I have the PE770 and you have the height of letters at 1.65. The picture shows the length of the words 4.99 and 4.49.
It might have something to do with the capital letter of each individual word. I am looking into software program, so that I don't have to put the words in individually. When I look at the last picture, I don't see the difference, did you measure both e's in each word?

Viking uses shv I tink

revised my dwr
 

All done on my Janome 11000....got 2 rows sewn together... happier with my last try at digitizing!!

SHV is the format for the Designer 1 from Husqvarna Viking.
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Wow! Absolutely gorgeous!

I'm having trouble seeing it so as you say, it is only a very small difference. I am wondering if it would be possible to move the G a touch closer to the a and if that would make a difference in the visual. I believe that is called kerning and it can be set in some software applications like 5D/5D Pro.

I have a brother 6000 Innovis and love it. However, I seem to have developed a little bit of a problem. I am making a quilt in the hoop that takes tons of embroidery. It's one from Hoop Sisters. For some reason today, it will do about 20 stitches and stop with the message that I need to rethread the upper thread, and it is all threaded I've changed needles, rethreaded numerous times, rethreaded the bobbin, even took the cover off the machine and cleaned out all lint balls. My frustration levels are at an all time high so I went through the machine settings and turned off the thread sensor and it works. I turn the sensor back on and it stops every 20 stitches. I don't mind having the sensor turned off, but now it won't let me know when the bobbin is running out or if my upper thread breaks and each block takes 3-4 bobbins. Anyone else ever have this problem? Any ideas on what to do other than take it to the dealer. Just did that recently and had it serviced and I don't want to take it in again until I have to.

Sounds to me like it might be the sensor. You know it works via a tiny laser light shining across the bobbin to determine the thread fill. I have 2 Brother ULT machines that drove me crazy saying my bobbin was almost empty when they were over half filled. I adjusted the laser warning & now I can go almost to the 'empty' bobbin. So if you have cleaned well and are sure no lint is in that area, it might be that the sensor is faulty. But I'd try vacuuming that area and do another cleaning before rushing off to the repair shop. Hope you find the cause--it is very annoying. I remember only once it happening to me like that--can't remember now what the cause was for the machine stopping ---oh yes, seems it tho't the top thread was broken! Guess I didn't have it threaded well. Anyway--good luck!

Thank you so much for the info. I had no idea how the bobbin sensor worked and I would assume the upper thread must work the same way. I use a very soft paint brush to remove the lint but haven't vacuumed so I'll give that a try. I did have a problem with the bobbin sensor being off a long time ago, but that quit on it's own. It's the top thread that's driving me nuts now, and my machine only turns both off or on, not individually. I will vacuum and give it another try. Thanks again!

Viking designer 1 and designer se uses the shv, other machines use hus, vp3, vip, and the latest Viking machines use most of the popular formats.

Ladies, I am fairly new to embroidering but have attended a Floriani event earlier this year. In it we learned about the different stabilizers and which one to se on what kind of fabric. If you go to:
http://www.florianisoftware.com/pdf-...izer-guide.pdf

This shows you Floriani stabilizers, what each is called, used for & how much thread count each can carry. Even if you use something else this might be a good guide to look over.
HTH
Happy thanksgiving everyone!

Yes, I do I bought the FTC this summer. Am learning it bit by bit but so far I LOVE what I've learned!
If you want to chat @ it PM me if you'd like :)

Update on my latest problem! I vacuumed everything but sadly it still doesn't work. I started another block and had to turn off the thread sensor so it would stitch. I found that at every color change, the sensor comes back on so I have to turn it off again. The last discovery, however was the best. I still had the setup window open as I changed threads and saw the sensor turn on. I turned it off and for some unknown reason turned it back on and started the stitch. IT WORKED! The scary thing is, this tells me it is either a faulty sensor or something in the computer programming. Either way, it sounds like something that will be very expensive to have fixed. Bummer!!! Gobbletov everyone.

Jratcliff, I do hope its not expensive. I can't stand when that happens as well. I make samples first with the a piece of scrap fabric first to see if it stitches out so it won't mess up the real stuff but sometimes that itself doesn't work either.

Thanks you two! I don't have a Viking so can delete that one.

Could it just possibly be a fault in the quilting designs?? Have you tested with a design from another source to see if the thread warning still comes on? Glad you figured it out for now--hopefully it was just a glitch that went away.

anyone got any suggestions on how to get a memory card to work on the e drive. I can't transfer my designs now. I am so disappointed. I had planned to make snowflakes as a happy present.

I am thinking it was a little goblin inside my machine that was determined to drive me nuts! I did try different designs and that didn't help. My final attempt was to take off the whole front of the machine and watch how the thread runs through the machine. I couldn't find any kind of sensor, but still used a little paint brush to go over every piece to remove any type of dust, lint, thread, goblin dust. I never found anything but now it's been working perfectly through several blocks. I guess my little goblin just didn't want me at the machine on Thanksgiving day!

Our 'babies' can sure be stubborn at times....but wonderful when all is well. Sure hope you scared away the goblin and he doesn't reappear.

Just an FYI there are some fabulous designs (as usual) on Embroidery Library.
They even have a FSL pickle.

