This week we explore a bit of how to add arched text to a design and making use of multiple BX fonts. To create a “distressed patch” to glue on to a hat for a friend, we use the knockdown of Enthusiast and change the object to an outline stitch like a bean or a […]
NOTE: My friend Joan of Lazy Girl Designs, has also written a blog post about my project! What fun to see my project through her eyes! You can read about it here Creating an all-over embroidery design for fabric is an easy way to create a completely custom piece. I LOVE the shape of the […]
I will admit that my reason for today’s post is to “make things easier for me”. Smile with me – once you get to know me, you will find I am all about EASY – easy for me and easy for you! I belong to quite a few machine embroidery groups on Facebook and one […]
For those that are into machine embroidery, BX fonts are a pretty nifty time saving creative “format” created by Brian Bailie, the owner and programming genius behind Embrilliance software. I put quotations around “format” because the BX really isn’t an embroidery machine format like PES or DST. A better description is to say that it’s an installation […]
I participated in the Applique Getaway in Ft Worth Texas and I am FINALLY catching up with life! I’m also in the process of having my website completely redone which includes getting the newsletter working properly. As soon as that is complete, well I’ll tell you about that when it happens – let’s not jinx […]
The stitch editing of Embrilliance Enthusiast allows you to split out part of a design in one operation.Working with this design, you can see that the two butterflies will stitch out simultaneously. Each color is in both butterflies and will stitch out in order together. So what if you just wanted one butterfly? Or maybe […]