National Embroidery Month: Embroidery Software Tips & Tricks
February is National Embroidery Month! WeAllSew is celebrating with a month-long event sharing our best embroidery tips, techniques, free projects, and bonus giveaways! Visit us every Friday during the month of February to find out what each week’s fun prize package includes, and enter the giveaway. This week we’re sharing tips for using embroidery features and software to create and edit beautiful machine embroidery designs. As a bonus, at the end of the post we have a fantastic giveaway with some handy machine embroidery supplies just for you!
Embroidery software is a tool that can allow you to edit designs by resizing or changing colors, to add lettering or combine designs, or to create your own custom designs. BERNINA offers several different levels of embroidery software; the completely free ArtLink 8 to open files, convert formats, and send to your machine, the easy to use Toolbox to edit, add lettering, or monograms, and the advanced Designer Plus for editing and digitizing. Visit your nearest BERNINA store to learn more about any of our BERNINA software embroidery products.
Embroidery Software Tips & Tricks
You can easily edit an existing design with lettering using the Group and Ungroup features built-in to some of the BERNINA embroidery capable machines. Learn how to use this feature to create unique designs with the Group and Ungroup tip here.
You can create custom labels for gifts, quilts, or garments with embroidery! See how easy it is to create an Embroidered Label with simple software here.
Embroidery software allows you to be so creative in designing one-of-a-kind motifs, like this elegant monogram. Click the link to learn how to create this Split Letter Monogram with software.
Use one patter repeated to create an elegant border on a tablecloth, curtains, quilt, or garment. Learn all about Creating a Border Design here.
Once you’ve started embroidering, you’r sure to collect lots of embroidery design files. Keeping your files organized insures that you’ll always be able to find exactly what you need, when you need it. Click to learn all about Managing Embroidery Designs.
BERNINA embroidery machines offer fantastic features! And the B 880 PLUS and B 790 PLUS machines now have fantastic new features, designs, and hoop capabilities. Learn all about the Embroidery PLUS Upgrade for the B 880 and B 790 here.
National Embroidery Month Week 3 Giveaway
This contest is now closed. Congratulations to our contest giveaway winner, WeAllSew fan @pcarruth, and thanks to all our fans who entered!
One lucky WeAllSew reader will win this embroidery package containing one set of 6 assorted Isacord thread spools, one Tula Pink Hardware EZ Snip, and one roll of Heavy Weight Tear Away Stabilizer!
All you have to do is post a comment below and answer the question, “What would you like to create with embroidery software?” The the giveaway is open through Thursday, February 21.
The giveaway is open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. One comment per fan. Comment must be submitted to the WeAllSew.com blog by February 21, 2019 at 11:59 PM Central Time. Winner will be chosen randomly. Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to contact to claim the prize.
Good luck!
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93 comments on “National Embroidery Month: Embroidery Software Tips & Tricks”
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I would love to know how to make a design into applique, or remove elements, or rearrange elements. I am fortunate to have ongoing help at our local Bernina shop.
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I would love to be able to create the pictures I have in my head into actual designs. Sometimes purchased designs can come close but just not quite what I have in mind.
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I want to try and create labels for the two quilt tops I made last year
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I have always wanted to create my own quilt labels..I have tried but could never make them come out right. I hope to learn more by following tips and tricks..
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I would like to create a book: each page would have inspirational quotes and excerpts of poems, with embroidery designs to embellish these pages. Then I would bind the pages together and create the book. Like a quiet book for adults.
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Oh gosh what couldn’t I create!! Quilt labels, monograms, pictures, and the list goes on!
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I’d like to create small custom labels for the quilts I make.
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I am new embroidery but I would like to learn how to do lettering, names and decorative items on towels.
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Possibilities of creativity with Bernina embroidery software are endless! I have loads of ideas that I want to create, but right now what comes to mind are Spring/Easter theme projects. I’d love a cute tablerunner and/or kitchen set for the season (e.g. Easter Eggs, Rabbits, Fllowers, etc).
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i would like to create a family tree.
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What a great idea!
