About the Author

Founder and editor of Designs in Machine Embroidery magazine, Eileen Roche has been a frequent guest on PBS television shows, Sewing With Nancy(R), Martha's Sewing Room and others. Eileen has designed embroidery collections for Amazing Designs(TM) and Designs in Machine Embroidery and is the author of three previous Krause Publications books. Eileen has created numerous tools for the home embroiderer including the patented In The Hoop(TM) Angle Finder, the Magna-Quilter, a magnetic hooping device for stitching on multiple layers and has a patent-pending on the Stipple! technique.