craftiladi

Thank-you, I think-lol I just spent over a hour looking through that site, never knew it existed and I used to love watching the Martha Pullen sewing show.

debby wicke

I purchased a software package because to obtain embroidery file to use with your particular embroidery machine the extension must be what your machine uses. I obtain free embroidery design, download to my software, and change to .hus (extension my embroidery machine uses). Hope all this makes sense to you.

Judi in Ohio

You can't see the designs on your computer because you don't have the software to open it. Brother has it's software called PEDesign and uses pes format. There is a generic software called Embird that I would highly recommend. You can even get a trial period with it. It allows you to edit designs, adding & taking away portions. It will open up your designs on your computer. You can also use it to transfer designs to your stick, from the computer.
Lots of info to take in.
Judi

nannyrick

Sue, when you are downloading from EmbLIb., they will
give you a choice of zipped or unzipped. If you choose zipped you will have to unzip it. I always choose unzipped. Then you don't to bother with it. You can just DL to your files.
Hope this is helpful.
Elaine

angel222

I have this machine and lisa told you right. Keep working at it you can do allmost everything on this machine

ShirlinAZ

You don't need software to USE the design you downloaded, but if you actually want to SEE it on your computer you will need software such as Embird or Palette or a number of others. To use the design just copy it from your computer onto the memory stick and take the stick to your machine.

I have a Brother PE770. When I open the design on my sewing machine I get a black silhouette of the design but can't see detail. I am researching software to be able to see the design on my computer, and I'm finding a wide range from $150 (basic upgradable Embird) to $4000. Happy sewing.

scrappy2

I'm sorry I can't help you but I know you came to the right place QB.
I bought my first embroidery machine over a yr ago. A Janome 9700, I found out after the fact that I needed a software pkg. to download off the enternet. After almost going nuts I found a store in Richmond In. that sells Brother & Janome. www.nancysfancyssewingcorner.com I didn't even buy my machine from them but they were most helpful. Lov my machine now but would have saved myself alot of stress if I did my homework first before buying. Thanks to Nancy & her staff.

tnnslvr

I have a Janome Memorycraft embroidery machine and I learned that the machine doesn't read files if they are in a zip file. I have to "unzip" on the computer and load individual design files onto my memory stick. Then I load the memory stick into my machine. Since I figured that out I've had a blast with the embroidery designs.

catmcclure

My brother came with a program for purchased patterns. Brother usually uses the pes embroidery. The program I got was "Baby Lock". You can also get online a free program called "Wilcom TrueSizer" which allows you to pull a design into the program and enlarge it. I find that really helpful sometimes.

The files you download are almost always zipped files. You probably need to unzip the file you downloaded and extract the embroidery pattern.

Marysewfun

For unzipping designs (or anything), besides Winzip - there is also a J-Zip program for unzipping that is and remains totally free. I like it because it is so much faster and I think easier to work with, and when you download the zip files, chose the "save and open" option, that way you can be sure to tell the download where on your computer you want it downloaded to, and even rename it to something logical.

Another thing I find is a great space saver with the "save and open" option, is you can just pick out the file for PES and not have to save all of the rest of the files like VIP, etc. that are sometimes bundled all together.

I also save my designs on a CD in categories like you have described. There is also a thumbnail program out ($39) that allows you to see a thumbnail of the design in the Icon on your computer - a real help. I am still just learning about the USB stick, so am interested in this thread. :-)

Marysewfun