I have a housemate who does machine embroidery and I posed this question to her::
Her reply is: %%%%%%%%%%%%% 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. %%%%%%%%%%%% 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
