three years ago I found out that my son and his fiance had set the date for their wedding, 6th October 2018.....and I was asked to make the bridesmaids dresses .... I said yes...maybe too eagerly  as it was before I knew what she wanted  ! ! ! !....then I got sent a photo ...and that was the brief....oh and she wanted tulle layers ....that had to be just peeping out under the hem of the dress....and she wanted piping to match the lining fabric, around the shape of the heart, the neck and the sleeves.....

So I set about doing some research online, about how to do hear shape cutouts on dresses....found a fab tutorial online from this blogger, for a similar thing and went from there.... .

I didnt realise what the @ was either, however I have received emails notifying me, Id been mentioned in posts and simply clicked on the link, thinking it was automatic reponse as Id posted in that thread...now I know what it really is, it does kinda fill me with a little glow of niceness and happiness to think someone has specifically thought of me...will use this myself too, now I know what it is....

Thanks for the tips HM....now, if I can get my son out of the chair long enough to do something with it....I may have a go....

I'm not on facebook, but might consider joining up and getting to grips with it......

Your first post in this thread sounds very similar to my sewing style too.... nice to know I'm not the only one with quilting catastrophies....

Once again thank you NT, I've spoken to the man again this morning and he's got the machine in his shop now, he's due to give it a service this afternoon, so I'm going to view it tomorrow...he's offered me a one to one, half day training, as he did say if I'm not used to these type of machines I'll need it, just so I can get to grips with it if I decide to have it... and he's told me its four years old..... I'm actually thinking it may be too advanced for me, especially as it's my first proper 'embroidery' machine.... How user friendly are they...?

I can only agree with Fran and Bloobell, having only ever made my own curtains, including swags and tails for rooms with  nine foot high ceilings...your body.... and soul takes a beating... ... I much prefer to make roman blinds these days, hand sewing them takes time, but they're not as heavy...

16 million stitches...Okay.... well now I know they're meant to do the job they are built for.... and I'm not so inclined to be so doubtful, if the machine he has, has a similar amount on it....I'm going to give him a ring and ask if hes got it in his shop yet, so I can look at it....I'm feeling a lot more positive about it too .