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

It’s a great Friday for another #florianistateflower! This week we are heading over to South Dakota to see the beautiful Pasque Flower! Our project is a fun, DIY, Wine Bag! Let’s jump in and create together!

Wine Bag Project Instructions Below:

This week’s flower design can be found in the following link:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/8-6-21-SD.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, who’s ready for some fun facts?! Let’s get ready to learn!

Fun Facts About South Dakota:

1. South Dakota has more shoreline than Florida.

2. The Crazy Horse Mountain Carving will be the largest sculpture in the world if it is ever completed. It has been under construction since 1948.

3. Clark, SD is home to the famous mashed potato wrestling competition.

4. It is illegal to fall asleep in a cheese factory.

5. The Corn Palace is made up of 3500 bushels of corn and is located in Mitchell, SD.

6. One of largest and most complete skeletons of a Tyrannosaurus Rex on Earth was excavated near Faith, SD.

7. It is illegal for casinos to have a sign that says “casino”.

8. Shooting animals from an airplane is a crime in SD.

9. SD has one of the largest American Indian populations with 9 tribes and around 60,000 people currently living there.

10. Jewel Cave is the third-longest cave in the world with more than 120 miles of passages having been surveyed.

We hope you have learned lots of fun things about South Dakota and that you are ready to sew a wine bag! We hope you have an amazing weekend, you craft and create, and make lots of memories! Until next week, Happy Creating and Happy Sewing Everyone!

It’s been an amazing week, here at Floriani, and we have worked hard to bring you a new project and another beautiful #stateflower design! Are you ready?!

This week, we are celebrating the great state of Nevada and the Big Sagebrush! Let’s jump into what our project will be for this week – a thread catcher with a pin cushion! Download your instructions in the PDF below!

Download this week’s design in the link below:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/7-30-21-NV.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/

Our contest ends this Sunday!!

https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/sketching-across-america-giveaway

Now, who’s ready for some fun facts?! Let’s get ready to learn!

FUN FACTS ABOUT NEVADA:

1. 15 of the top 25 largest hotels in the world are in Las Vegas. Plus they have more hotels rooms in Vegas than any other city on Earth!

2. Nevada has more mountain ranges than any other state.

3. Nicknamed “The Silver State”, Nevada is actually the number one gold producing state in America and fourth in the world.

4. Most of the wild horse population of the United States is in the Nevada state.

5. Goldfield used to be the biggest city in Nevada, but now it’s the second smallest county seat in the whole of the U.S.

6. There are 100 miles of underground tunnels on the Comstock mining area in Nevada.

7. In 1910, Nevada was the only state in the U.S. that allowed boxing matches.

8. The hard hats that we see construction workers wearing today were invented in 1933 for the workers on Hoover Dam.

9. Virginia City is supposedly the most haunted town in North America.

10. There is only seven inches of rain on average each year in Nevada.

We hope you have enjoyed learning about Nevada, and love stitching out the Big Sagebrush! Don’t forget to post pictures of your #stateflower projects in our Facebook Group (linked above)! Until next week, Happy Sewing & Happy Creating!

Today is Coffee with Cookie! She will be teaching us how to create the highly requested tool apron! This is the perfect project to stay organized, and continue creating your beautiful projects!

SVG Download: https://static.wixstatic.com/shapes/5edfbf_74aa0b7f02cb417cb398bd14577b55f8.svg

Download your FREE instructions PDF and SVG Design in the link above! We can’t wait to see you today, at 4:30 PM EDT on our Embellish Embroidery Page for this fun DIY tutorial! Follow the link below to access our Embellish Embroidery Page!

https://www.facebook.com/RNKEmbellish

It’s time for another amazing episode of Clarrisa’s Corner tomorrow at 4:30 PM EDT on our Floriani Embroidery Facebook LIVE!

Clarrisa will show you how to digitize and stitch this beautiful design! Download your designs in the folder above! Mark your calendars and set a reminder for Clarrisa’s Corner, tomorrow at 4:30 PM EDT!

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/FlorianiEmbroidery

It’s another great week for a #florianistateflower and this week is the Sego Lily from Utah!

Every week of 2021 we have given you a state flower design and project! Which one has been your favorite? Is there a project you want to see next? Let us know!

