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Digitize Your Own Embroidery Motifs

Copy a design or draw it yourself -- a good way to get what you want

with Amber Eden
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One of the joys of having your own embroidery machine is the freedom to stitch out designs or motifs you've created with digitizing software. We copied the trapunto stitching from a mid-century coat and in this video show the simple steps from concept to stitched out pattern. As you'll see, it doesn't take an artist or a computer whiz-kid to master this skill.

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