Who’s ready for another episode of Coffee with Cookie?! Join us tomorrow, Wednesday the 17th of November, at 4:30 PM EST, as Cookie teaches us how to create a lovely changeable front pillow panel. She will continue this fun project in December for the Holiday’s too!

Cookie will cover making a changeable front pillow panel in time for Thanksgiving! This project is featuring a ready-made pillow for a stress-free project, highlighting our marking pen, fabric glue, amazing grippy rulers, seam ripper, applique scissors, rotary cutter & mat system, the Embellish Maker Software, buttonholes, and attaching buttons easily by machine. Plus, she will review how to embroider hard to hoop items as a bonus!

The steps that you will learn for this pillow panel can be used for any size pillow, and it is one of the most trendy items on the market!

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We will see you tomorrow on our Facebook Page for a LIVE tutorial with Cookie Gaynor!

Date: November 17th

Time: 4:30 PM EST

Link to view LIVE: https://www.facebook.com/RNKEmbellish

It’s another wonderful day for a Floriani State Flower! If you haven’t been following this series, head back over to our main blog page and checkout all of the free designs you can download! But for now, let’s get started creating the Mountain Laurel!

First things first, let’s download our printable instructions on how to create a rope trivet:

Next, let’s download today’s free design:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/11-12-21-CT.zip

If you just want to see our past designs and not the fun projects or facts that come with our blogs, click the link below:

https://rnk-floriani.com/across-america.php

Don’t forget to join our fun Facebook Group and share your creations:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/florianiembroidery/

Now that we are ready to create another beautiful state flower, who’s ready to learn some fun and interesting facts?!

Fun Facts About Connecticut:

1. The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.

2. In Hartford, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands!

3. Connecticut is home to the first hamburger (1895), Polaroid camera (1934), helicopter (1939), and color television (1948).

4. In 1937, Connecticut became the first state to issue permanent license plates for cars.

5. Some of the world’s most famous cloth is woven in the Stafford textile mills.

6. Connecticut State insect is the Praying Mantis.

7. In colonial New Haven cut pumpkins were used as guides for haircuts to ensure a round uniform style.

8. The first automobile law was passed by the state of CT in 1901. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per hour.

9. Connecticut is home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published: The Hartford Courant, established in 1764.

10. Cattle branding in the United States began in Connecticut when farmers were required by law to mark all of their pigs.

That’s all for this week! Join us next week for another release of our Sketching Across America, Floriani State Flower series! We hope you create beautiful projects with these designs, and cannot wait to see them in our Facebook Group! Until next time, Happy Sewing, and Happy Creating Everyone!

What a beautiful and cold day here in Tennessee to create another Floriani State Flower! Today, we are creating an Arm Caddy with our Rhode Island Blue Violet Design! Are you ready?! Let’s Create!

Download your printable instructions:

Download your Rhode Island state flower design in the link below:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/11-5-2021-RI.zip

Download all past designs in the link below or visit our blog page for designs and instructions:

https://rnk-floriani.com/across-america.php

www.createwithrnk.com/blog

Don’t forget to join our Facebook Group and share your creations:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/florianiembroidery/

Now that we are ready to create another beautiful state flower, who’s ready to learn some fun and interesting facts?!

Fun Facts About Rhode Island:

1. The only nuclear explosion to ever happen in the U.S. outside of a controlled environment happened in Wood River, R.I. in 1964.

2. Mr. Potato Head was named as the official “family-travel ambassador” of Rhode Island in 2000.

3. Newport is home to the country’s oldest continually used library, the Redwood Library.

4. If you’re neighbor gets caught having more than 11 permanent vehicles in front of their house, it’s a misdemeanor.

5. Originally rotated by huge draft horses, the watch hill, R.I. carousel, the flying horse carousel, is the oldest in the country, built in 1850.

6. The state’s full, unabbreviated name, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is the longest state name.

7. Though the sport never grew to huge popularity among Americans, the first American outdoor polo match was held in Rhode Island in 1876.

8. Brown University was named after Rhode Islander Nicholas Brown, one of the key leaders in ratifying the Constitution.

9. Over 400 Rhode Islands can fit inside of Alaska, and almost 4,000 can fit in America.

10. In 1774, Newport became home to the country’s first official circus performance.

We hope you love this design and creating another beautiful state flower! Did you love the fun facts about Rhode Island? It seems like a really fun state! Come back next Friday for another release, and if you’re new here – check out our blog for other free designs! Until next time, Happy Creating and Happy Sewing Everyone!

Today is a new segment of Clarrisa’s Corner! We are learning to make these quick and easy potholder’s that are perfect for the gift giving season! Follow along below!

Download your printable instructions:

Download your pattern below!

All Embroidery Designs:

Checkout a video software tutorial on our Floriani Embroidery Page! Plus, join us for the LIVE, today at 4:30 PM EDT, on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FlorianiEmbroidery

This week, on a new segment of Coffee with Cookie, we will learn how to create a cozy bowl! It is soup and football season, and there is no better way to eat your warm seasonal dishes than on the couch with your handmade cozy! Scroll below for your free instructions and a BONUS design!

Cozy Embroidery Files:

Template:

Directions:

BONUS SVG DESIGN BELOW:

Don’t forget to join us for the LIVE tutorial on our Embellish Embroidery Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/RNKEmbellish) tomorrow, at 4:30 PM EDT! Until next time, happy sewing and happy creating everyone!

Today’s a great day for a Floriani State Flower! This week we are celebrating the great state of Wyoming! You can download your free design, project instructions, and koozie pattern below!

