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Flower Font XXX Format
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Flower Font 5×7
Here’s the Flower Font for a 5×7 hoop. The letters are about 4.9″ tall. Warning: Please test before you stitch this on something important. The font used is Jellee Roman, an OFL font available here: Jellee Roman. For the… Read More ›
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Getting Older
A friend of mine wasn’t too thrilled about her birthday today. My attitude about birthdays has always been that getting older is better than the alternative. It gave me an idea for a design. I quickly realized that the saying… Read More ›
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Flower Font, Part 2
I know quite a few designers don’t provide characters needed for languages other than English. I would like to take more of a world view, especially since the Jellee Roman font that the Flower Font is based on contains quite… Read More ›
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Grouping Objects
I was hanging out on Facebook this evening and came across someone who said that she had sent a file to be digitized and they had taken her money and not provided a file, putting her in a bind. She… Read More ›
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Graphics Tablet
I didn’t think I’d have a graphics tablet any time soon, even though digitizing is supposed to be much easier. I work in technology, so it wasn’t that I didn’t want one. It was just that the cost was pretty… Read More ›
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Flower Font
My little flower font was more popular than I expected! As promised (in Motifs 1), here are the capital letters A – Z and the digits 0 – 9 in exp, jef, pes, and VP3 format. Warnings: The only letter… Read More ›
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Motifs 1
I saw a free font that someone started today on Facebook, and I realized it was probably digitized using a motif. At first glance, it appears fairly simple. Find a font you want to use. I’m using Jellee Roman, a… Read More ›
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Butterflies
I’ve finally had some time to get back to playing with Generations. I needed one last pillowcase. This one had butterfly fabric for the body and I wanted a simple butterfly to add to the name on the cuff. I… Read More ›
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More about Create Outline from Area Edges
I’ve been working on the pillow case for another grandson. This time I created an applique with a double satin border. I started by creating a shape in complex fill to represent the applique. Then I made two satin borders,… Read More ›