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EQStitch Sunday Stitch #15

Posted 11-08-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Sunday Stitch

Closed shapes in EQStitch make it easy for us to create designs quickly without having the artistic ability ourselves.  Using the shape tools and editing them, cloning them, changing them from a curve to a line and back again, all make it a simple way to design. Try creating a design using one shape only.  I chose to use the oval tool (heart) and simply edited that one shape to create an entire drawing. Start by opening your program and setting your drawing board options. I chose to have fill stitches with no edge stitch for my shapes. Using the shape tool, I created my tree trunk by changing one side of the heart into a line.  Then I added several edit points on the remaining heart curve the dragged the points to multiple positions to make the arms of the branches and the roots of the trees. I used

EQStitch Sunday Stitch #14

Posted 11-01-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Sunday Stitch

I often change my mind about what I want to digitize as I am working. The thought I start out with is usually not the design I end up with.  I love having editing tools to toggle on and off to help me change my mind as I go along.  Our shape tool in EQStitch gives us a properties bar with lots of editing options. Launch the EQStitch program by double clicking on the icon on the desktop. Name your project ‘Changing My Mind’. Set the properties of the program back to the defaults as you start this new project.  Click on FILE>Preferences. Restore the defaults by clicking on the words ‘restore’ and then place a check mark next to ‘include original fabrics…’ and click on the ‘restore default settings’. Relaunch the program and open the project you named ‘Changing My Mind’. Close the sketchbook. Click on the stitch worktable

EQStitch Sunday Stitch #13

Posted 10-25-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Sunday Stitch

Seeing Turkeys everywhere reminds me of when the kids were in pre-school and they traced the shape of their hand and colored it in to be their own Thanksgiving Turkey artwork.  Very simplistic, yet so effective.  A basic hand shape was all they needed in their creative process. We have shape tools built into our EQStitch program.  You don’t have to use any drawing tools to create an embroidery design.  Just use the shape tools and create your design beginning with the background elements and moving forward to the foreground elements. Open your EQStitch program and restore the defaults to the program through the FILE>Preferences menu. Click on the stitch worktable icon and open a new drawing board by clicking on STITCHING>NewDesign>Embroidery. Click/hold the black arrow at the bottom of the toolbar and add all the tools to the toolbar. Use only the shape tools to click/hold/drag/release the shapes you

EQStitch Sunday Stitch #12

Posted 10-18-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Sunday Stitch

Sometimes all I need is a cup of coffee to refresh myself.  A little quiet time and a chance to decompress goes a long way. Did you know that EQStitch has designs all ready digitized for you to use?  You can use them as they are or edit them for your personal touch. Launch your EQStitch program from the desktop. Set the program back to the default settings to start the new project.  Click on FILE>Preferences and restore the defaults. Find a design all ready digitized in the stitching library.  Click on LIBRARIES>Stitching Library. Choose any design you want from the library.  I need a cup of coffee.  I want an applique design.  In the library box, under the EQStitch Machine Applique heading, click on ‘home and leisure’ heading and locate the pink coffee cup.  Click on the cup to select it and then click on ‘add to sketchbook’ at

EQStitch Sunday Stitch #11

Posted 10-11-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Sunday Stitch

Traveling to sewing shows in the Spring and Fall is always a really busy time for me.  This week I go to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to teach at the Creative Festival.  After that I go to the Houston International Quilt Festival to teach EQStitch  and EQ7 classes.  The very best part of the traveling is that I get to meet so many people and hear what they are doing with the program.  They also share with me the types of lessons they want to have in the future.  That is really helpful for me.  The worst part of traveling is that I am away from my sewing machine and don’t have time to test sew my design ideas. I recently taught a machine embroidery class in which we made fobs.  You can see these at my groups website under the September class heading.  http://members.shaw.ca/lmeg/  These quick and easy little projects

EQStitch Sunday Stitch #10

Posted 10-04-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Sunday Stitch

Wow! 10 weeks of Sunday Stitch all ready!  My goodness the time is really going by fast. Time is the number one commodity I can never quite get a grasp on.  It seems like I am always rushing to get things accomplished.  Somedays, I think I have a moment of brillance hit me but I don’t have time to develop it right then.  So here is a little tip I will share with you  if you have the same problem of time getting away from you. I have a project file I created called ‘practice folder’.  I set it up in my EQStitch and then when an idea hits me, I quickly try to work out a simple design with the idea I have and place it in the sketchbook in my ‘practice folder’ project file.  This way I can go back and open the sketchbook and look at what

EQStitch Sunday Stitch #9

Posted 09-27-2015 by | Posted in: EQStitch Favorite Posts Sunday Stitch

I am always under a deadline for something so I need to get creative really fast.  Maybe you find the same thing happening when you need a last minute gift.  I love using the tools in EQStitch to quickly develop a design ready to be stitched in minutes. 1.  Double click on the EQStitch icon on the desktop to launch the program. 2.  Once your program opens, name a project file for yourself. I am calling mine ‘Variation on Dresden Plate’. Be sure to click ‘OK ‘ at the bottom of the box. 3.  If you have been changing your settings in the program for other projects, be sure to reset the defaults for the project before you start. Click on FILE>Preferences and restore the default settings. Relaunch the program and open the project file named ‘Variation on Dresden Plate’. 4.  Click on the ‘stitch worktable’ icon at the top

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