Archive for 'Studio Tips' Category

Digitizing and Clipart

It doesn’t really matter which program you digitize with, the most important thing for those of us who have limited artistic talent when it comes to clipart is where to find not only reasonably-priced but also good quality clipart.   Another very important criteria is the fact that it will not be clipart that is being [...]

Embird Tip – Creating a "My Threads" Catalogue and adding colours to an existing thread catalogue in Embird Manager

Adding a new thread catalogue or editing an existing thread catalogue in Embird is a very simple  process. but you do require the rgb (red/blue/green) colours of the thread to either make your own personalized catalogue or add a colour to an existing catalogue. I would also recommend that you save any new thread catalogues [...]

Designing and Digitizing With Colour

What makes an embroidery design stand out? One of the main factors is the choice of colours. A very lengthy article on my main web site, “Colour Primer” is well worth reading, as it explains quite a lot about colours. But what happens when you need a specific colour and do not know the rgb [...]

Puffy Foam Embroidery

Would you believe this adorable scarecrow is a simple appliqué design combined with puffy fill underneath the clothing? A combination of appliqué and puffy foam creates unique one-of-a-kind designs that you cannot achieve with just embroidery. The fabric choices rather than large embroidery fills allow you to embroider unusual and outstanding designs. Puffy foam embroidery [...]

Embroidery Tip – After the Design is Embroidered

Embird Detail Documentation Did you know that you can add your own logo to Embird and it will print with the detail documentation? Did you also know if you use file summary the file summary information will be added to the detail documentation? If you are sending a design to someone, this extra information is [...]

Embroidery Tip – Removing Hoop Marks

Hoop marks on fabric can be removed by simply spraying on water with a plastic mist bottle. However, there will always be that certain fabric that retains the hoop marks. A workaround is to use a product called “Magic Sizing” and brush or iron out the marks, depending on the fabric type. Magic Sizing can [...]

Mousing Around

Did you know there are two types of computer users, there are the “mousers” and then there are the “typists”. Which one are you? Do you prefer using your mouse to scroll over to an icon and click on it or do you like the quick approach of a shortcut? If you are a typist, [...]