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Beginner Embird Lessons

  • YOU FLOAT A BOAT, NOT STABILIZER – Hooping skills 101

    Many years ago, when I was just starting with embroidery I read some information about embroidery and running a successful business, and the thing I remember most was this: “YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR HOOPING SKILLS” That made a lot of sense to me at the time, but I didn’t realize the vast…

  • FREE EMBIRD STUDIO TUTORIALS

    First class uploaded today! Subscribe to our channel so you won’t miss any free classes. More to come! https://goo.gl/RHvAop

  • New Sfumato Stitch Embroidery Tutorial

    After two weeks of hard work working, I have finally finished the Learn to Digitize video on Embird’s Sfumato stitch! Whew!  Not that the program itself is that difficult to do (because it isn’t once you get the hang of it) but it was hard to put it all together, from start to finish on…

  • Embird Update: 10.17

    Have you updated Embird yet?  you should be on 2016 version 10.17 – the last update was on March 16, 2016.  If you have not already updated your software, you should do it! There are are few bugs that they have fixed: Embird is now able to process the new Pfaff .VP4 format. It will…

  • Class 8: Applique Cupcake

    Upcoming class:  cute applique cupcake This is going to be a fun class1  Lets make this awesome appliqué cupcake design!  This is a relatively complicated appliqué design with two appliqué fabrics in one design.  We will go though all the steps of the appliqué for both pieces:  outline stitch, takedown stitch and then the final…

  • Making things clear class

    We have had quite a few questions regarding our Making things clear class video, and I would like to, well, make things clear. This video is about Embird Digitizing software – and it is a helpful video for everyone out there.  It covers some basic ideas as well as some more advanced ideas.  It its…

  • Class #7: Making things clear

    New video just released:  Making things clear.  This video is rated E for everyone!  In this video, we talk about things that people wonder about:  pull compensation, correctly making holes, density issues and how to change the density and why and some common mistakes when using stitch files and .EOF files.  If you want to…

  • Quick Tip video in Embird

    New FREE video just released on Youtube:  WORKING WITH FILL STITCHES.  You can check it out here: Remember to like the video and subscribe to the channel to make sure that you don’t miss any of the new quick tip Embird videos coming soon!  

  • Facebook Embroidery Group

    After an issue or two in some embroidery groups on Facebook, we decided to make our own place in a group on Facebook!  We had to think quite a bit about a name, and try and come up with something cool and catchy and of course something that people will remember.  One of my favourite…

  • Halloween Digitizing Class, October 25, 2015

    Lots of embroidery things going on this week, including tonight’s digitizing class.  If you want to learn how to digitize properly, get inspired and create some beautiful embroidery designs, then you need to start attending classes! Tonights class is a beginner/intermediate Halloween design, and we are going to explore some different ways of creating designs…