by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
Every Mystery, She Sewed case arrives with a small stack of file formats: PES, DST, EXP, XXX and JEF. If those letters mean nothing to you, this is the case file that clears it all up. Embroidery file formats are one of the most common things I get asked about in my...
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
Detectives often ask me where the mysteries come from. The honest answer is that every case starts long before the first clue lands in anyone’s inbox, at a desk covered in thread snips, suspect lists and at least one cold cup of tea. So here is a proper look behind...
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
If you like your riddles with a shiver down the spine, this file is for you. The Haunted Quilt of Hollow Manor is the Mystery, She Sewed Halloween case, and its riddles arrived with an extra helping of atmosphere. Here are all three Halloween mystery riddles in one...
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
Cold Case in Room 13 was the very first Mystery, She Sewed case, and its riddles have been favourites with the detectives ever since. Some arrived alongside the weekly clues and some ran live in the community while the case was underway, and they were far too good to...
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
Every Mystery, She Sewed case comes with riddles. Some arrive with the weekly clues, and some I posted live in the community while a case was running, so the non-stitchers could play detective too. They were far too much fun to leave buried in old posts, so here are...
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
Halloween is the best season on the embroidery calendar, and I will not be taking questions. It is the one time of year you can stitch something slightly sinister and everyone applauds. If your taste runs more gothic manor than grinning pumpkin, here are my favourite...
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
So you have joined your first stitch along, or you are hovering over the button wondering if you are ready. Good news: you are more ready than you think. Here is what is actually worth having prepared before the first design arrives, and what you can happily ignore....
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
The 4 x 4 inch hoop is the one everybody owns and almost everybody underrates. It comes standard with nearly every embroidery machine, then gets shoved to the back of the drawer the moment a bigger hoop arrives. I think it deserves better, and every design in every...
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
I know you are out there: headphones in, podcast on, embroidery machine humming, quietly solving a decades-old disappearance while your bobbin runs down. Embroidery and true crime are a surprisingly perfect pairing, both are about noticing small details and having the...
by Detective Mandy | Aug 1, 2026 | Case Notes
Quilters have been keeping delicious secrets for years. Sign up for a mystery quilt along and you cut, piece and trust the process for months without knowing what the finished quilt looks like. I love that idea so much that I borrowed the secrecy and built something a...