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I would like to take a photo of a beautiful flower and digitize it
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I would like to be able to make embroidered denim “hobo” style “distressed” handbags to recycle old jeans. The mind boggles at the endless variety of motifs, trailing vines, monograms, paisleys, medallions, animals, sugar skulls, flowers and anything a person wanted on them. They could be “pursonalized” before sewing together in a crazy quilt kind of pattern or patchwork including old lace and colorful linings….Every purse would be unique works of art…high school and college girls would LOVE them and if I purchased the jeans at thrift shops and yard sales my “fabric” would be affordable and thus my creations could sell for reasonable prices….I’m not in business yet but my new Bernina 770 QE AE has opened my eyes to awesome creative possibilities!
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I have the BERNINA Toolbox software. It is wonderful as I am able to edit not just their designs but even ones that I download from other websites.
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I would like to create a thread conversion chart to match colors listed in purchased designs to the many brand specific threads I actually own.
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Things I would like to create with embroidery software are ~ logos for my son’s own companies, my own handwriting as embroidery, my children’s drawings as embroidered masterpieces, photos personally recreated as embroidered gifts, a friend’s artwork (if he would like and allow) made into artful embroidered sketches, and my own drawings (though I am not an artist) made into amazing artwork for the wall!
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I would like to create a table runner featuring a SC beach. So many possibilities.
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I have a love for embroidery designs from the 1920’s. With the software ,I know that I can recreate them.
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I would really like to make a Valentine’s quilt and be ready
for next year! The quilt would have embroidery, fun motifs, and
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I would like to create custom quilt blocks for a child’s “theme” quilt.
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I would like to create some lace snowflakes!
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I’d like to create some personal items for friends for Spring/Summer.
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I’d like to embroidery and frame a quote a friend txt’d me.
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I recently purchased the Version 8 Designer Plus Software. I love it! I want to learn to turn my original drawings into digitized images that I may use for art and gifts.
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I’d like to create embroidered quilts for my family. Most of them are sports-minded people, so that would probably be the main theme.
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Just bought my first embroidery machine. I have a granddaughter that I would like to make clothes with cute embroidery and also come up with embroidery designs for Christmas tree skirts.
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I would love to know how to create a logo and some sayings to go on my T shirts. Sadly the neatest Bernina shop is 3-4 hour drive from me. I would really love to see a site for education and getting accessories for those of us in rural or frontier areas here in the Midwest where there are so few dealers.
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I would like to increase my digitizing skills. My husband wants to make his own car upholstery and have the vehicle’s logos on the seats. We have just finished marine vinyl seats with the boat’s name on the front and a crab on the back.
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Quilt labels.
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I would like to create custom patches for a group I sew with
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I would like to get a head start on gifts for giving.
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I would like to incorporate embroidered blocks into my quilts. And embroidered quilt labels.
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Gosh, I love my Designer Plus software. I would love to be more proficient at using it. I use it to add names to a design I have but I know it does so much more. I think I just need to dive in but I am afraid I will ruin something,
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I love mongrams & would love to create one as distinct as your example
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I would like to create a white denim embroidered jacket with the embroidery software? My daughter has asked me for one
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I’d like to create embroidered appliques for my grandchildren’s clothing.
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I have not tried a border design; the tip for creating one sounds like I would try on a table topper using the Toolbox monogram feature. Thanks!
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I’d love to create personalized labels for my projects, including my name and date, along with a sweet message. Another project is a family tree with my children’s names and birthdates. This would be made into a mini wall hanging or pillow cover. duchick at mchsi dot com
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I like to embellish my clothing with embroidery designs. So, I would really like to create unique arrangements of designs from my embroidery collections to compliment the fabrics and styles.
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There are so many possibilities! I would like to design labels for my quilts, personalize gifts for my grandchildren and family, design embellishments for bags I love to make. I think ideas would be endless.
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I want to be able to embroider labels for my quilts.
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I’d like to do some nifty monograms andput them on jeans, labels etc.
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I would love to create my own designs with software.
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I love the bee happy design with a bee and hive! I would love to create some quilt labels with designing embroidery software.
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I would love to create embroidery quilt labels. My passion is creating items using a variety of mediums (mixed media artist) and just started doing that with my quilting now that I have a Bernina ❤️
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I would love to embroider a name with fun motifs on baby blankets that I’ve sewn and give to family and friends.
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The ability to digitize my great grandson’s drawings would be amazing.
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I’d like to create a digitized drawing of my dog.
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I would love to learn how to create beautiful embroidery like the examples posted here
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I would love to do custom embroidery on some of of the quilts I make, more than just labels.
