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Here's our today's designers and links to get the free patterns. Be sure to leave a kind word and enter all of the giveaways!
Also, our sponsors for today's giveaways. Please be sure to visit their websites as well and give your support for their generosity for this fun event!
I hope that all of you are enjoying this event and have lots of fun stitching up some of these great patterns!
loreen
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Here we go again!! More great designers; more great free patterns to download and plenty of giveaways to enter!! Let's get down to business!! Here are today's designers.
Songbird Designs/Brenda’s Blog
Isn't it just amazing how many different "Happy Places" there are!! Be sure to visit each designer and please leave a comment to let the designers know how much you appreciate their hard work and willingness to let all of us download their patterns for free and, most of all, have fun!!
Here are today's list of companies who have contributed some of their products for the giveaways. Be sure to visit their sites as well!!
Have fun!!
loreen
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It's Thursday and time for another round of the 2018 My Happy Place Row Along. One of today's designers is Marian from Seams to be Sew! She is the person who works so hard every year to bring this event to you. She works with all of the designers and had to keep us all on track and that's a big job! Marian also works with lots of companies to bring you the best giveaways possible and there sure are a lot of them!!
So here are today's designers. Be sure to leave a nice comment as you visit each designer! Click on each designer's name to follow the link for a free pattern and great giveaways!
Adventurous Applique and Quilting
Today’s Sponsors Are:
Have a great time!
loreen
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Here we are at Day Five of our 2018 My Happy Place Row Along series. Are you enjoying all of the different patterns you are downloading? Here are today's designers' links! Be sure to click on the designer's name to visit, download the free pattern and enter in the free give aways!!
Sponsors For Today Are
I hope all of you are having fun with our 2018 My Happy Place Row Along and be sure to stop back on Thursday for a new group of designers and patterns.
loreen
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It's day four already of our My Happy Place Row Along. That's lots of free patterns that you have already been able to download. Plus, all the giveaways!! WOW! Have you been having a grand time visiting all of the designer's sites and reading their stories? How often do you get to visit so many designers' sites and read their stories!
Here are today's designers and links to their sites.
Be sure to click on each Designer's name for the link to their site, download the free pattern while it is available and be sure to enter all of the giveaways.
Also, be sure to visit the host of this event, Seams To Be Sew. Marian has worked hard to put this together, work with all of the companies that have so graciously given some of their products for the giveaways. Thanks Marian!!
Have fun!
loreen
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How are you doing visiting all of the sites and collecting free patterns? Have you entered for the free drawings? Hope you are having a great time following along with the 2018 Row Along. Here's today's new designers and patterns!
All the way from Poland!!!
Be sure to visit each of the designers, learn their inspirational stories and download each free pattern to add to your pattern library.
Today’s sponsors for the giveaways are:
June Tailor
Barbara Dieges
Hobbs Batting
Anita Goodesign
Inspired LED
Electric Quilt
Kindly show your support by visiting the vendor's sites. They have graciously donated prizes for this event.
Thanks for taking part in our annual Row Along and I hope you are enjoying yourselves!
loreen
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It's a new day for meeting designers and getting more free patterns for the 2018 My Happy Place Row Along!! Did you visit everyone on Tuesday? I hope you did. There are so many talented designers and fun and creative patterns to see.
So let's get started!! Be sure to click on the name above each picture to go to the links to download the free pattern AND to enter all of the great giveaways!!
Here's the list of today's give away sponsors!! Be sure to visit the sponsors' site to learn more about these wonderful companies!
Sponsors Featured Today are
Hobbs Batting
Aurifil
BlockLoc Rulers
Sulky USA
So that should be enough to keep you busy until I post next Tuesday's list of designers!! Hope you are having a great time and please take the time to leave a comment on each of the designer's pages so they know how much you appreciate all of their hard work!!
Have a great time!!
loreen
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Today we start our 2018 Row Along. The theme is "My Happy Place". Each Tuesday and Thursday from now through October 9th, I will post the designers and links to their sites so you can download the free patterns offered on those days. Remember, you will end up with 47 free patterns!! Be sure to visit each designer's blog/site so you can read about the inspiration around their pattern design. Don't forget to enter for the free giveaways each Tuesday and Thursday on each designer's site!! How fun is that!
Ready to get started? Here's the first four designers' pattern and a link to their blog/site. Just click on the designer's name!
