Yes, Embird seems to have a lot of fans, as offering good features for
the price. As for how the designs get onto the machine, I definitely
want a machine with a USB drive.
Thanks,
Fran
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On 10/27/2012 7:25 AM, Purple Kat wrote:
I have a housemate who does machine embroidery and I posed this
question to her::
Her reply is:
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Creating an embroidery design is not quite like creating a graphic
design. There are issues of stitch size, thread pathing, push-pull
compensation, just to name a few. There can be a fairly steep
learning curve with any embroidery software.
Having said that, one of the most common packages is called Embird.
There is a basic module and several add-on with different functions,
which can drive up the cost. Thred (sic) is free but not well
supported. Embroider Magic 2 is comparatively low cost, and there are
several yahoo groups supporting it.
In thinking of which machine to buy you want to look at the sewing
field size, what embroidery formats the machine uses, and how the
designs get onto the machine. Methods for that include USB drives,
proprietary cards, and connection directly to a PC.
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If you have any more questions please contact me and I'll forward your
message to her.
Katheryne
Who thinks emboidery machines are Majic Boxes and admires anyone who
can use them.
Although it would be nice to do hand embroidery, realistically I have
too many other things on my schedule. For a while I toyed with the idea
of getting a high-end sewing/embroidery machine, but I already have two
perfectly good sewing machines and a huge price tag is a bit
intimidating. I am thinking of buying a Brother PE770, which is a
fairly inexpensive dedicated embroidery machine. It takes a flash drive
so I can import designs from my computer.
I want to do historic embroidery designs and I want to create or at
least customize my own. I'm used to using graphic design software (scan
editing and draw programs), but I know little about embroidery design
software. Any suggestions?
Fran
Lavolta Press
Books on making historic clothing
www.lavoltapress.com
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