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If You’re Serious about Machine Embroidery…

by eileenroche on May 7, 2016

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If you’re serious about your machine embroidery hobby, it’s time for you to elevate your skills by using embroidery software and upgrading your embroidery tools. A good place to learn…

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DESIGNING A REPEATING PATTERN FOR FABRIC BY TRUE BIAS

by eileenroche on April 27, 2016

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Kelli from True Bias has been having fun working with My Fabric Designs for her launch and wanted to put together a little post to show you how easy it…

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Batter Up!

by eileenroche on April 9, 2016

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It’s baseball season! Can’t you hear the swing of the bat and the ‘thwack’ when leather hits wood?  Smell the peanuts?  Even though I never played, I still think summer…

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Pretty in Pink

by eileenroche on April 2, 2016

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I finally found some time to stitch a sample of the applique flower that we’ve been discussing over the past few Software Saturday posts.  I selected a pink hand-dyed fabric…

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Hold Onto Your Hat

by eileenroche on March 5, 2016

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Hat embroidery presents two challenges for the home embroiderer. First, hat embroidery usually entails small lettering.  Second, keeping a hat in a hoop on single-needle, flat bed machine is tricky. …

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6 Helpful Tips for Digitizing Continuous Line Designs

by eileenroche on February 19, 2016

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Recently, I’ve been digitizing quilting designs – continuous line designs in Inspirations’ Perfect Embroidery Pro.  Continuous line designs present unique challenges to digitizers. Since the designs are just one line…

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Perfect Embroidery Pro January Updates pt. 2

by eileenroche on January 9, 2016

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Last week, blog reader Vickie Deanglis wrote, “I only have PEP…other than snap to grid were there any other changes made to Perfect Embroidery Pro (PEP)?” Yes, Vickie, there are…

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Splitting Designs in Perfect Embroidery Pro

by eileenroche on December 26, 2015

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If you love jumbo designs but don’t have a jumbo hoop, you can easily split a design in Inspirations’ Perfect Embroidery Pro. Follow along with me to learn how. Open…

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What Color Would You Select?

by eileenroche on December 19, 2015

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I’m in a quandary. I’m designing the quilting for the My Block Piecer Block of the Month Sampler. The quilt is pieced and I’m excited to load the quilt onto…

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Software Saturday: Oh, the options are endless!

by DIME by OESD on November 7, 2015

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In today’s lesson in Inspiration’s Perfect Embroidery Pro, you’ll learn how to: Convert True Type fonts built-in to your computer and convert to embroidery designs. Change the fill type to…

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