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The History of Anita Goodesign

Our company was founded in 2004 by our Owner & Operator Stephen Wilson, but his journey to start this company and build it into an industry leader began a decade before that. Back in 1994, Steve was 24 years old and working as an electrician with his father. He never felt like this was....

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Technique Tuesday - Tile Scenes

We go in-depth about what makes our tile scene collections so special and how simple they are to create! Our very own In-The-Hoop technique takes out the guess work in quilting to make stitching go by quicker and assembling the tiles together is a breeze!

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Quilting In-the-Hoop: Mix & Match Quilting System

In this blog, we talk about Mix & Match Collections and how they are interchangeable with each other and come in many sizes!

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Technique Tuesday - Standard Applique

In this article we discuss how Anita Goodesign has simplified the standard appliqué technique into three easy steps and is be done completely in-the-hoop! It saves you money on fabrics and materials!

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Quilting In-the-Hoop: No Need to Center Designs!

In this post, we discuss how Anita's Quilting In-the-Hoop method requires no need to center designs!

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Technique Tuesday - Crazy Quilting

In this article we discuss how Anita Goodesign has simplified the folded fabric technique to be done completely in-the-hoop and save you money on fabrics and materials!

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Quilting In-the-Hoop: Stippling Built Into All Our Designs!

At Anita, the quilt stitching is included in the backgrounds. So, If you want to add stippling or a geometric pattern, simply choose that block. The quilt stitching will wind up being embroidered behind the whole design, so no matter the design you merge on top of the background, it will look perfect every time. You don't have to worry about the stitches being too heavy behind your design either.

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Technique Tuesday - Standard Embroidery

In this article we discuss how Anita Goodesign has simplified the folded fabric technique to be done completely in-the-hoop and save you money on fabrics and materials!

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Quilting In-the-Hoop: No More Meticulous Measuring!

You no longer have to center your designs, waste fabric or worry about trimming your blocks wrong! The first step is to hoop a layer of cut away, no-show mesh stabilizer. You then add batting and a top fabric to create the block. By doing this all in-the-hoop, you save fabric from not needing to hoop your base fabric!

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