What is the one thing you would want on a deserted island?
Ask ten people that question and you will get ten answers.
"Desert Island" Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
Honestly, how can you ever answer that question. Just thinking about it can boggle your mind.
Well, in my fantasy world, my deserted island has running water, electricity, and of course, an embroidery machine under a palm tree. (Did you see it all in the photo?) What more could I ask for? Unlimited blanks and designs!
Embroidery Library, Inc. would be one design supplier that would be able to keep me happy on my deserted island. With over 100,000 quality embroidery designs, how could I ever run out? Can you imagine how many designs that is! In a hundred year period, I would have to embroider over 2 designs a day just to use them all. Now granted, not all of those are unique designs. Some are just size differences, but even if you take that margin off, it still leaves you with a lot of designs.
These designs seem to fill most of my needs when I am thinking of a project. They seem to have every style imaginable: filled, watercolor, red work, black work, sashiko, trapunto, embossed, free-standing lace, applique, in-the-hoop, etc. Personally, I cannot think of a category in which they do not have an embroidery design.
While their designs are of the highest quality and they offer so many, you would think that would be the end of it. However, they far exceed our expectations as they are also an educational website. Do you need to know how to embroider on velvet, paper, or that ever so popular toilet paper? They have it all explained in their “Projects” section.
The “Projects” section has a wealth of information. Think of a project and it is there with a complete description of how to complete the project with the appropriate types of fabric that work well with the specific designs, the best stabilizer, threads and needles.
The “Fabric 101” section is my favorite. I have never needed to buy expensive embroidery books or take classes because this website was right at my fingertips. It is books and classes on machine embroidery all wrapped up in one nice spot.
As to be expected of their professionalism, they have a weekly newsletter that highlights their latest additions to the library and includes the wonderful weekly sales.
The best part is that every month they offer free designs, which is from their normal library of designs. They are not simple or watered-down designs, but actual designs that are normally for sale.
Now the question almost as hard as the deserted island question, “What is your favorite design from Embroidery Library, Inc.?”