Koozie Pattern:

Koozie Instructions:

Download your Wyoming state flower design in the link below:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/10-29-21-WY.zip

Download all past designs in the link below or visit our blog page for designs and instructions:

https://rnk-floriani.com/across-america.php

www.createwithrnk.com/blog

Don’t forget to join our Facebook Group and share your creations:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/florianiembroidery/

With our Floriani State Flower series “Sketching Across America” coming to a close at the end of December 2021, we want to know what you would like to see for our next series in 2022! Email us your ideas, and we will hit the drawing board!

Now, who’s ready for some fun facts about Wyoming?!

Fun Facts About Wyoming:

1. The JCPenney stores were started in Kemmerer.

2. The largest coal mine in the USA is Black Thunder located near Wright.

3. The Red Desert in south central Wyoming drains neither to the east nor to the west. The continental divide splits and goes around the desert on all sides leaving the basin without normal drainage.

4. The Horse on the Wyoming license plate has a name, “Old Steamboat”.

5. The state has 7 national parks and 12 state parks

6. Rodeo became the official state sport of Wyoming in 2003.

We hope you loved this design, project, and of course the fun facts! Come back next week for another new release! Until next time, Happy Sewing and Happy Creating!

We apologize for our normal Friday-release #florianistateflower, but we wanted to make this one extra special for you! This week, we are traveling to the beautiful state of Montana! Download your Bitterroot design and printable scarf instructions below!

Printable Instructions:

Download your Montana state flower design in the link below:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/10-22-21-MT.zip

Download all past designs in the link below or visit our blog page for designs and instructions:

https://rnk-floriani.com/across-america.php

www.createwithrnk.com/blog

Don’t forget to join our Facebook Group and share your creations:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/florianiembroidery/

We only have a few weeks left of our Floriani State Flowers for 2021! What do you want to see in 2022 for our freebies? Let us know! We have loved seeing your beautiful creations with the Nation’s State Flowers, and look forward to see what you will create with Montana’s Bitterroot! Now, who’s ready for some fun facts?!

Fun Facts About Montana:

1. Montana has the largest migratory elk herd in the nation.

2. Montana’s name comes from the Spanish word mountain.

3. The Going to the Sun Road in Glacier Park is considered one of the most scenic drives in America.

4. Montana is nicknamed the Treasure State.

5. The North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park, located at Gardiner, is the original entrance to the world’s first National Park when it opened.

6. Miles City is known as the Cowboy Capitol.

7. No state has as many different species of mammals as Montana.

8. There are more cattle in Montana than there are people.

9. It is the largest landlocked state in the US.

10. In Helena, Montana it is illegal to throw an item across a street.

That’s all for this week! We hope you love this gorgeous flower and continue creating with our weekly releases! Make sure to join our Facebook Group to share your creations with the link above, and ask your local Floriani dealer about Holiday specials as they are just around the corner! Until next time, Happy Sewing & Happy Creating Everyone!

Today is a new episode of Clarrisa’s Corner, and it’s a special one as we are celebrating our one year anniversary of Clarrisa’s Corner! The lesson, today, will be how to create a spooky and bright window hanger! Download your instructions below!

Printable Instructions:

Spooky and Bright Designs:

Don’t forget to join us today, at 4:30 PM EDT, for the LIVE tutorial by Clarrisa herself! Plus, you can enter our one year anniversary giveaway! Follow the link below to watch the live tutorial and to enter our content to win a FREE limited edition holiday 30 spool thread set!

https://www.facebook.com/FlorianiEmbroidery

Look for the following post to enter:

Tomorrow is a brand-new episode of Coffee with Cookie and she will be teaching us how to create a Fall Mug Rug! Download your template, and instructions below!

Embroidery Designs:

Instructions:

Template:

Join us tomorrow, October 20th, at 4:30 PM EDT on our Embellish Embroidery Facebook page or group to watch Cookie Gaynor LIVE as she teaching us how to create the Fall Mug Rug!

Embellish Embroidery Page: https://www.facebook.com/RNKEmbellish

It’s a beautiful day for another #floriani state flower! Today, we will be learning how to create DIY Candles, that are perfect for gift giving, decorating, or a fun project to create with friends!

First things first, let’s download our Yucca Candle Instructions below!

Download your New Mexico state flower design in the link below:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/10-15-21-NM.zip

Download all past designs in the link below or visit our blog page for designs and instructions:

https://rnk-floriani.com/across-america.php

www.createwithrnk.com/blog

Don’t forget to join our Facebook Group and share your creations:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/florianiembroidery/

Now it’s time to learn a few fun facts about the great state of New Mexico! You know that the state flower is the Yucca, but what else will we learn today?!

Fun Facts About New Mexico:

1. Even though Pluto is no longer a planet, its discoverer was New Mexican Clyde Tombaugh.

2. More chili peppers are farmed in New Mexico than all other states combined.

3. Albuquerque has more than 300 local hot air balloons, making it the hot air balloon capital of America with more than any other city.

4. At over 8,000 feet, the Capulin Volcano is so tall that five states can be seen from the top: New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

5. With more than 30 pounds of green chili, Gallup, N.M. holds the world record for the world’s largest Navajo taco.

6. The first atomic bomb ever detonated was set off near Alamogordo in 1945. The site is now known as the Trinity Site.

7. More uranium was produced in Grants, N.M. than anywhere else in America during the wars of 20th century, leading it to be dubbed the “uranium capital of the world.”

8. The Sandia Peak Tramway is the longest working aerial tramway in North America. It is 2.7 miles long.

9. The World Shovel Race Championship is held every year in Angel Fire, N.M.

10. Carlsbad Caverns are truly massive, with one chamber alone stretching over 3,000 feet with a height at some places of 22 stories.

That’s all for this week from our team at Floriani Embroidery! We hope you love this state flower download, DIY candle project, and that you are looking forward to next week’s new release! Until next time, happy creating and happy sewing everyone!