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 […]
I am honored beyond belief to be nominated for Best Industry Educator in this year’s Reggie Awards hosted by 2 Regular Guys Podcast! Thank you for all the nominations and I would really appreciate it if you would take a few moments to vote for me before December 12, 2019. I made a short video […]
I’ve been doing some “After Hours with Lisa” live videos on Facebook on my Business page. This is a new learning experience for me – I decided to go with the casual after hours theme to encourage a relaxed setting for us to chat about machine embroidery. I have settled on doing them on Monday […]
Let’s talk about applique styled machine embroidery embroidery designs. An applique embroidery design, in general, will have three steps. Step 1 is a placement stitch and the machine must stop after it stitches this step. Many refer to this as color #1 because home embroidery machines will stop at the end of a color. You […]
When digitizing letters, sometimes we get wrapped around the thought that a letter, such as the Letter S, should be one object. Its easy to visualize that the Letter A would be 3 objects – one for each leg and one for the center bar across. But the letter S…. when we look at this […]