello ladies and gent from Heyde's.  Here is a link for a discount off my Craftsy class.  It should make it about half off.  Have fun!
Cindy
www.craftsy.com/ext/CynthiaHogan_3939_H

Craftsy Shop to Unlock Sale

Save big on top online Craftsy classes today and unlock extra savings on even more classes tomorrow. Which class you are most excited about? :) Click on the Picture below to go to Craftsy and find your favorite class.

What do you want to learn today?

Is there something new you want to learn?  Have you thought about Craftsy?  Now is the perfect opportunity to try out the platform.  All classes are up to 50% off through Monday!  Best of all, they have a 100% money back guarantee.  You have nothing to loose. 

Click on the picture above will take you to the wonderful world of Craftsy.  I am thinking about taking the Cooking the Perfect Steak Class (to impress my husband) and one of the Photography classes.   I would really like to become better at taking project pictures!  I wonder if they have one on puppy training?  We recently rescued this little cutie on the side of the road with an injured leg.  She has had surgery and is on the way to recovering.  She was definitely not in our life plan, but sometimes your heart just breaks when they look at you in that sweet, sweet way.

Now the Craftsy folks want to see how many of you like me and will follow my link.  Who knows, this may lead to more classes in the future and I have a lot more tricks in my basket as we have new Brother software and I working with DIME Inspirations Software Programs.  So click on the picture to purchase that class you have been waiting to go on sale!

I do apologize for the tardiness of my posts, but I will make it up to you as soon as my life settles down!


Happy Stitching!
Cindy

Craftsy Dog Days of Summer Sale

Craftsy is having a huge summer class sale.  This is probably the last one of the season.  Click on the link below to get your discounted prices.



Enjoy!
Cindy

The Knowing in Sewing July 2014

Hi All,
I hope you are having a wonderful summer.  Just a quick note to let you know the newsletter went out tonight.  I am trying out a new email service in hopes that it will be able to get to all of you without being seen as spam.

Also, Craftsy is having a huge sale this weekend only.  Click on the link below.  They have classes in all categories on sale.

Craftsy Sale

 

Evidently my post didn't make it with the picture.  Click on the link to get a great discount on all your Craftsy classes until the 9th (even mine:) )
http://www.craftsy.com/ext/CynthiaHogan_holiday

It's Sew Easy

Hello Everyone,
Just a couple of announcements tonight....
On Friday the second It's Sew Easy Episode that I appear in will be airing @ itsseweasytv.com. In. this episode, I will be demonstrating using the Scan N Cut machine to cut your applique pieces as well as how to print a template for manually cutting applique pieces.  Be sure to tune in.  It will be available for free for 7 days.

Secondly, I am trying to move my blog back to my own website.  I have not been satisfied with the commenting on either site.  I am trying a new technique on both platforms for a bit (there will be duplicate content) to see which one works best.  I really want this to be interactive.

I have left the discount link on my website for the Craftsy class on the home page active for the rest of the week since last week was Memorial Day weekend.  I have been getting good feedback from it so far.  I hope you will enjoy it and as always hope you find it informative and helpful!

Cindy

Newsletter and Craftsy class

Hi Everyone,
The Knowing in Sewing was mailed tonight.  The big announcement is that my Craftsy class went live last week.  There is a link on my home page for you to receive a discount on the Craftsy class.

www.cynthiasembroidery.com  If you click on the Embroidery Software Essentials link on the page, it will take you directly to Craftsy with the discount applied.  I really hope you will enjoy the class!

Below is a link that will show you what to look for on my homepage.  The discount link on my homepage will be good through Friday.

Have a great rest of the week!
Cindy

Newsletter

After a large delay, I have evidently finally sent out a newsletter.  I thought I had sent it out in February.  The move has me a little frazzled to say the least.  I think I live in the messiest home ever right now!

I am on a flight to Baton Rouge tomorrow to teach a Scan N Cut and Photo Stitch seminar.  These are the only ones of this type that I have on my schedule right now and I am done scheduling for the Spring/Summer time frame.  If you have one of the products and want to learn how to use them, there may be a few spaces left (I am not sure about this).  Call Allbrands.com to see if they have any slots left.  The phone number is: (225) 923-1260<

Enjoy the newsletter.  Again, sorry for the delay!

Cindy

Printing Applique Outline for Scan N Cut

Hi Cathy,
You can print the outline for an applique from PE-DESIGN NEXT and some of the lower versions.  Follow the steps below.

1. IMPORT the design into Layout and Editing.
2. Click on the Stitches Attributes tab at the top of the window.
3. Choose Divide by Color.
4. In the Sewing Order window, determine which segments are the cut lines for the appliqué. 
5. Click on the cut lines for the Applique in the Sewing order window and then Click on the Select Patterns icon .
6. Click on the Home tab.
7. Click on the Copy icon.
8. From the Start button of the computer, open a new session of Layout and Editing.  Do not close the current session.  You will open a new window.
9. Click Paste to paste the cut lines into the new window.
10. In the Integrated Sewing Attributes window, click on the Color Tab.  Change the color of all the pieces to black.  This will print better for the Scan N Cut.
11. Left mouse click on a piece and move it around on the design page to separate the parts.  Continue until all appliqué parts are separated.
12. From the File pull down menu, choose Print and then Print Setup.
13. In the Embroidery Print Mode area, choose Actual Size and Realistic Stitch Image.
14. Remove the checkmark if there is one in front of Print sewing area box and center axes and Print template grid.  These items will interfere with the cut process on the Scan N Cut.
15. In the Stitch image area, click on the Attributes button.
16. Change the Thread Width to Thick, the Brightness to Dark and then click OK.
17. Click Print.
18. Choose Page 1 to 1.  Page 2 is the design information.
19. The design will print.  Use the print to scan into the Scan N Cut to cut the appliqué pieces.

Cindy

It's Sew Easy

Hi All,
Tomorrow at 12pm EST, the second episode of It's Sew Easy that I appear in will air.  Visit www.itsseweasytv.com to view the full episode.  This episode I will be demonstrating cutting appliques for machine embroidery.  Be sure to view.  Angela Wolfe and Eileen Roche will also be appearing in this episode.  Here is a pic from the set.

We are finally in our new home in Jackson and will close the chapter of our Murfreesboro home tomorrow.  Please be patient, I will post the newsletter as soon as I catch my breath!  It has been a whirlwind couple of months.

Cindy