Digitizing Made Easy: Create Custom Embroidery Designs Like a Pro
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0896894924 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
John Deer is one of North Americaas premiere digitizing experts, with extensive experience in commercial and personal embroidery. A third generation embroidery guru, Deer has taught embroidery and digitizing for more than 11 years, heas also won 30 digitizing awards and owns two digitizing businesses, Punch Perfect and Adorable Ideas
"Digitizing Made Easy" is for every embroidery machine user and commercial machine embroiderer looking to better understand and utilize digitizing software. The author's time-tested method, demonstrated in 250 step-by-step color photos will help you to better identify the tools of modern digitizing, and the best processes with which to use them.With chapters covering artwork, auto-digitizing, stitch types, mapping and sequencing, underlay and blending, readers will quickly develop a solid foundation with which to explore the endless possibilities of digitizing.
All Machine Embroiderers Should Have This Book! Bradonna K. Myers This is a truly fantastic book. Even if you don't want to learn how to actually digitize designs, you will benefit a great deal from learning how they are digitized, leading to better stitchouts and projects. The book is full of pictures that clearly demonstrate the easy-to-understand text. It takes what can be a very complicated process and breaks it down into simple steps that anyone can understand. I have an easier time choosing proper stabilizers and fabrics now that I understand the concepts this book presents. If you machine emb. Anita L. Bellefeuille said oh! that's why!. When I received this book I intended to just flip through it and read it later. Well I didn't just read it I devoured it. I had so many AHA moments while I was reading, it really explains why things are done the way they are. I liked that it didn't just say do so and so or try so and so. but really explained why machine embroidery is done in a specific order, and why the direction of the thread or the pattern of the stitch matters. It also made suggestions to make your decisions easier like make "oh! that's why!" according to Anita L. Bellefeuille. When I received this book I intended to just flip through it and read it later. Well I didn't just read it I devoured it. I had so many AHA moments while I was reading, it really explains why things are done the way they are. I liked that it didn't just say do so and so or try so and so. but really explained why machine embroidery is done in a specific order, and why the direction of the thread or the pattern of the stitch matters. It also made suggestions to make your decisions easier like make 2"X2" samples of the fill stitches so y. "X"oh! that's why!" according to Anita L. Bellefeuille. When I received this book I intended to just flip through it and read it later. Well I didn't just read it I devoured it. I had so many AHA moments while I was reading, it really explains why things are done the way they are. I liked that it didn't just say do so and so or try so and so. but really explained why machine embroidery is done in a specific order, and why the direction of the thread or the pattern of the stitch matters. It also made suggestions to make your decisions easier like make 2"X2" samples of the fill stitches so y. " samples of the fill stitches so y. "this was a complete waste of my money" according to Jo Vest. In my humble opinion, this was a complete waste of my money. It provided a resume of the author, explaining his work history and accomplishments, but did not provide enough information for me to be able to digitize a picture on my own. There were descriptions of stitch types, etc. but if you have purchased an embroidery machine, that basic info has already been provided. There is little new information in the book beyond the machine's instruction manual.
A third generation embroidery guru, Deer has taught embroidery and digitizing for more than 11 years, heas also won 30 digitizing awards and owns two digitizing businesses, Punch Perfect and Adorable Ideas . About the Author John Deer is one of North Americaas premiere digitizing experts, with extensive experience in commercial and personal embroidery