Jen's Embroidery Designs

I love having multiple machines at the ready, set up for different tasks. But I can't stand how crowded my loft has become, so I'm reluctantly rotating a few more machines out of service and moving out some cabinets to make the room less cluttered and more user-friendly. A couple of the choices are obvious, but I find myself agonizing over the decision about which machines to take down.
I have made some minor changes to the site last week -- I moved my machine feature to its own page, along with my offer to trade embroidery designs for a couple of items I've been looking for as gifts for family.
DH and I have received the first dose of Astrazeneca vaccine, but we are still masking and social distancing since apparently you can still carry the virus, and even if you're not sick yourself, you can transmit the disease to others. Our area isn't under lockdown, but we do have restrictions in place, so for now we are mostly staying home.
Yesterday, my dad's birthday, has brought fond memories of him. He would have been 101. Sadly, we lost him almost 23 years ago, which hardly seems possible. We all miss him still. RIP, Dad.
With the weather so nice, I did have a brief outside visit with my friend this past week, and I took some of the things I've been making. She was as intrigued as I am by the little slider boxes that were last week's project. I guess everyone loves those.
And what gorgeous weather we've been having!! However, the water level in the river is very low, and we are going to need a good soaking rain soon. Let's hope we get some.
It's a long time since I indulged in complaints about my hatred of Windows 10, but believe me, it's still with me. It hates my non-Microsoft programs, including my embroidery software, and it *really* hates all the peripherals I have attached for backing up my designs (I'm paranoid in that regard). It's lately been playing tricks by intermittently refusing to recognize drives that it accessed only a few minutes before. Have I mentioned how much I pine for XP??
I haven't been purchasing many machines recently, but I always look at anything the thrift stores have on offer. I was dismayed to see two Elna supermatics in the local VV this week. Both appeared to have been more or less stripped for parts. They were without their power cords and had no attachments or cams, which those machines need to form stitches. One of them didn't even have its knee control, needle clamp, or the finger screw for attaching a presser foot. Nevertheless, they were priced at $40 and $30 respectively. I hope nobody got suckered into paying those prices. There was also a lovely heavy Japanese machine from the 1960s which looked to be in decent shape, though it was dirty and the cabinet was pretty battered. They had it priced at $60, which is a bit too much, but even so it was a better deal than the Elnas.
I sometimes get queries about a newsletter, and though I don't send one out by e-mail, I do make an extensive update with not only a collection of new designs but also news and posts about machines and projects. I only hope somebody out there is enjoying them! LOL.
One of my big frustrations with Yola is that what appears on the editing screen isn't always what shows up on the published version. The program sometimes moves text and images around or deletes the spaces between words. It also loses images from the pages, which adds a whole bunch of work when I have to figure out what's been deleted. It's all very frustrating, to say the least!

I've lately been alternating between Hightail and WeTransfer, both of which are utilities for sending large files. If you order designs you'll receive my e-mail via one of these services.
If you have ordered some designs and have not had a response me within 24 hours, it means there's a glitch somewhere, so please please LET ME KNOW! If I don't hear from you I won't know that my message didn't make it through, so please just send a quick e-mail to say you didn't get the designs, and I will make it right or issue a refund.
For some reason, my Yahoo account doesn't seem able to send messages to AOL accounts, and a few other non-standard addresses, although I am able to *receive* messages from those accounts. However, messages sent via Hightail can get through when my Yahoo ones don't, so if you have ordered, please watch for a message from me coming via my Hightail account. If more than a day goes by and you do not have any response from me, and there's nothing in your spam folder, please do send me a note to let me know your designs haven't arrived. I'll do my best to get the designs to you, but if I can't get them through, I will refund your payment.
Iif you happen to notice any missing images on the site, I'd love to hear about them, as Yola occasionally deletes them for some reason. Just let me know which pages seem to be missing images and I'll make the repairs.
If you've ever wondered what size of design you should purchase for your project, you might want to check out this discussion of how to make a paper template to try a design against your work, even if you don't yet own the design.
If you're confused about the ordering process and would like more information, there are instructions here; if you're curious about why it's set up the way it is, you can read a bit of the history at length here.
When sending me your list of designs, please be sure to state the name of the design you want exactly as it appears on the site, in order to avoid confusion when I'm filling your order. Because these are electronic products, I won't be able to replace a design if I send the wrong one because the name was incorrectly stated!
Very rarely, Paypal fails to send me confirmation of an order, and if that happens I may not realize that something is amiss. If you place an order and don't hear anything from me within a few hours, please do let me know and I'll make it right.
I have updated the instructions for turning just about any embroidery design into an ornament, either felt-backed or embroidered on both sides. Find these new instructions here.

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