You can import any embroidery file format and save in your machine's format! You can save machine applique pieces as SVGs so that you can cut them in your die cutter. You can place a design in the center of your frame with one button click as well and size your design to the maximum hoop size with a second click. It was three days after I got my machine so it is never too early to get software!Įssentials will allow you to merge files, add text by simply typing, alter the size (with stitch recalculation) and placement of files, add color stops, change colors, see a virtual stitch out of the project, and make a real-size paper printout of the design with a list of steps by color.
FREE VERSION OF EMBRILLIANCE ESSENTIALS MANUAL
Do that by reading the manual so that you can thread your machine, thread your bobbin (even if you will be using pre-wound bobbins, which I highly recommend), get files from your computer to your machine, skip color steps in a design, and go back a few stitches (one stitch at a time). There are two keys to going from having a "never-used" machine to having a stitching addiction:
From here on out, I will be talking to Joan (and you) directly! My take on this: it is not an awesome deal if you don't use it! So, for her (and anyone else that finds this helpful especially those who got an embroidery machine for Christmas), I have created this tutorial.
FREE VERSION OF EMBRILLIANCE ESSENTIALS HOW TO
She found an awesome deal on an embroidery machine at a yard sale (everyone should be so lucky!!) but she put it away because she couldn't figure out how to use it. During Christmas, I met up with my Aunt Joan at the mall, and later, on Christmas Day at my house, where the subject of embroidery came up.