Wow I have managed to post again with some news, just as I planned, which, for me, is a big achievement!
So what's news this week? Well this is a little late in coming but is no less exciting for me, or other longarm owners who have a computerised system. Back in January Handi Quilter launched Pro-Stitcher Designer which I have to say really does make me excited and I am not someone who even really like computers!!
Pro-Stitcher has, until now, used Art and Stitch as the digitising software if you wanted to design your own quilting patterns. I upgraded my machine in August to an Amara with Pro-Stitcher and I had Art and Stitch included. However, I made a conscious decision not to try to learn that aswell as learning everything about Pro-Stitcher and I had earmarked this New Year to start my digitising design journey. But then Pro-Stitcher Designer was launched and, once I received my Educator version, I had to give it a go, didn't I?!
I found the package to be very user friendly and intuitive and not more than 10 minutes later I had a design and a stitch out!! In my haste to stitch out I just threw a scrap of fabric on top of my other practice piece!
This is a design I could do using rulers but I just love the precision that Pro-Stitcher can achieve and have lots of line quilting running around my head now.
Then for some wavy lines ....
I am going to really enjoy playing with thread build up in some of these patterns. Handi Quilter recently released a new update to Pro-Stitcher which includes the ability to be able to have Designer installed on the PS tablet and so go between the two packages whilst at your machine - it's going to be so great to use it this way if just a little tweak is required. Update can be found here - PS Software Update - Beta.
Just to note that this has not yet been released in the UK but when it is it will be available from Pinhole Quilting, date TBC!
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Dates have just been released for 2 days of Pro-Stitcher Training, which I am delighted to be teaching, at Pinhole Quilting
in June 2020.
For further details head on over to the listing ....
I am so excited to learn this! My prostitcher was installled in October and I finally did a tablerunner where I cropped the design. The really good news in the first weekend in March there is a 3 day retreat I am attending and will lean a ton more about it...can I say excited. Right now I need to get my laptop ready for it, but that will not come until after QuiltCon....but not too long after.
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