Originally Posted by
sept97
I have no clue how to use digitiing software. I was hoping I could get a design, put it on my flash drive and just put it in my embroidering machine.
You "kind of" can do that....for instance...get yourself an outline...say of a dresden plate...then you have to decide if you are going to applique it, or stitch it out as a quilting motif. As a quilting motif, it's pretty straight forward..just practice on some scraps first so you can get an idea of how different battings work with the design..(good idea to label them and save for future reference)...experiment with different decorative stitches, etc..,.
for applique..just go on you tube and do a search for applique with machine embroidery...tons of tutorials on there..
Either method is not hard, I just think you're intimidated...so go for it! Especially if you're using sample blocks at first, you have nothing to lose!