It is time to create your medieval or war reenactment cosplay for all the festivals, so let’s create a functional pocket to carry your accessories in style! Follow along below!

Susan has created a beautiful pocket design for French and Indian War reenactment. She used Floriani Thread, Floriani Dream Weave Ultra, Floriani Perfect Stick, and Water Soluble Topping. Here’s a little note with History about this beautiful reenactment costume from Susan, herself:

“It was the 18th Century. It was the French and Cherokee vs. the British. The thistle was a symbol of the British King, King George III. The hat is called a tricorne and under it is a mop cap. After a certain age males and females did not go

into public without having a head covering.

The “shirt” is also sleepwear and the undergarment. It is referred to as a chemise or a shift. Aprons and knives were worn for utilitarian purposes while working in the kitchen. I had always heard around the fort that in the colonies, women wore pockets on the outside of their skirts with ornate embroidery to show eligible suiters that they had a profitable skill they could bring to the marriage. This would seem attractive to men. After the woman is married she then wears her pockets on the inside of her skirt to show that she is taken. There were slits on each side of her skirt allowing access to the pockets.”

Follow the Facebook link to see where Susan will debut her new pockets: https://fb.me/e/VkEvwX1t

Isn’t it fun to learn the History and inspiration that goes into each and every cosplay costume? We would love to see your creations through our Facebook Group, or you can apply to become an ambassador that creates content for our blog and social media platforms with the link below!

https://www.createwithrnk.com/ambassador-program

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

You can view the final stitch-out video, of the pocket, from Susan below!

We are heading into the season of Fall, and what’s better than visiting one of the most gorgeous places to see colorful leaves and flowers in the great state of Vermont?

The beautiful state flower of Vermont, is the Red Clover! This flower is commonly grown for feeding livestock on a farm as it is not native to the US!

First off, let’s get our instructions to create a fun gift card wallet:

Download your Red Clover Vermont state flower design in the link below:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/9-10-21-VT.zip

Download all past designs in the link below:

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

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 things about the beautiful state of Vermont! Who’s ready?!

Fun Facts about Vermont:

1. Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream company gives their ice cream waste to the local Vermont farmers who use it to feed their hogs. The hogs seem to like all of the flavors except Mint Oreo.

2. Ben & Jerry’s employees get three free pints of their beloved ice cream per day, every single day.

3. Montpelier, Is the largest producer of maple syrup in the U.S.

4. Rudyard Kipling invented the game of snow golf in Vermont by painting his golf balls red so that they were easier to find in the snow

5. In case you’re wondering, it is illegal to whistle underwater in Vermont.

6. Vermont legends claim to have their own Loch Ness monster.

7. Montpelier is the only capital in the United States that doesn’t have a McDonald’s restaurant.

8. In order to protect the dairy industry and discourage the use of margarine, it is considered illegal to use colored margarine in restaurants in Vermont unless the menu specially states that it is colored, in a font that is at least two inches high

9. If you’re happy and you know it, you must live in Vermont. The state consistently ranks in the top states for health, happiness and intelligence.

10. VT is the second smallest state in population.

We hope you love this new project and beautiful state flower! We can’t wait to see what you will continue to create with our Floriani Embroidery State Flower Designs, as we continue Sketching Across America! Until next time, Happy Sewing and Happy Creating Everyone!

Today is the day! An ew episode of Clarrisa’s Corner, where she will be teaching us how to create a beautiful Fall table runner. Are you ready to create with Clarrisa?

First things first, let’s download our printable instructions:

Here are the lovely designs that Clarrisa has prepared for you:

Of course, this project is special and has two design files for you!

Now, let’s watch a quick software tutorial from Clarrisa before her live today at 4:30 PM EDT on our Floriani Embroidery Page! https://www.facebook.com/FlorianiEmbroidery

Sorry for the delay everyone. We had to make sure this state flower was perfect for today’s release! Today we are celebrating South Carolina! Let’s learn about this beautiful Southern state, and create the Jessamine!