This week our project is a special and beautiful idea! A walker caddy bag! Download your project instructions in the link below:

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

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

And of course our contest is not over yet!

https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/sketching-across-america-giveaway

Now, download this week’s Sego Lily design in the link below:

https://rnk-floriani.com/friday-designs/7-23-21-UT.zip

Who’s ready for some fun facts about Utah?! We all know how beautiful it is whether we have traveled there, or seen the gorgeous pictures! But, do we know these facts?

Fun Facts About Utah:

1. There is a town in the center of Utah called levan. It is navel spelled backwards, and is called that for being the “belly button” of the state.

2. Salt Lake City is home to the leading national rubber duck manufacturer.

3. Utah had the nation’s first department store, Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution.

4. Rainbow Bridge is a natural sculptured carved of sandstone and it is the largest natural-rock span. It stands at 278 ft wide and 309 ft high.

5. Utah’s Little Hollywood, the town of Kanab, hosts a large number of motion pictures filmed in that area every year.

6. Utah has the highest literacy in the nation.

7. Utah is the only state who’s capital is three words, and it used to be more! (Salt Lake City)

8. Most of the mountain, river, city, and park names in Utah came from Native American tribes.

9. In the mountains, the average snowfall is 500 inches

10. The Mormon temple in Salt Lake City took more than 40 years to complete.

We hope you loved these fun facts, project, and free design! We can’t wait to see what state will be released next week! Until then, Happy Sewing and Happy Creating!

Is it crazy that it’s already time to have our Back to School Projects blog?! Where did Summer go? Well, good thing we have lots of inspiration for you and your sweet kiddos as they head off into the months of August and September for school!

The Chalkboard:

When your kiddos first day of school rolls around, you know what to do! Take that photo they dread showing what year, who’s their teacher, how old they are, favorite color..etc!

The best way to do that? Create your own chalkboard and customize it to your child or grandchild! It will be even more special for the pictures, and it’s a one-of-a-kind!

Download your project instructions with the link below: https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/love-chalkboard

Multipurpose Little Bag

This is a necessity! The Multipurpose Little Bag is perfect for carrying your Chapstick, phone, germ-x, and everything you have to have on a school day!

Follow the link below to see how our wonderful Floriani Educator, Debbie Homer, create this project and see the instructions to create your own!

https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/multi-purpose-little-bag

Notepad Holder:

Up next, we have a great way to get organized! Grab your favorite notepad to create a notepad holder! Accessorize with pens, sticky notes, and make it yours with your choice of fabrics! Download your project instructions with the link below: https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/notepad-holder

Insulated Lunch Bag:

Now, it’s time to get ready for school lunch! This is a fun project, where you learn to create an insulated lunch bag! Customize it with your initials, embroider your schools mascot, and pick colors to make lunch fun! Download your project instructions with the link below: https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/insulated-lunch-bag

15 Minute Mousepad:

Whether you are a teacher, or your child is going to college, this is a great way to customize your workspace! Create a DIY mousepad for every sport, school, or hobby! Download your project instructions in the link below: https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/15-minute-mouse-pad

Binder Cover:

If you are tired of boring-old-binders like we are, here is a fun way to make it your own! Customize your binders per subject, add your favorite animals, or your favorite colors too! Download the project instructions in the link below:

https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/notebook-cover

Laptop Sleeve:

If you’re on your way to work or you’re enrolled in college, try our cushy laptop sleeve! It is perfect for transporting your devices that need a little protection and care!

Make it unique with custom embroidery or fun fabrics! Download your project instructions with the link below: https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/cushy-laptop-sleeve

Pencil Pouch:

Everyone loves a pencil pouch! Clarrisa made a beautiful project that is perfect for elementary students, gifting to students in need, or even carrying emergency items to school!

This project could be embroidered, customized with cork, add custom key chains for personalization, or clip it to your backpack!

Download your project instructions with the link below:

https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/pencil-pouch

Non-Destructible File Folders:

Our last project is non-destructible file folders! This project is amazing as a gift to your teachers, or for your students to use when getting organized for class!

Download your project instructions in the link below: https://www.createwithrnk.com/post/non-destructible-file-folders

We hope that you have loved our school projects and inspiration! School is just around the corner, and that gives us enough time to get ready and sew! Thanks for reading our blog! Happy Sewing and Happy Creating Everyone!