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Friday, July 4, 2008

Lettering

If you want to add lettering to a design to personalize it, you can use a font built into your embroidery software, use a purchased font or use lettering software. Most embroidery software comes with a handful of fonts, in limited styles and sizes. If you purchase a font, each letter is a separate design. You combine the designs (individual letters) to create the words. Each letter comes in only one size, but if it is exactly what you want, then that works well.

Lettering programs allow greater flexibility. There are several good programs. I use the Font Engine plug-in that works with Embird. It allows you to select any true-type font on your computer for use as embroidery. You decide the size of the lettering, the type of stitches (fill, satin stitches, outlined or not), the shape of the lettering (straight line, arched, two lines, wavy line) and even how close together to place the letters (kerning). You can learn to use Font Engine in an afternoon. You must first purchase Embird before you can use the Font Engine plug-in, and then purchase Font Engine. If you think you will not do much lettering, you are better off buying fonts as needed, or using the ones already built into your embroidery software.

Next issue: variegated thread

from Mary Jane Allen of Perfect Little Stitches

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Make something special
for Fluffy or Fido with
these miniature designs.

The Lemon Tree is
absolutely gorgeous.
It stitches like a dream!
Beautiful in a frame
or on linens.

The distant flying egrets
have amazing detail, the
moon is three dimensional
with three colors of thread,
and the landing egret has
lots of feather detail.

Capital letters available individually
and as a single file as shown.

Christmas In July Sell-abration

Going on now

The instructions for the seventh
row of the Appliqué Bear Quilt
are available this week. Click here
to see the final set of instructions
on the Heart N Sole site.

 Download the final design here
(fifth new design of the 7th row).

These designs are an exclusive
offer from Tee of Heart N Sole to
readers of the StitchFun News.

Check the Archives for any missed
designs. Previous designs will be
removed soon. Download now!

MOOSE B STITCHIN

HOME OF THE "IN THE HOOP" EMBROIDERY PROJECTS

BAG SAVERS 1

Make this useful Bag Saver In the hoop.
NO other sewing required. 
Not just for the kitchen. Make one for
the basement, workroom, laundry room,
garage or even at work.

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