What could be more fun than watching your child play with a Hand Puppet or Finger Puppet created by you! These cute In-The-Hoop projects are easy to do and offer hours of enjoyable fun! What's more, you don't have to mortgage your home to afford them! To create these In The Hoop Hand and Finger Puppets, you need an embroidery machine with a hoop large enough to fit the design, embroidery stabilizer, and embroidery thread. Since the project is done in-the-hoop, there is no sewing involved and very minimal cutting. Welcome to Marge's Creations for Crafters - where crafters can find machine embroidered craft projects and home sewn gift ideas! Check out the site and you'll find a variety of handmade craft projects such as I Spy Bags, Embroidered Paper Dolls, Free Standing Lace (FSL) Bookmarks, and Hand Puppets. You can also find machine embroidery designs to liven up other gifts, such as: Old bag designs, construction designs, magical designs and more that can be used for plastic bag holders, laundry bags, purses, doorhangers, sweatshirts, t shirts, quilts, cards, wall hangings, picture frames, fleece throws, hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, dresses, shirts, pants, skirts - anything with fabric can be made better with embroidery! Marge's Creations for Crafters includes many sewing craft project ideas, and instructions are available on selected items. New designs are being added on a regular basis, so check back often, and of course there is also a large number of free designs available! These craft projects require the use of an embroidery machine, fabric, embroidery thread, and embroidery stabilizer. Other sewing notions can be utilized as well such as: elastic, cloth, trim, lace, cotton, fleece, felt, polyester, bobbin thread, bobbin, needles, embroidery hoops, scissors, cutting board, pins, iron, ironing board, ruler, measuring tape, rotary cutters, ez felt, adhesive spray, glue, and patterns. I Spy Inserts can utilize items such as buttons, charms, beads, and scrapbook flatbacks. Some great places to get this items: AC Moore Crafts; Joann Fabrics, and Michaels Arts & Crafts Marge's Creations for Crafters has machine embroidery designs in the EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, SEW, VIP formats. These formats will work with embroidery machines such as Ameco, Babylock, Barudan, Bernina, Bits and Volts, Brother, Compucon, Data Stitch, Elna Xqisite, Garuden, Gold Thread, Happy, Janome, Juki, Melco, Mitsubishi, Pfaff, Poem, Singer, Siruba, Sunstar, Tajima, Toyota, Viking designer 1, Viking Husqvana, Wilcom Zangs, and ZSK.