Monthly Archive for October, 2008

4D Embroidery Resize and Scale

Published on October 26, 2008, there are 9 Comments

Resize and Scale are the two functions in 4D Studio to increase or decrease the size of designs. This tutorial is on 4D Embroidery Resize and Scale. The two functions allow for changing the dimensions of a design, larger or smaller. Scale maintains the stitch count and Resize alters the stitch count. Click above to view the video.

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4D Embroidery – Cut, Copy, Delete

Published on October 19, 2008, there are 5 Comments

This tutorial is on using Cut, Copy and Delete. Understanding the difference between each of the tools will ensure you efficiently perform you work in 4D embroidery. I’ll also explain how to clear the clip board.
This lesson can be used with 4D Embroidery, 4D Embroidery Extra, 3D Embroidery, 4D/3D Pro, creative 4D Embroidery Extra, creative 3D Embroidery and creative 4D/3D Pro. Click above to view the video.

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Have you ever gone to a sewing retreat?

Published on October 12, 2008, there are 8 Comments

Are you wondering where this weeks tutorial is? Well, I’ve been away, but for a good reason.

I’ve been away this weekend leading a sewing retreat and teaching embroidery software. It was a small gathering with a lot of fun. My sewing sister, Brenda Miller (no relation, although we’re really like sisters) and I organized this retreat, which was attended by a small group of great women. The facilities were a church-camp retreat overlooking a lake in Northern Indiana.

Remember how you used to stay up late talking when you were a teenagers or sorority sisters? Well it was like that only all sewing! Lots of fun. Friday night, or should I say 2 a.m. Saturday morning, I called it quits. Saturday night, I bailed at midnight. Others stayed up much later. And … it was all about sewing.

We each brought things for show and tell, and as we finished sewing projects, those items went onto the show and tell table. We shared ideas and asked each other for color and fabric opinions. We shared talents and asked for help. I especially appreciated Carla’s skill in preparing pleated fabric for smocking.

Here’s Carla’s $3 hand bag.

Carla's $3 hand bag.

Here is Carol’s handbag quilt top.

Here’s the jacket Brenda has been working on.

And of course, no sewing retreat is complete without a visit to fabric shops! We went to Lolly’s and Yoders in Shipshewana, Indiana.

If you have never attended a sewing retreat, get your friends together and organize one. It’s a hoot! You’ll get lot’s of sewing done and get caught up with friends and make some new ones!

LIN

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