Cheryl LaPlante
Chery's pattern is shown on Seams to Be Sew website. Be sure to read down through Marian's blog and you will find Cheryl's pattern to download.
If you have any questions about how this event works, please click HERE and it will take you to the Seams To Be Sew's page that explains all the rules, etc.
Roll up your sleeves, make a folder on your computer to hold all the free patterns and have lots and lots of fun. Be sure to enter for the giveaways and I hope all of you win something cool!!
We'll meet back here again on Thursday for a new list of designers!
loreen
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The annual Row Along starts September 4th!! Are you ready? This year's theme is "My Happy Place". We have 47 bloggers who have designed some beautiful Rows for you to download and stitch. Remember, all of the patterns are free when you visit each blogger on that blogger's day. Lots of giveaways, too!
Here's a list of our Sponsors who have donated lots and lots of great prizes. Be sure to check out these sponsors' websites now and during the 2018 Row Along.
Northcott Fabrics
The Fat Quarter Shop
Barbara Dieges
Kimberbell Designs
Hoffman Fabrics
Anita Goodesign
Michael Miller Fabrics
Masterpiece Quilting
C&T Publishing
June Tailor
InspiredLED
Hobbs Batting
Aurifil
Electric Quilt
Sulky Intl
BlocLoc Rulers
Moda Fabrics
Ottlite
Martelli Notions
Head over to Seams to Be Sew who is putting this event together. Marian will have information about who the sponsors are and what the prizes will be. She'll also tell you how this event works. Be sure to read Marian's blog from August 1st to get you great information including a list of all 47 Bloggers/Designers! Just click HERE!!
Mark your calendar for Sept 4th, head over to Marian's blog for all the info and have a grand time!!
I'll be posting on each Blogger's reveal day with the links for each of the blogger's site so you can head over, download the free pattern and enter to win some great prizes!!
Have fun,
loreen
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Wow! Didn't the summer go fast! It did for me! With back to school time, I needed to make some labels for Caspian's book bag, lunch box, etc. I was also looking for a way to print on ribbon for my business. I wanted to print my business name on satin ribbon to add as a tie or some sort of decoration to add to my customers' orders. Fortunately, while browsing around the internet for something else, I came across the Brother PTouch Embellish tape and ribbon maker. Yippee! Two birds with one stone. I don't get that lucky usually. I ordered one and patiently waited for its arrival.
Here it is! It is really easy to use and lots of fun. I was surprised at how light weight it is and how quiet it is when it prints. I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting for noise!! When I purchased the PTouch, I got some extra ribbons for it at the same time. It came with the chevron label tape and one of the ribbon tapes.
It comes with a good instruction manual though it is printed on a big sheet that you have to spread out to see it all. It shows all of the choices of fonts, frames, pictures, etc.
It did not come with an outlet plug. It runs off 6 "AAA" batteries and it has a place to insert an outlet plug. Looks like a standard outlet so I think I already have one that will work. I don't know yet how long the batteries will last but I think it you don't use it often, you may want to take the batteries out and just keep them with the machine and tape/ribbon cartridges.
The cartridges are super easy to take in and out. There is only one way they go in. If you remember that the little picture of the tape color and type shows through the window on the PTouch back, you will always have the cartridge in correctly.
The ribbon needs to be longer when inserting into the PTouch and the instructions do give you specific instructions for cutting the ribbon after it is printed on. It's pretty simple. Instead of using the build in cutter, you will follow the instructions and then cut with scissors so you always have a longer end for the next time you insert the cartridge.
Here's a few of the labels I ran off right away. You have choices in fonts and font sizes. I didn't get into trying the sizes because I really had other projects I have to get at!! Notice the different frames around the words? There's a bunch of those to pick from as well. Then you get to pick what little pictures you want to add on. The options are endless and I really wanted to keep playing and making labels and ribbons. I read where you can print some words then tell the machine to dispense whatever length of ribbon you want plain and finish with printing at the other end. I really want to try that out so that when I tie a bow, there will be words on each tail of the bow. Sounds like fun!
All in all, it's a great label maker and I am going to enjoy using it and finding new uses for labels and printed ribbon! I'll be sure to post pictures when I do and any instructions needed.
I did a couple of videos on my youtube channel so you can watch some label making and see how easy it is! Here's a little video I made when I opened the box.
It's just a short one. At the end of the video, there is a link to click to watch while I make some labels and ribbons.
Back to the project I really need to get working on!!
Have fun,
loreen
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