EQStitch Embroidery Design Software | Products. Must- See Videos About EQStitch. Introducing EQStitch (1: 5. EQStitch – Basics (3: 1. EQStitch – Redwork & Quilting (2: 0. EQStitch – Monograms and Letters (1: 4. Dream ~ Design ~ DIGITIZE!! EQStitch is an auto- digitizer of EQ drawings and a perfect fit for the new embroidery machine owner or beginning embroiderer. What can you do with 2 yards of assorted scrap fabrics? Cut them up into 3 1/2" strips, continuously piece them together, or cut them into segments (shown above) and. Lettering Basic offers you a bunch of different decorative elements. Letters can be positioned vertically in an arc, in a circle or simply straight. BERNINA Stretch & Sew provides comprehensive training with every machine we sell. Download My BERNINA Class Workbooks, including master videos, ebooks, software. 393 thoughts on “ My thoughts on the Pfaff Quilt Expression 4.0 after one month ” kim September 19, 2008 at 11:58 pm. Thank you for the EXCELLENT info on the QE 4.0! As an EQ7 user, you’ll find learning the auto- digitizing elements of EQStitch easy as the tools are already familiar to you. You’ll be able to create embroidery designs in minutes and incorporate the designs into your quilt designing. No other product on the market, at this price point, allows complete quilt design and digitizing in one! What is a Plug- in? This plug- in will convert your EQ7 to EQStitch. But don’t worry, EQStitch includes all the great features of EQ7, plus it’s enhanced with a Stitching worktable that uses tools already familiar to you. This new worktable gives you the ability to digitize any EQ drawings for embroidery, machine applique or quilting. Embroidery, Redwork & Quilting. Adorable designs, redwork and quilting stencils for all occasions! Use any of the 3. Import photos for tracing to make drawing freehand a bit easier. Choose from 1. 9 different fill styles, and adjust the angle and density to fit your design. Adjust the underlay settings to give your design stability. Easily add a Steil Stitch edge (similar to a satin stitch) to your design if you like. Or, for redwork and those special accents, use a Bean Stitch edge. There are so many options to play with! Machine AppliquéYour friends will be impressed! Personalize anything by adding machine applique! Use your favorite fabrics and a Zigzag (similar to the embroidery Steil stitch, or a basic satin stitch) or an E- stitch (like blanket stitch) edge. It’s fun and easy to see these designs come to life. Adjust the density settings of the Zigzag stitch for a looser edge, or try the E- stitch. This edge stitch adds some pizazz to your applique designs. Print templates for the applique, as well as the alignment pattern for the hoop. EQStitch includes over 2. More Help. Help is at your fingertips! We’ve added 3. 3 minutes of video tutorials, 6 step- by- step PDF lessons, 1. How Do I? topics and a full digitizing section in the Help files. Choose the appropriate learning style for you…or do them all! Yvonne Menear, author of the Learning EQStitch book, is a great resource for EQStitch users. She is happy to answer your questions on the EQ Forum or on her EQStitch Yahoo Group. Lettering & Monograms. EQStitch has a Text tool! The drawing tools on the Stitching worktable are identical to those on the Applique tab of the Block worktable…except for the new Text tool! This makes lettering and monogramming so easy! Choose from ANY True- Type font on your computer to stitch out or cut for applique. Once the text is converted to patches, you can move, resize and rotate each letter for even more personalization. Digitize and Export! Creating your digitized file is easy! Draw your design, or edit one of the 5. Then choose the best fill, underlay and edge stitching for your design. Use the automatic sort threads tool before you write the file to eliminate unnecessary thread color changes when stitching. Watch a simulation of the stitching to see exactly how the design will stitch. Go back and make changes before exporting the file. Standard and custom hoop sizes are available. Export the file for any of these machine types: Baby Lock/Brother (*. PES)Elna/Janome/Kenmore (*. SEW)Janome/Elna (*. JEF)Melco/Bernina (*. EXP)Pfaff (*. PCS)Singer (*. XXX)Tajima (*. DST)Viking (*. HUS)Viking D1 (*. SHV)Viking/Pfaff (*. VIP)Viking/Pfaff (*. VP3)Note: You can import any of these file types into EQStitch as well. However, since these are already digitized files, they cannot be edited within EQStitch. Once imported, they act as images to use for placement on a quilt. They can be colored, resized, rotated and moved on the Quilt worktable. Embellish your Quilts See your Stitchings on your quilts! There is no other product on the market that allows complete quilt design AND the ability to digitize embroidery and machine applique in one! Each time you save a stitching design, an embellishment gets added to your Sketchbook as well. Embellishments are used on Layer 3 of your quilt layout for positioning your design. If your embellishment looks too small for your quilt, go back to the Stitching worktable, adjust the size of the design (including the hoop size most likely) and Add to Sketchbook again. A NEW embellishment of the right size will be ready for you to use on your quilt. Wholesale. Monograms. FAQ | Starting A Business. Return Policy |. | Starting A Business 2 ». Starting A Business. Starting a Monogramming Business?”(Part One - Equipment and Software) (Read Part Two)(Read Part Three)download . Part One. Have you ever thought about starting your own monogramming business, and wondered how to begin? This is the first in a series of articles that we hope will be of assistance to anyone who is thinking about monogramming for fun - and profit. Home Machine Commercial Machine Equipment. Unless you are planning to create monograms done entirely by hand, and have the patience and skills to carry out this plan, you’ll need a computerized embroidery machine. Embroidery machines typically fall into two categories: home and commercial. Until a few years ago it was easy to tell the difference. Home machines were small, lightweight, and relatively inexpensive. They were essentially sewing machines that had an embroidery module or attachment. They had a small sewing field - typically no larger than 4” x 4” and a slow sewing speed. Commercial machines were large, heavy, and quite expensive. They had the ability to sew smaller designs and also large jacket- back designs up to 1. Most were multi- needle, with the ability to preload up to 1. Recently, machines in both categories have undergone a design and marketing revolution. Home machines have added more features with larger embroidery fields and higher prices. Commercial machines have gotten smaller, lighter, and less expensive. Purchase prices have converged at a midpoint - price alone is no longer the determining factor