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I was dead set against buying the "higher priced" thread for a long
time.

I had went to the Quilting & Sewing Expo one year here in Denver
and stopped buy the booth of the store where I had purchased my
machine from. If you "voted" on the projects on display made by
their customers you got a free spool of the Floriani thread.

Well for a long time I just kept moving this one spool around, one
day I was needing a purple to make some lettering and I just didn't
aseem to have the "right" shade/hue of purple then I spotted the
Floriani spool and used it for my project.

The rest as they say is history. I am a firm die hard fan of the Floriani
thread and in fact I'm "slowly" working on purchasing ALL the colors
offered. Right now I am up to 241 colors, plus 13 spools that are
duplicates (because I use A LOT of the colors), and also 8 discontinued
"premium" spools.

Yeah I KNOW some people may think/ask "why?" because there are times
when you need just that "right" color.

I try to buy 2-6 spools per month, if possible but most the time I buy the
Floriani thread when my store is having a buy 2, get 1 free, 50% off deal
and so on.

Hope you enjoy your Floriani thread.

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Originally Posted by quiltnut4ever (Post 5705897)

Quilty-Louise,
I went to my lqs on my birthday this week and bought 3 colors of Floriani thread. I must say they have beautiful colors! I got each spool for 30% off each which isn't bad at regular price of $4.19 each. I'm going to try them this weekend on my new embroidery machine, can't wait!

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Originally Posted by gail-r (Post 5705771)

Your not dumb!! I would be more than glad to help you with Embird. I have been using it since 1996. Let me know and I will PM my number. Hugs

You are awesome to offer to help. I went ahead with the 5D Pro. In fact, I got it for about $1000 off list price which astounded me. I was totally prepared to pay it when I went in. It seems that the company is coming out with a new pro software, and upgrade to the pro and have downpriced the current model. The lady who sold it to me also teaches the classes and she said the new upgrade doesn't have anything not in the current model. Am I happy or what! To top it off, I had a 20% coupon and she took that too. Believe me, it was a great day!!!
Jane

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Originally Posted by gail-r (Post 5705763)

Have you guys seen Susan Stewarts Radiance quilt? If not go to You Tube and check it out. The most beautiful embroidered quilt I've ever seen. Hugs

here is the link for S. Stewarts video....amazing, thanks for suggesting it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tkITW5PBXc

Has anyone had any experience with PowerPunch emb. Software for Macs? Looks like a nice way to store files for only $12.95

Craftiladi, that quilt is exquisite! Thank you for sharing!

Quilty Louise,
So glad to see you on here, missed ya! I haven't used my floriani thread yet and will today but like you once I love something I go out and buy the rest of the colors. I must say though that Floriani does have some beautiful hues and shades which I fell in love with. my lqs had 30% the price which I think is not bad and they did have large sets of threads one with 100 colors for $269 and one for 50 for $199. So like you I wait for the sales which is why I have so much Sulky, get those for 1/2 off at Joanns. Thanks for the info!

Tip for FSL bobbins

As some of you may know I LOVE making FSL,
and as you know when making FSL to get the
BEST look you should using the same thread in
the bobbin that you use for the "top".

But then that in itself posses an issue knowing
WHAT the color number is in the bobbin at a later
date so that you can make sure to use the same color
in the top for next time.

Well I FINALLY figured out a solution that I find works
GREAT (for me at least). I purchased (from WalMart)
"Avery Color Coding Labels" in both round 3/4" & 1/2"x3/4"
also got them in white. They are "removable" stickers so
hopefully they won't leave adhesive residue on the bobbins.

But at least NOW I can mark the bobbins and have an accurate
"knowledge" of what the color is (at least from this point on).
Still not sure what to do about the bobbins that are already full.

LOL

For those of you who are machine embroidery newbies FSL means
Free Standing Lace.

Here is a picture of the labels just in case anyone wants to
see what the packaging looks like.

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Help!! My sewing machine works. But when I try embroidery it will do a couple of letters, or go several inches, then stays in one spot! Any ideas?

Quilty-Louise,
don't see the picture :(

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Originally Posted by EllieGirl (Post 5708576)

Help!! My sewing machine works. But when I try embroidery it will do a couple of letters, or go several inches, then stays in one spot! Any ideas?

I have had this same problem with my Topaz 30. Of course it doesn't happen until I am well into an embroidery design. I thought it might be a software problem, but if I copy and paste a design, one will stitch out fine and one might stop in one spot. The only way I can get it to stop is to turn off my machine. Once I stop the machine, I can advance the thread to the spot it stopped and then continue on. I called a Viking dealer and was told to bring my machine in. At this time of year it is not an option. Would like to know also if others have had this problem.

It seems like I had that prblm before with my viking and there was a update to fix it, a while back.