Remember BE CAREFUL about licensed designs!

Yeah that is so true.

I NEVER sale ANY design that is licensed. Only thing I will
sale is designs that have no "restrictions" on them such
as what I buy from Embroidery Library.

The format for futura is xxx hope that helps. LInda

I have two Husqvarna Viking machines that I bought used and have been very happy with. The Rose is 10 years old to me and still does wonderful 4x4 embroideries-it's a many step process, though, to get the designs over to her. So I purchased the Designer 1 used and love it. I got SewWhatPro to load designs to it, but I'm always sewing on it and hardly ever want to stop to do embroidery. I'm thinking of buying another one so I can multi-task and embroider larger designs. My HUGE hangup though is stabilizer. I am still a beginner as far as which stabilizer to use in each instance. Is there a chart out there listing projects and stabilizers? For example, what is the best stabilizer if the embroidery will be used in a quilt where it will stay permanently? I have sweatshirts that have sat here all winter because of my stabilizer indecision.

abc123, when I am embroidering for a quilt, depending on the density of the embroidery, sometimes I don't use any stabilizer at all. The sandwich seems to be enough. If it is a smaller project, I will sometimes use the soft type that you leave in, especially if it is a large dense design.

I used to think the same thing. If you did not embroider by hand, you did not embroider. But now I have an embroidery machine and changed my tune. There is so much more to embroidery on a machine than people realize. This quilt is beautiful and so much work!!


QUOTE=cmw0829;5093878]Somebody had to plan how the designs were combined and where to place them for the best effect. This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the picture. It provides inspiration for ways in which to incorporate embroidery into quilting.[/QUOTE]

stabilizers
 

There is a wonderful chart to download for free--I posted the info yesterday. You can get it at www.diamondthreadworks.com
I can't remember where I learned of it, but it covers all fabrics--recommending the proper stabilizers...VERY handy document!

Thank you for the info Quilty Louise. Yes I am aware of the licensing/copywright restrictions. I only use it for my personal use and I do have several Peanuts designs I purchased on CD-roms. Maybe someday I'll have grandchildren and can sew up some pretty ones...maybe there is still a machine like this available, used....hmmm.