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How to create a line of lettering on any shape of baseline including a spiral
July 1st, 2019 1 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | Lettering
The Any Shape baseline is the most versatile of all, able to create a straight line of lettering through to a complex Spiral. Look for the baseline in the list As with all tools left clicking creates an...
Gloria Vanderbilt
June 24th, 2019 4 minute read
Blog | News and Stories
Last week marks the loss of true fashion visionary, Gloria Laura Vanderbilt. Photography Patrick DemarchelierPublished October 13, 2014, Interview Magazine Her son, Anderson Cooper made this statement;...
Cyncopia – Sabine Schulz
June 18th, 2019 3 minute read
Blog | News and Stories | Your Embroidery Story
Recently, we asked our Facebook friends to send us stories of how they started working in the embroidery space, searching for interesting people and importantly, interesting works of art. We were not...
What can I learn from a simple Line of Lettering?
June 18th, 2019 2 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | Tips & Tutorials
In this article we look at what we can learn about an embroidery file in the different views available in the VIEW TOOLBAR. The First 4 icons determine how you view the design, in turn from left to...
User Refined Letters
June 18th, 2019 4 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | Tips & Tutorials | Video
You may have noticed some letters in some fonts do not perform well when stitched out if the letter size is too small or perhaps too large.Classic examples are the lower case “i”, when the...
Father’s Day Fun
June 11th, 2019 3 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | Tips & Tutorials
Here is a fun exercise creating a Father’s Day design with a minimum of effort.Sometimes you need to get a design out quickly and you know you have suitable and available Clipart to draw from.In...
Behind the Scenes of Twan Lentjes Creations
June 6th, 2019 4 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | News and Stories | Tips & Tutorials | Video
I set my goals high, and with aspirations of working in theatre costume design, I decide on creating a beautifully embroidered habit à la française for my final year project. Is this...
Background and Display Colors
May 29th, 2019 1 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | Tips & Tutorials
The Background and Display dialog can be accessed from the Design menu. Or the colored cubes and the left end of the color palette. The top half of the dialog box deals with the background on your...
Travel Toolbar
May 29th, 2019 2 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio
Traveling through a design is useful to understand the order of objects in a design but more importantly to identify where thread trims are and if necessary “nest” an object in the...
Planning a Design(wine bottle project)
May 24th, 2019 3 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | Tips & Tutorials
In this article and video I would like to discuss some ideas about sequencing objects in a design and choosing the tools and stitch types I think are most suited to create the vector shapes. When...
Reversing the Direction and Orientation of a Motif on a Line
May 14th, 2019 2 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | Feature overview | Video
Reversing the direction and or orientation of an open ended motif run can be changed with the Transform Tools.The Transform tools can also be found in the Edit Menu.Or if you are a Shortcut person CTRL 1 for...
Add Embroidery Designs to Wilcom Clipart
May 13th, 2019 2 minute read
Blog | EmbroideryStudio | Tips & Tutorials | Video
Clipart is a convenient way to store and add embroidery files to your designs.Clipart is usually used for generic type files that can be re used in more than one design.But you can add any file or part of a...