Vacaville Sewing Gallery

Found this on the Sweet Pea Machine Embroidery Designs Blog: Tim’s Tech Tip of the Week HOW TO AVOID HAVING ISSUES WHEN USING YOUR EMBROIDERY SOFTWARE TO OPEN EMBROIDERY FILES. While embroidery software packages can be useful in manipulating designs, they can also cause issues with the order that the design gets stitched out in.... We advise being careful when using embroidery software with our in the hoop designs for this reason. An example of when software can be problematic is the Husqvarna software package Premier+, by default when you export files through this software it will ColorSort the design unless this option is disabled. This option will group embroidery steps based on colours to reduce overall step changes and save time, however this completely reorganises the ordering of the stitching and as a result the design won’t match up with our instructions. The above example can happen with any machine’s embroidery software if the ‘colour sorting’ option is enabled. ALL EMBROIDERY MACHINE FILE FORMATS INCLUDED We include all the embroidery formats within each of our in the hoop design downloads so that you can copy the design directly to a USB stick without the need to convert it in your own software. Some software packages will give you a warning (such as Embird) before merging colours so you know what impact it will have on the design. I receive many emails related to Premier software packages doing this automatically without people knowing. ColorSort as a concept is a good idea, however only when the order of the stitching isn’t relevant can it be useful. Published by Timothy Dawson

Dianne G made this in our last embroidery class! Too cute Dianne

There is still one spot available for our Infinity Scarf class tomorrow, Nov 24 from 2pm - 4pm. Call 707-449-3768 to reserve your spot. Supplies Needed: 2 yards of fabric (flannel, light woven or sturdy knit)... 1 9-in zipper thread

If you are interested in an embroidery or sewing class, stop by the Vacaville Sewing Gallery and sign up.

Come see us and meet our new manager