Download your FREE project instructions and design in the files and links below:

Download the SC Jessamine Design Here:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/9-3-21-SC.zip

Download all past designs in the link below:

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

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

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

Now it’s time for the uniquely interesting part of our state flower blogs… FUN FACTS!

Fun Facts About South Carolina:

1. South Carolina produces more peaches than anywhere in the country, except California. Take that, Georgia.

2. South Carolina is the birthplace of barbecue.

3. Frogmore stew is a traditional South Carolinian dish that is not actually a stew, and doesn’t actually use frogs.

4. There are no major professional sports teams in South Carolina. That’s right, no NFL, NHL, NBA, MLS, or MLB.

5. It’s illegal to fish with a yo-yo or dynamite in the fine state of South Carolina.

6. There’s a UFO Welcome Center in Bowman. It was built by a local man, Jody Pendarvis, to welcome aliens whenever they finally decide to land.

7. It is against the law to buy or sell an electric eel in South Carolina.

8. Myrtle Beach is the Golf Capital of the world, and South Carolina has more than 300 public and private golf courses in total.

9. Sumter has the largest Gingko farm in the world.

10. South Carolina owns and operates its own school bus fleet, and is the only state in the nation to do so.

We hope you had fun learning fun facts about South Carolina, and we can’t wait to see your beautiful projects with the Jessamine! Remember to post your progress on your quilts, or new creatives in our Facebook group! You could be featured on our Floriani Embroidery page! Until next time, happy sewing and happy creating!

It’s time for another beautiful state flower, and today, we are celebrating the great state of Kansas with a fun project to renovate your everyday shoes! Follow along below!

First things first, let’s download your project instructions!

These embroidered sneakers are a fun way to show off your style and unique taste, making them perfect for everyday wear! Use this idea to spice up your senior year photoshoot, cheerleading tennis shoes, gardening sneakers, or boost your grandkids or children’s confidence by adding a little pizzazz to their shoes for the first day of school!

If you embroider your shoes, snap a quick video or picture to send it to us! We would love to feature you on our Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, or TikTok!

Download the Kansas Sunflower Design Here:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/8-27-21-KS.zip

Download all past designs in the link below:

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

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

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

Now, let’s learn some fun facts about the Sunflower state, Kansas!

Fun Facts About Kansas:

1. Kansas is really is flatter than a pancake. Scientists proved it when they compared the topography of Kansas against that of a pancake from IHOP.

2. In Derby County, Kansas, a law is in place that makes it illegal for any person to hit or punch a vending machine when it has stolen a person’s money.

3. In Kansas, it is illegal to hunt whales, even though it is located in the middle of the country with no coastline in sight.

4. The tallest waterslide in the world is at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas city, Kan. It is taller than Niagara Falls.

5. Second only to Texas, there have been more meteorites found in Kansas than in any other state west of the Mississippi River.

6. Kansas in one of the two sources of helium in the U.S.

7. The first national hamburger chain started in Kansas when Walter Anderson opened the first White Castle hamburger restaurant in Wichita in 1921.

8. The largest ball of twine is in Cawker City and it measures over 38 feet in circumference and weighs more than 16,750 pounds.

9. In Topeka it is illegal to sing the alphabet on the streets at night.

10. Opened in 1857, Hays House, in Council Grove, is the oldest continuously operating restaurant west of the Mississippi River.

That’s all for this week! We hope to see your beautiful creations throughout the week on our Facebook group, using our Floriani State Flowers! Until next time, Happy Creating and Happy Sewing Everyone! Thank you for supporting our Floriani Sketching Across America State Flower Series! We appreciate everyone so much!

Did you miss Trevor Conquergood’s lesson on embroidering on paper?

Trevor Conquergood, the software manager here at RNK Distributing, went live on our Floriani Embroidery Facebook Page to teach everyone how to embroider on paper. After he had finished his wonderful lesson, which you can view here https://www.facebook.com/FlorianiEmbroidery/videos/349326183477936, he decided to give a FREE design away to everyone who loves embroidery!

