Whatever you do, be very careful with the "free" designs. Many of the free designs offered on different websites, are designs that have been digitized by amateur machine embroiderers....and end up being extremely poor quality. The major reputable companies that sell many, many designs should be okay. Even Ann The Gran's "freebies" are posted by amateur digitizers and can end up ruining the fabric you are embroidering on. Always best to sew a little sample, especially the final outline stitch, if the embroidery design has one.