Lettering's Sew Easy Addendum

Reminder....The BES additions are posted for a limited time for free on my website!  If you have purchased Lettering's Sew Easy, please go and download your additional pages to for the BES 2 software.
Cindy
www.cynthiasembroidery.com

Wow it is cold here in Buffalo!  Especially since it was 70 degrees yesterday in Murfreesboro.  I am here for the next two days doing a Kick Start Seminar at Sew on Sew Forth. and I am looking forward to sharing PE-DESIGN tips with everyone here.
 
Just to update you....The Knowing in Sewing January 2013 edition has been emailed tonight.  If  you do not receive it, please feel free to contact me and I will forward it on to you and correct your email address.
As always, if there is something you feel is a worthy tip of the month, please email me the question or post it here.


Have a wonderful weekend!
Cindy
cindyhogan@cynthiasembroidery.com

What have you done recently

I get a lot of questions about when I fit things into my schedule.  I must admit, I am not the best planner and Christmas time hits me faster each year.  I am usually working on things the last minute.  I have been know to stay up all night the night before Christmas finishing presents.  Just ask my Aunt Pat.  She has been known to be my Co-conspirator in the adventures.  However, this years travel schedule and my father's surgery required a bit more advance work (not that advanced though).  Between the Brother education meeting and my last event, I knew I had to make some aprons for my nieces.  They rarely ask for anything, so when they do, I try to comply.  The request was for aprons.  They just love to bake. 

I had no pattern, but they loved their reversible embroidered aprons.  I loved my ruffler foot!  It made the job Sew much easier and quicker.

I hope they don't mind me posting the aprons......

Happy New Year!
Cindy

Photos from recent events

I have been totally remiss in posting photos from the last events.  I am sure Debbie from Allbrands has more from the Baton Rouge classes as I relied on her to take the ones from the first few days, but I do have some from Hattiesburg, Memphis and the last days of Baton Rouge.

I have to apologize to those of you in St. Louis and Louisville.  I didn't take any photos we were Sew busy!

I want you all to know how much I enjoyed our time together in each of the classes.  All the groups were absolutely delightful to work with. 

I am sure others would love to hear from you guys.  Give a shout out!

Enjoy!
Cindy

The Hattiesburg crew!

 

The Memphis Crew!

  The Baton Rouge Crew!

Happy New Year Everyone!
The Knowing in Sewing December 2012 edition was emailed last night.  Just under the wire! 
Enjoy,
Cindy

Wow, it is Christmas time already!   I really can't believe how the year has flown.  I have a gift for all of you.  The BES © Lettering 2 addendum is finally complete and is available for free download for a limited time.  I will leave the lessons up on the free side until the end of January.  After that time they will be moved to a paid download.  They are copyrighted, so please respect that and only download for yourself.  Direct others to the site to download.  The addendum is currently on the BES 2 Additional Lessons page.

As the year comes to a close, I have to count my blessings.  One of those has been the pleasure of meeting you through my travels.  It is truely a blessing to be able to make a career out of something you love to do.  It has been my pleasure to provide you quality instruction.

While this is a time to reflect and be with our families, it is also a time to recognize the tragedies that have happened in the past year.  The most recent happening last week.  To all of you who have lost loved ones, my heart goes out to you and my prayers are with you.

I will finish my travel for the year this Saturday and then off to spend time with my family.  I hope you all have a special holiday season with your loved ones.  If there is time, I will do my best to get the tip of the month done before the end of the month (LOL).


This was supposed to go out to you before Christmas, but evidently, I saved it as a draft instead of publishing it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Cindy

The Knowing in Sewing October and November

I have just sent out the newsletter for October and November.  I hope you enjoy the videos along with the tips! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  I hope you and your families can enjoy your time together.
Create something fun!
Cindy

Hello Memphis!
I really enjoyed my time with you this weekend.  Both of the groups were great to work with!  I hope you enjoyed your time and felt you learned more about your software.

