Summer Quiet at the Studio

Lots of quilting going on these days in the Anarchy Studio and soon fall classes will be announced! Sign ups start in early August with classes filling up mostly in the first week. So if you want it, get it while it's hot! Soon as I have confirmed teaching dates I will post them here!

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Cowboys RULE

Hello to all my FANTASTIC students!.. I am thrilled to have had such a great class with you doing the ~Little Cowboy~ or Little Cowgirl Embroidery design.  As promised I have a BONUS for you.. this is another 5x7 In the hoop Applique design.  This one is much more complex due to all the trimming but I know you will enjoy the finished project.  In the file there will be a COWBOY and GIRL version. 

As a quick review

Hoop your stabilizer

Attach the item to be embroidered

Lay on the fashion fabric to cover the whole hooped area

Run the first step

Trim with hoop FLAT on the table

Return hoop to machine and run remaining steps. 

CLICK HERE FOR COWFOLK DOWNLOAD

Happy Stitching and please check back here and join my FB page for updates on classes at both onsite and offsite locations!

Embroidery Software - BES Embroidery Lettering Software

BES Embroidery Lettering Software

Embroidery software is a personal choice with a lot of options on the market. I thought today I would tell you a bit about one that I will be teaching this month!  

For those who would like multiple monogramming options with a bit of design finesse on the side I am really happy to point you towards BES Embroidery Lettering software made by Brother.  You can think of this as the little sister program to full powered P. E. Design NEXT. This software is usable no matter what type of embroidery machine you have due to it's ability to save to common embroidery file types. It also has a price point that is about 1/3 of that of the big programs!

BES is a very comprehensive program that gives the power and tools used in the big-dog programs scaled back to something much more on useful for someone who is never going to want to digitize their own designs. 

The main competitor to BES is Monogram Wizard which while also a great program (I also own it) has some serious limitations when it comes to text sizing and adjusting density to meet the needs of unusual surfaces.  For those who do not want endless choice this can be a good thing but I found it a bit restrictive in some situations.

Monogramming and beautiful fonts are the mainstay of anyone who embroiders and BES gives me more of the control I want also with the ability to do some  select editing on the fly when I am not interested in taking the time to move over into my bigger programs.   

I will teaching BES classes this month at Chattanooga Sewing and would be happy to answer any questions you might have about the software and it's ability, just drop me a note!