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I just enjoy keeping my mind creative, and figuring things out, trying to d3cide if I should upgrade to a 790+ or gofor the software?
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I would like to create personalized labels.
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I would love to create a family tree being able to put names on. Also, to make quilt labels, and to learn to digitize proficiently. There is so much to do and learn about embroidering and not enough hours in the day..
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I would like to learn all I can about Designer Plus and eventually digitize some designs I have for a miniature quilt. Software and designing are so much fun.
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Mostly to create projects for gifts, home dec pillows and towels and clothing.
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I would like to create more quilt labels, embroidery quilts and tablerunners.
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So many embroidery designs in the Bernina Software! I want to make many more quilt labels, bags, placemats, and whatever all of my children and grandchildren want!
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I use the software to create designs that are very specific to my kids’ current interests.
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I would like to learn how to use my Bernina 830 with embroidery module so I can attempt to embroider my grand-nephew’s initials on the baby quilt I am currently making. I have given myself until the end of February to begin learning the embroidery aspect of this spectacular machine!
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I like embroidering a white on white block with my quilt label discretely right on the front!
If I’m making a baby quilt I like to embroidery the babies name in several bright colors in different fonts.
I like embroider quilting!
I like to embroider almost anything! Towels, pillow cases, sheets, shirts, socks. You name it!
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I plan to design a Noah’s Ark baby quilt using animal designs for a new nephew
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I would like to embroider some jeans for my teenager granddaughter. I would also like to embroider a small zipper bag for all the cheerleaders on her team.
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I would love to make quilt labels. Every quilt needs to be remembered for all the hours of labor that goes into it.
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I need to .
put a label on all of my quilts made in the last couple of months. Writing is just not professional enough -
I would make labels for some quilts. And then I would make a table runner for Easter. I have been going to make one for a couple years, I just need a little more motivation.
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I inherited an artista 730 and I would dearly love to embroider on jeans and jackets. I’d like them to look professional. Lots of practice!
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I would like to learn how to embroider each quilt block accurately before putting them into a quilt
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I would like to create patterns to use on quilt blocks.
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I would like to make quilt blocks from an embroidery design for my next quilt.
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I would like to make designs for quilting a baby quilt.
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I would love to make designs for tablerunners, wallhangings, and labels for my quilts.
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I would love to monogram towels.
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I would love to convert hand embroidery William Morris designs into embroidery ready files for my Bernina. Love the 1920’s art deco looks too.
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I’ve been wanting to embellish my jeans jacket. Not sure where to start. Also wanting to upgrade by Version 6 software.
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I would love to be able to create a design from my own drawings.
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I would like to make cute baby patterns because I am going to be a grandma, finally!
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I like to do more of the photo stitch part of the software and turn my favorite photos into embroidery designs!
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I can’t wait to open the emails to be inspired with amazing ideas. Just love the software and creating.
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I enjoy being able to create one of a kind quilts, designs for clothing, and making my home reflect who I am. Being able to place wording in the exact place I want around an existing embroidery turns it into a personal craft. The joy in the recipients face is truly a gift.
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I would love to create some of the old designs/motifs that were on a Singer sewing machine trading card that I recently saw. They were awesome.
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I would like to make some embroidered reading pillows.
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I have yet to try the embroidery feature on my hybrid machine, but I’d love to make some motifs to use on some rompers for my toddler!
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My grandkids tell me what they want on their sweaters like yellow spotted octopus. I use my software to design the motif.
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I would like to create an elegant set of monogrammed napkins.
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I want to be able to create labels for my quilts. Also learn to manipulate the lettering.
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Learn how to make my own stitch designs with Stitch Designer on my 880.
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Thank you so much, for such an amazing blog. I enjoyed every single part of it. I was looking for Raster to Vector conversioin services and then suddenly I saw Digit-it.com. Literally, I was amazed by their Raster to Vector conversion services and I also prefer everyone to at least give them a try once.
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I would love to learn how to digitize some coastal designs.
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I love everything that allows me to be creative, which bernina certainly does! Using the software just extents the possiblies in embrodiery and quilting. I enjoy pushing myself beyond my limits and the outcomes. Thank you bernina!!!
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The possibilities are endless, But I want to make labels for my knitting, and sewn gifts. And I want to make Christmas ornaments.
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I’m excited to digitize some of my grandsons artwork. That’s going to make some fun quilts!
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I would like to create some personalized designs for my grandchild.