This afternoon one of you purchased the silhouette and wanted all the accesories with it (I believe it was Jennifer).  I forgot to get the Rhinestone kit out for you.  If you still want it, please email me ASAP.  I will try to meet up with you in the morning before I leave town.  I apologize for the oversight.  If we don't get together tomorrow, contact me by email and we'll work it out.  Not sure if it was on your receipt or not as I can't get hold of John at this hour.  I'll touch base with him Monday when the store is open.

I'll post pictures Monday!
Have a great rest of the weekend,
Cindy

Hi All,
I have had an great past two weeks.   Last weekend I was in Hattiesburg, MS at Sew Select.  What a great group of people.  Joan and Phil even came down from Michigan to attend our event.  The Sew Select Staff was great!  Thanks so much Allison for making the event possible.  Below are pics from the event. 

 

This weekend I have been at Heyde's Sewing and Vac in St. Louis, MO.  Another Great group of ladies to work with.  Thanks Karen for providing a greate event as well.   She and her staff are wonderful as well.   I have really enjoyed the time with both groups of people.  Photos from the MO event will follow as soon as I recieve them as I forgot to take my own :(.  

I really have to say I have enjoyed sharing my passion for embroidery with all of you and love it when I see a light blub spark in your eyes with ideas to implement the techinques I have shared with you.   It really makes my day!  I am so blessed to have the opportunity to share my passion for embroidery and software with you. 

Stitch something fun this week!
Cindy

Creating Bold Lettering/Fonts

Hi Nancy,
I did post this answer on May 18, 2012.  If you click on the 2012 arrow and then scroll down to May, you should be able to read.   However, to make it easier for you today, I'll just repost the answer.

The easiest way to create bold lettering is to add Pull compensation. Pull compensation is found on the Sewing Attributes tab of the Integrated Sewing Attributes window. The default location is on the right side of the design window. At the bottom of the Sewing Attributes, click To Expert Mode. If you are already in Expert Mode, you will see To Beginner Mode at the bottom of the window. Pull compensation is toward the bottom. This is best increase in millimeters, not inches as you can increase in smaller increments.

If you are using a TTfont, on the Text attributes tab at the top of the window, under the font pull down menu, there is a tiny arrow. If you click on the Tiny arrow, the options for that font appear. If a bold option is available for that TTfont, it will appear in this location. Choose bold and then click OK. This option only works for TTfonts with bold as a selection.

Cindy

Moving a color Chart

Hi Mary Alice,
Wow, a voice from the past.  How are things with you?

I noticed you removed your comment before I could reply.  The answer if you didn't find it already is yes.  You can create a thread chart on one computer and move it to another.  The created thread chart is Chart2.btc.  It is found in Program Files\Brother\PE-DESIGN(version #)\Color.  Copy chart2.btc and then put it into the other computer.  When asked if you want to replace the current chart, choose yes.  I realize that you know most of this, but it was a good question and others may be interested as well.  Would love to hear from you!
Have a great Day!
Cindy

The Knowing in Sewing September 2012

Hello all,

The Knowing in Sewing for September went out this afternoon.  I hope it was worth the wait.  If there are tips you would like help with, submit them to me and I 'll see if they can be added to a later newsletter or on a blog post.  Coming up with the tips that are useful are half the battle of writing a newsletter.

I do think you will like the September tips.  Especially those PE-DESIGN NEXT users who can't keep their Attribute Windows docked.

I had the pleasure in September of teaching a group of Kentucky teachers.  They have a very unusual program where they are teaching embroidery and software to their students as a part of their curriculum.     I really loved the concept and applaud the school system and their teacher for providing the classes to their student.  A portion of the curriculum focused on fashion and design as well.  

I am really looking forward to starting the fall travel season.  I hope to see you soon!

Create something fun today!

Cindy

Hello everyone,
It has been a while since I have written and I do apologize.  You will finally receive a newsletter tonight.  It will cover June, July & August tips of the month.   I will write more this week when I have a bit more time.  I have some new pictures to post.  There is an updated teaching schedule on my website as well.
Have a great week,
Cindy

The Knowing in Sewing May 2012

The May Newsletter was sent out tonight.  If you did not receive it please check your Junk mail folder or your Spam folder.  If you need it to be forwarded to you, contact me at cindyhogan@cynthiasembroidery.com

Cindy

Louisiana

Happy Memorial Day to you all. 

