hi i am lost and looking for direction i am not a quilter but have a embroidery machine with no software sorry if i am in the wrong place but really dont know where to look so any help will be really helpfull thanks

watch out ... we might make a quilter out of you before you know it. :lol:

what's the make and model of the machine?

u should be able to go to the maker of ur emb machine and either download or purchase a manual.

oh, BTW, WELCOME!!

it is a ricoma 15

i have the manuals but thats all but thread needles backing and hoops a bunch of hoops

the manual should tell you what kind you need, my Brother machine uses the PES format, once you know the format, just read the manual and see if you need special software or if you can download direct to your machine, mine you have to have software and then transfer to the machine

yours is a direct connect with a usb or a serial so you can buy the software from dealers or online, nice setup by the way lol

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!!

Welcome from Texas. I don't know anything about embroidery machines, but I think you've found a good place to ask because a lot of quilters use them. You could hardly find a better use for that machine, in fact, than for making designs on quilt blocks, or labels to identify who made them when and where.

Welcome to the board from Kansas. I'm sure someone will have the answers you want.

you can try a few of these site and see if you can get answers to your ?'s there...

http://www.ricoma.us/

http://www.ricomaus.com/

thanks to all nice to have positive and friendly support

Hello, and welcome from Michigan!

what kind of machine do you have?

Welcome from Michigan.:)

Welcome from Indiana! Word of warning, if you stick around here, you'll be using that emb. machine on quilt blocks before you know what happened, then you'll be hooked! :-)

welcome from se TX

Welcome from Arizona.

Welcome from Georgia. Once you get the embroidery thing figured out, you'll begin to wonder what else you can do with your machine. Then you'll be embroidering focus squares for quilts. We'll be here to help you get it all together.

Hi and welcome from NE Ohio.

Hi, and welcome from Louisiana. You have come to the right place. Happy you joined us.

Welcome from Idaho. Don't know anything about your machine, but I love my brother embroidery machine. I like to do embroidery on the center patch of a nine patch block.

Well, welcome from El Paso Tx. You should start quilting hope you stick around. Would love to see some of your wrok!

Hello from San Gabriel, California

Hello and Welcome from NorCal. I too don't know anything about your make of machine but I love my Bernina Artista. I have software that runs on my computer that I can edit the embroidery files with then download either direct to the machine or on a jump drive. Careful, if you hang around here you'll be stitching up blocks before you know it and you'll become one of us :-) - which is NOT a bad thing!

Welcome from Oklahoma, I sewwwww much want a embroidery machine, that's my next purchased hopefully soon! Good Luck getting answer, I know there are a lot of people on this board that uses them...

Welcome from Washington State. :) I'm also of the opinion that you'll be making centers for quilt blocks on your embroidery machine before too long... We're a great source for inspiration and encouragement. Stick around... maybe some of us will want you to make labels for your quilts on your embroidery machine... you never know.

welcome!

Welcome from W TX. I think you found the best place to find info about your machine, & even if you never quilt you are welcome here!

Don't speak to soon. Think of a butter fly on each plain block. Enhance with the emb machine. Have you thought to check with the manufactor for getting some of the extras? How about Craigs list? See if the manufactor offers a on line catalog.

Hello and welcome from SC

Hi Welcome from Porter Ok. Glad you could join us.

Greetings Washee, and welcome from Auntie B from Saskatchewan, (rhymes with Scratch-N-Win) Canada. Your user name is quite different, (not that a lot of others aren't also) it wouldn't happen to be cree, or metis ? Just curious. Welcome again. Hope you enjoy the board, I love it here, I think I spend too much time here, instead of really quilting, my friend asked if I was a real quilter or a "Virtual Quilter" lol

Hello and welcome from Minnesota!

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D

Welcome from MN and happy quilting :)