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Get Quilting with My Quilt Planner

by eileenroche on April 23, 2016

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My Quilt Planner is Inspirations popular quilt layout software. It’s easy to use and loaded with 99 continuous line designs. You’ll find two short videos to give you an overview…

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Digitizing Lettering & Monograms Software

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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Applique Digitizing Software

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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Room for Improvement

by eileenroche on March 26, 2016

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Last week, I showed you how to how to draw a simple flower design in Inspirations’ Perfect Embroidery Pro and turn it into a large applique quilt block. I ended…

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A Visit to the Dallas Quilt Show

by eileenroche on March 12, 2016

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Today, I treated myself to a few hours at the Dallas Quilt Show.  Since machine embroidery is so close to my heart, I’m always on the lookout for machine embroidered…

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Digitizing Lettering & Monograms

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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Digitizing Software

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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Software Update – January 2016

by eileenroche on January 2, 2016

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The new year brings exciting new features in Inspirations’ Perfect Embroidery Pro. On Monday, January 4, 2016, update your version of Perfect Embroidery Pro to the latest version: 8.62. Once…

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Holiday Software

Software Saturday: Applique to Instant Gift Tag

by eileenroche on November 21, 2015

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Make an impression with flawless, personalized gift tags this holiday season!  Once the gift is unwrapped, the gift tag can be used as a Christmas ornament for years to come!…

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