I have bee very tardy in my posts this month.  I spent a wonderful week in Louisiana teaching in Lafayette and in Baton Rouge.  The weather was wonderful!  I appreciate how attentive each group was!  Lafayette was a bit of a tight squeeze for you all, but you hung in there like real troupers.  Since I haven't heard from any of you, I hope all is going well with your software adventure.  Unfortunately, my pictures did not turn out well!


I have been talking with John and Debbie at the Baton Rouge store about the Advanced Techniques in Appliqué Class.  We may be able to schedule it in early December.  Stay tuned!

Create something for yourself this week!
Cindy

Hi Jo,

In answer to your question about a Redwork font, there is not currently a Redwork font built into PE-DESIGN.  I will pass on your request to the engineers who write the software.  Who knows, we may get one in the future.  We can always hope.

You can have lettering without a fill with a Redwork outline, but I don't think that is the style of lettering you want.  However, just in case here you go.

Any of the built in or TTfonts can have the fill stitch turned off and the outline turned on with a triple stitch as the outline style.  In the Sewing Attributes window, you would change the Run Pitch (stitch length) to 3.0mm.  You would have a Redwork style outline. 

Cindy

Tammy,
The easiest way to create bold lettering is to add Pull compensation.  Pull compensation is found on the Sewing Attributes tab of the Integrated Sewing Attributes window.  The default location is on the right side of the design window.  At the bottom of the Sewing Attributes, click To Expert Mode.  If you are already in Expert Mode, you will see To Beginner Mode at the bottom of the window.  Pull compensation is toward the bottom.  This is best increase in millimeters, not inches as you can increase in smaller increments.

If you are using a TTfont, on the Text attributes tab at the top of the window, under the font pull down menu, there is a tiny arrow.  If you click on the Tiny arrow, the options for that font appear.  If a bold option is available for that TTfont, it will appear in this location.  Choose bold and then click OK.  This option only works for TTfonts with bold as a selection.

Cindy

Sew Special Studio and the Knowing in Sewing

Hello all!
I hope this week finds you safe and well.  I apologize for the tardiness of my posting.  I kind of took the week off.  I was a bit under the weather last week.

The Sew Special Studio class was a lot of fun.  I really enjoyed you guys and hope you are having fun creating your own appliques now.  We were so busy I didn't remember to take pictures.  How are your inking projects going?  Having fun with your Silhouette yet?  What a great little machine!

The April Knowing in Sewing has been sent out tonight.  Just under the wire one more time.  What can I say????

If you can think of a topic you would like a tip for, let me know and I'll see if it is something that will fit in a newsletter. 

If you have attended one of my seminars, please feel free to comment here.  Others would like to hear the feedback!

Enjoy!
Cindy

getting ready

Boy do I hate Tax time.  Bookkeeping for me is the ultimate mind sucking activity.  I think I despise it so much because I remember having to balance my first checkbook to the penny with my mother who was a bookkeeper.  It is an activity that I dread each year.....However, I have finally finished balancing the books this week, so I can go on to other activities.

If you are planning on coming to the Sew Special Advanced Techniques in Appliqué seminar, you are in for a treat.  I have found a new exciting way to create complex appliqués with PE-DESIGN NEXT.  It is the "Easy Way".  I am also experimenting with a different method of cutting appliqué pieces that I think you are going to love.  I can't wait to finish all the instructions and show you what I have discovered in class.  When you put Terri and I together to come up with an idea, things are always fun!

That's all for now.  I have to get back to instruction writing.

I hope everyone had a great Easter with your families.
Cindy

The Knowing in Sewing March 2012

The Knowing in Sewing March newsletter was sent out on Saturday night.  If you did not receive your copy via email.  Please check your spam folder.  If the newsletter is not there, please contact me.  You may have typed in your email address incorrectly. 
Enjoy!
Cindy