in a machine purchase. The type of embroidery business you want to start may help determine the type of equipment you need. For example, if you want to embroider on pre- constructed baseball caps you will definitely need a machine that comes with a rotating cap frame attachment. If you want your business to specialize in large multi- colored designs on the backs of sports jackets then a machine with a very large sewing field and automatic thread trimmers is probably a must. These two examples describe the embroidery business that you may have seen in a mall or a small shopping center or storefront in your area. If this isn’t the type of business that you imagine then you should consider equipment from a different perspective. If you’re interested in a monogramming business - as opposed to a sports logo and golf shirt business, consider machines from a variety of perspectives: * Although you may be lucky enough to get an account providing monogrammed linen for very wealthy and large families, most monogramming orders will be small quantity - a few towels, or a set of linens for a bride.* Despite a growing revival of interest in very large monograms for chair backs or shower curtains, the typical monogramming order will require fairly small designs and a fairly small hoop size.* There is a huge tradition for single color, white- on- white or tone- on- tone monograms. Home machines don’t have multiple automatic thread changers, but designs of this type don’t require them.* Monograms on towels or linens are double- sided - they have a front side, but the back side is regularly seen, unlike a baseball cap. If you do tone- on- tone monogramming it will be extremely useful to use a bobbin thread that is the same color as the top thread. This is easy on a home machine, where winding your own bobbin is a typical part of the process. Commercial machines don’t have built- in bobbin winders, since the majority of commercial embroidery machines use pre- wound bobbins (white or black thread).* A commercial embroidery machine can sew at up to 1. However, in practice the faster the machine goes the more vibration and noise it creates, and thread breaks increase. A home machine can match this speed.* Most embroiderers who have had experience with both home and commercial machines will admit that it is significantly faster and easier to rethread a home machine.* Unless you plan to purchase several embroidery machines, you are embroidering your jobs one item at a time whether you are using a home or commercial machine.* Commercial embroidery machines cannot be easily used to sew a hem or make a buttonhole - they are embroidery- only. If your monogramming business also involves making items to sell - not just purchasing pre- constructed blanks - you will still need a good sewing machine.* Durability may be an issue with a home machine, since they are not intended to be used in a factory environment. Many newer machines have stitch counters - like an odometer in a car - that allow a technician to see how heavily a machine has been used within a period of time. If you intend to open a storefront business, or even one in your home that potential customers can visit, a commercial machine is more impressive and industrial looking than a small home machine. It’s useful to do research online when considering embroidery machines. Our Links section has a link to the websites of both Commercial and Home machine manufacturers./link/index. However, there is really no substitute for seeing a machine in action, and talking to a sales representative about different models, their features, and their costs. The commercial embroidery industry presents trade shows for these machines as well as software options. There are other shows that may be more useful to someone contemplating a monogramming business than mainstream commercial embroidery shows. Traditionally thought of as “home” or “hobby” trade shows, most shows of this description now include exhibitors showing commercial embroidery machines along with those that feature “home” machines. If you are fortunate enough to live near a well- organized show, make plans to attend. However, if there isn’t one in your area, or if you have to wait a year to attend something close by, consider traveling to one - if you are shopping for equipment you will be making a significant investment - it’s worth some effort to be confident in your choices. If you have already purchased a home embroidery machine for a sewing hobby and are considering starting a monogramming business, do you need to go out and buy a different machine? We are asked this question regularly, and feel that the most honest answer we can offer is . Starting a small business that will be successful has a lot to do with creating a workable business plan. If your new business starts out with significant debt it will be at more risk for failure. If your business becomes successful and you have more work than your home machine can produce then you will have a good reason to consider a commercial machine at that point. This is the natural evolution of many successful small embroidery businesses. Most monogrammers whose business grows this way opt to keep their home machines - for sewing samples or creating special displays, etc. Software. Embroidery software programs are an essential part of starting a monogramming business. As with embroidery machines, there are too many options. We feel strongly that most startup monogramming businesses can easily get along without purchasing digitizing software. Aside from the expense, don’t underestimate the learning curve that is associated with mastering any software program. Beyond the technicalities of the program itself, successful digitizing depends on some background in embroidery with professionally digitized designs - the more monogramming experience you have, the more likely it will be that you can create good designs yourself. Even if you already have an embroidery background from a monogramming hobby, you may still want to hold off before purchasing digitizing software. Why? Have you ever heard the expression “ there are only so many hours in the day ”? Unless you have help in your small monogramming business you will be hard- pressed to find the time to digitize designs, write orders, sew samples, order supplies, answer the telephone, be relaxed with customers and answer their questions, produce top quality monogrammed items, eat dinner, sleep, and have some time left over once in awhile to just stare off into the distance. Looked at from the opposite perspective, can you get along with just the machine (home or commercial) and no software at all? No. There are a few things that will be essential. There are software programs on the market that allow you to manipulate embroidery fonts into a variety of shapes, add borders, etc.
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