Archives by Tag 'Embroidery'

Computer Tip – Identify that Flash Card or Thumb Drive

  If you’re like me, and you find yourself with more than one thumb drive or flash card installed, the ease of using right-click/send to removable disk for a file is one of a thumb drive or flash card’s many benefits. However, remembering what drive letter has been assigned to which drive is aggravating. To [...]

Computer Tip – E-mail Etiquette

As you may or may not know, I am a big fan of e-mail etiquette and at times have been known to actually harp on this subject! Do friends frequently tell you they never received some important message you sent? Could it be they have tuned you out because you’re an annoying e-mailer or your [...]

More Software Utilities you can't live without!

Managing All those Passwords! RoboForm is one of the best, if not the best password manager available.   Not only will it manage your passwords but it will also do much more, including filling in long registration and checkout forms and encrypting your password, among many other included utilities.   You can start with the free program, [...]

Saving Mail List Posts and Information

Following up on the previous post re mail lists, once you have joined a mail list and have access to information, the next step would be to save the pertinent information on your computer for easy access in the future, rather than having to search again in the archives of a mail list for the [...]

How to learn a new program – Search Engines and Mailing Lists

Do you have a new software program that you need to learn how to use? Have you purchased a new Vista computer and now want to know how to use some of the new features in Vista? There are several ways to learn about new software programs or operating systems, but the key to learning [...]

Computer Tip – Copy and Paste

How many times have you heard someone say “copy and paste”? Well, it really is very easy to copy and paste files, graphics, anything you may wish to copy from the original file, document, design or anything else on your computer or from the net to a new location. The idea behind the process is [...]

Embird Tip – Hoop Options in Editor

When working with designs in Editor, you do have the option of changing your hoop colour as well as the grid colour and size of grid for both the workspace and when printing a design. I find that a very light beige for the hoop with a very dark grey for the gridlines seems to [...]

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 [...]

Embird Tip – Extend Floating Stitches in Editor

  One of the handy-dandy editing tools in Editor is the ability to extend those excess floating stitches that are so unnecessary and can cause problems at the embroidery machine.  Now, with a click of the mouse, they are gone!     Have you ever embroidered a design and found that when you change colours [...]

Embird Tip – Aligning Designs in Editor

Have you ever merged two or more designs into a hoop and wanted to have them align perfectly or have you ever tried to align a row of text with a design? There is an align tool in Embird that is very easy to use but quite often overlooked. With the align tool, you have [...]