Are you a member of their "Christmas Club"? I am I need to spend $3 to get
to my next "level".

I love this website it is my MOST visited (and most money spent) site.

Happy Holidays everyone!

I am looking for instructions on how to make an Embroidered Christmas, are any of you aware of a book or magazine I could purchase with these in instructions? thanks in advance!

MaggieBB;6440215]I am looking for instructions on how to make an Embroidered Christmas, are any of you aware of a book or magazine I could purchase with these in instructions? thanks in advance!

Is this the title of a book?

love anitagoodesign

Quilty-Louise I too love this website. I counted over 3,000 designs I have so far and I can't stop. They have a FSL pickle? That I have to see! I too am in the Christmas Club and need $2 more to move up a level. And since this is my bday month I can't wait for the email they send for that! Happy Holidays to everyone!

When I went to the Floriani event in June we were that anitagooddesign is NOT
a person, in fact the designer who created the agd is a man!

Our Floriani instructor went on to tell us that "I need a good design" is how
it came about.

I like the designs also.

Just a reminder if you ARE in the Embroidery Library Christmas Club
don't forget to download ALL the free designs. Right now there are a
total of 31 free club designs (that includes are the larger designs).

I just LOVE Embroidery Library!

I have a PR1000 (10-needle machine by Brother) and LOVE IT!! I use mostly Anita Goodesign designs but also use a lot of Embroidery Library, along with a private digitizer named "Julia's Needle Designs". All good digitizers!

I am about to embark on a FSL design. Any suggestions?

I am having trouble with windows 7 not reading my card. any suggestions?

What always works the best for me is to use 2-3 layers of water soluble stabilizer
(WSS), a large eye SHARP needle, and slow the embroidery speed down to the
slowest setting possible (on my Brother machines that is 350 spm).

Others might find other things that work best for them, but so far I have not
had many issues (a few here and there) with what I listed above.

Good luck hope all turns out well for you.

Great idea! Thanks Craftybear. I have a Viking Designer I with multiple hoop sizes and 3D pro software. I've been stitching designs for 10+ years and have made many items for gifts and sale to friends and family. My current project is a 4x4 12 days of Christmas gift for my sister. I saw her tree Fri and now know what trims to & backing to put with the designs. My favorite designs come from Embroidery Library. They're a MN co and I live in MN and really appreciate being able to use the internet to buy locally. I sure hope we can use the board to share about our successes and challenges as we embroider.

I got some really pretty Dark copper embroidery thread from a friend but don't know what kind it is. Anyway it's really soft feeling and so shiny kinda looks like 2 or 3 strands twisted together, so I'm using it to do names and it keeps wanting to shred or break after awhile. I have the tension turned down to pretty slow and I have double checked to see if bobbin is in correctly . Any other suggestions for using this? I also have some other colors and want to use it in my Christmas gifts so need advice please? Also hubby made me a thread spool stand so I can put it on there with a thread net and it is astanding one instead of it laying horizontal.

Thanks in advance!

From what you describing it sounds like it is metallic thread.
What always works the best for me is to use a large eye SHARP
needle, and slow the embroidery speed down to the slowest setting
possible (on my Brother machines that is 350 spm).


Others might find other things that work best for them, but so far I have not
had many issues (a few here and there) with what I listed above.

Good luck hope all turns out well for you.

Totally agree, It took me two holidays to figure this out when trying to get serger thread to work consistantly. I don't need everything in rayon and I was making things for kids so it wouldn't have lasted long anyways so I didn't want to use expensive thread. The sharp needle was the key for the serger thread. emblibrary.com has some tutorials on it

Quilty-Louise; Just an FYI there are some fabulous designs (as usual) on Embroidery Library.
They even have a FSL pickle.

Thank you so much. I sent them an email last yr when I was trying to find one because we celebrate the German tradition for that side of our family. I could only find one last yr and it was poorly made. Deb emailed me back and said they'd look into doing it for this yr. I haven't been looking at too many sites lately to save on money. I have to download the freebee's so I'll have to get this one. It's nice to know that they listened to what I had suggested. I will have to email her and thank her; its a good one.

[QUOTE=Quilty-Louise;6443582]What always works the best for me is to use 2-3 layers of water soluble stabilizer
(WSS), a large eye SHARP needle, and slow the embroidery speed down to the
slowest setting possible (on my Brother machines that is 350 spm).

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I did everything you said and love the results. I did an angel in three parts that will become an ornament - the pattern from Urban Threads - and love the results. I put mylar on the WSS so it has a tiny sparkle. Thank you for the suggestions.

I am so glad to know it worked for you.

So far your angel looks great.


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Jratcliff that is a beautiful piece! And with how us the picture once its completed

I really like embroidery library also. At my sew and Vac. in Richmond - they say to use the designs that are really layers
of threads - thick - ( I have had trouble with to stiff card board like and in my make sure it is machine.) They say to
change to less stiches, slow down, good fabric not thin. good stabilizer not to thick but solid stick on may be to much.
I call it hit and miss. It can take me 2 or 3 times to get a good one.
I like Anita Goodesign and John Deer. His book is great.