Download your free postcard design in the file below!

Remember to join us next week for two new episode of Coffee with Cookie, on our Embellish Embroidery Facebook Page, and Clarrisa’s Corner on our Floriani Embroidery page!

If you want even more ways to learn and create, check out our current list of virtual events at: https://rnkdistributing.com/rnk-events.php

Until next time, happy creating and happy sewing everyone!

How is it already time to prepare for Halloween?! This year has flown by, and now we are ready for you to start preparing your amazing costume for this season of fun!

First things first, download your FREE design and project instructions in the file below:

One quick thing to note about the FREE design for this fun, Halloween Witch Hat:

This design is in the Floriani Software Native format (WAF). If you do not own Floriani Total Control U, you can download for FREE, the Floriani Creative Express software and convert the design to the format for your machine. There is a flyer in the zipped folder above that will walk you through how to download the software!

We also wanted you to know that the thread set that you see pictured is a special Holiday set that you can purchase from your local dealer! Incase you need the item number, it is F-HOLIDAY20!

Now stay tune and see more Holiday blogs on their way with fun designs and projects! We hope you love this project! Make sure you share your finished witch hat on our Floriani Embroidery Facebook Group! Follow the link below to join the group! Happy Sewing and Happy Creating Everyone!

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

COMING SOON…

How is it possible that this is our 33rd Floriani Sketching Across America, State Flower Design?! This week is the Rosa Oklahoma! We are {sew} excited to share fun facts, see your projects, and create together!

Embroidered Pillow Case Instructions:

Download Oklahoma’s State Flower:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/8-13-21-OK.zip

Download all past designs in the link below:

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

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

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

Now it’s time for fun facts about Oklahoma!

Fun Facts:

1. Clinton Riggs designed the YIELD sign. It was first used on a trial basis in Tulsa.

2. Oklahoma is one of only two states whose capital cities name includes the state name. The other is Indianapolis, Indiana.

3. Oklahoma was the setting for the movie “Twister”.

4. State Motto: Labor Omnia Vincit {Labor Conquers All Things}

5. Bob Dunn a musician from Beggs invented the first electric guitar 1935.

6. In Gurhrie nearly 20,000 lighters and “fire starters” are displayed at the National Lighter Museum. The nation’s only museum devoted to the collection of lighters.

7. The National Cowboy Hall of Fame is located in Oklahoma City.

8. A statue entitled “Hopes and Dreams,” in downtown Perry was created by local sculptor Bill Bennett and placed there on a massive granite pedestal as a Cherokee Strip Centennial memorial. The statue portrays an early-day couple coming to the newly opened western frontier.

9. The Amateur Softball Association of America – a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, OK – was founded in 1933 and has evolved into the strongest softball organization in the country.

10. Oklahoma’s capitol building was the only capitol building without a proper dome in the US. It finally received a proper dome in 2002, 85 years after the capitol was originally constructed.

We hope that you enjoy this week’s design and project! Stay tune for a special design release later today from Trevor Conquergood! Until next time, Happy Creating and Happy Sewing!

Join us tomorrow at 4:30 PM EDT for a new episode of Clarrisa’s Corner! Clarrisa will go LIVE on our Floriani Embroidery Facebook Page! Follow the blog below for a special message, project instructions, and more information!

Download your FREE project instructions in the file below:

Remember, Clarrisa will go live on the following page: https://www.facebook.com/FlorianiEmbroidery. If you can’t make the live, click the link to view past videos and see all the episodes of Clarrisa’s Corner!

We can’t wait to learn and create with you, tomorrow at 4:30 PM EDT, on Clarrisa’s Corner!

It’s time for another episode of Coffee with Cookie! This week, Cookie will be teaching us how to create felt coasters for any easy DIY project! She will also be teaching us how to alter these designs using our Embellish Software!

Download your FREE designs and project instructions below:

Mark your calendars and set your reminders for Tomorrow, August 11th, at 4:30 PM EDT on our Embellish Embroidery Facebook Page! https://www.facebook.com/RNKEmbellish