Adapting a Design

Thread color choices will depend upon what threads you have on hand, what colors will work best with the fabric (you want sufficient contrast), wanting holiday or team colors, or simply personal preferences. If you can change the colors in your embroidery software, you will be able to do a virtual test-stitch to see how the colors work together and to be sure you have made the substitutions correctly.

Sometimes you will want to stitch only part of the design. If you cannot delete stitches in your embroidery software, just skip past the unwanted section when you stitch the design. Your machine may let you advance to the next color with a single click, or you may need to advance through the design one stitch at a time.

If you want to add lettering or combine two designs, it is easiest to do so in your embroidery software. Be sure to save the new design with a new name or you will over-write the original design. You may also be able to combine designs at your machine, but the larger screen of your computer will allow you to be more precise.

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from Mary Jane Allen of Perfect Little Stitches

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Texture Magic.

Cheesy
Little Ballet Slippers

Your little Sugar Plum can put her
best foot forward wearing a pair of
these little ballet slippers. There are
4 variations included in this easy to
make, almost all "in the hoop"
pattern. Designs fit both 4x4 and
5x7 hoops. 2 variations are made
with satin blanket binding (and that's
why Tee calls them "Cheesy").