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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 …
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What do you know about nodes? Save time with editing nodes!
Do you know about nodes? Nodes will make your embroidery digitizing faster once you learn how to use them! Don’t start again, edit the nodes!
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A message from a nerd
Ok, thats me, I am the nerd. Actually, I am surrounded by nerds, and thats a good thing. The message from the nerd is: STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER. PLEASE. That is the biggest quick tip that I can give you, and will probably help you the most. Seriously. The nerd part of me cringes when …
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WILCOM HATCH CLASS 1: BEGINNER DIGITIZING
Ready to start a new embroidery adventure with me? Here is the first Classroom tutorial for Wilcom Hatch!! THE VIDEO IS ONE HOUR LONG, AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO TO KEEP AND REVIEW AS NEEDED. WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE!! Lets start digitizing and create the awesome owl embroidery design! Step by step instruction …
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A Little Hatch Embroidery Inspiration
I do spend quite a bit of time working on videos, blogs and answering tons and tons of questions. I am absolutely not complaining, I do all of these things because I want to, not because I have to or that its my job. I already have a full time + job making patches. …
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Creating outlines and offsets
I had a question on Youtube today about Hatch’s ability to do “knockdown” stitches. While Hatch does not have a button for one click knockdown stitches, it has something better – MORE STITCH CONTROL! Woohoo! This is great because it enables you to do more things than just create one certain stitch. Lets walk through …
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Wilcom Hatch: Priced Right
I know we have been talking about Wilcom Hatch a lot lately, but I am still so excited about this program! Although we do have a commercial level embroidery digitizing program, I have always wanted Wilcom software – the commercial software! Every few months I go to Wilcom’s site to see if somehow, some way …
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Embroidery: Think outside the box, design what you see…
EMBROIDERY INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEKEND: In our classes and in any video that I produce, I am forever saying THINK OUTSIDE THE EMBROIDERY BOX. What does that mean? It means you don’t have to stick to all of the rules or traditions with embroidery, you can think or “see” embroidery differently and come up with …
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GRADIENT FILLS
Gradient fills are awesome – and generally difficult to accomplish. And if you can do them correctly, they are hard to see on screen. Wilcom Hatch has all of this covered, and more. I have had a bit of a hard time with gradient fills in other software – they are usually a bit complicated …
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WILCOM HATCH: RADIAL STITCHES
Another awesome stitch effect that is available on Wilcom Hatch: RADIAL STITCHES. If you don’t know what radial stitches are, keep reading! Its a great effect that adds dimension, interest and complexity to any embroidery design. Radial stitches are similar to contour stitches, in that they move around in a radius from a point. One …
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Any time is a good time for mug rugs!!
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