Howto

This webshop is dedicated to selling embroidery designs. If you want to purchase an item, all the different available sizes are included in the download. Every design you purchase comes in a zip file, with a number of different embroidery file extensions:

There is also an overview PDF with the number of stitches, the colors, design sequence info (changes, stops, etc),… The colors are all based on the Simthread or the Marathon color sheet, but of course you can change the colors to your liking. We found a comprehensive color conversion chart here: http://threadchart.info/threadchart.php?f=MARTHPE5

All the designs were tested on a Pfaff and on a Janome embroidery machine. Under the “freebie” category, you can find some free designs, you can test these first to see if everything works fine for you. If you should have any trouble with a design, please contact me, and I’ll look for a solution.

All the settings are for normal cotton fabric by default.

Free color conversion software

If you want to change the colors of the design, but you don’t have any software, we can advise the My Editor software. my editor™ is a Free, simple viewing and editing software with some innovative features and functions. It was mainly developed to provide the capability to view and modify supported embroidery files and then re-save any of them in any of the available embroidery file formats. It can be very helpful for any user who wants to make simple changes to his embroidery designs. It will help you view your designs with actual tread colors, make changes and add information in them. Also includes extra browsing and saving capabilities, and tools for better production and material management. You can download my editor here!

Some tips:

• Always test a design first on the same kind of fabric you’ll use on the final workpiece.
• For fabrics that don’t stretch, use 2 layers of light weight stabilizer.
• For fabrics that do stretch, use an iron-on cut away stabilizer and one or two layers of tearaway.
• For fabrics with loops (like bathing towels and velvet), use wash away stabilizer.