You don't need a specific embroidery sewing machine to create a custom
embroidery pattern. You just need to have the right software, which is usually
quite expensive (but not so much compared to the embroidery machine itself) and
it takes a LOT of time to make your desired pattern. There are some digitizing
programs that somehow transfer a graphic to an embroidery file, but since I
don't own it I don't really know how it works. You only have to know what file
types your machine can read and save your graphic in that format. Be sure to
check all this before purchasing the embroidery machine and software.
Zuzana
P.S.: I use Embird, it's affordable and does a good job, they also have some
digitizing studio plug-in, but I haven't used it. It might, however, happen
that this program will be too simple for you.
I'm going to buy an embroidery machine, though, when we move to a bigger
house and have room for one. I want one that will do big motifs and
where I am not using canned patterns, but where I can create my own with
an embroidery graphics program, one that interfaces with my PC. I'd like
to scan in antique patterns from magazines and apply stitches to them
with a graphics program. I understand that the ordinary graphics
programs I use, which these days are mostly Corel PhotoPaint and Corel
Draw, don't apply stitches to embroidery patterns. Corel has a special
program for that which I have not really looked into, but I'm biased in
its favor anyway because it's Corel's. I have not looked into the
hardware all that much yet because buying a sewing or embroidery machine
these days is partly buying a computer; and with a computer both the
features and the prices change so rapidly, that it doesn't pay to
research too far in advance. I'm open to suggestions though. I could
either get an embroidery sewing machine--if it does big motifs and
allows me to create patterns--and sell my current Husqvarna, or get a
dedicated embroidery machine.
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