Betty Jo Tatum

Ten Skill-Building Projects for Bernina V7 Betty Jo Tatum

Unleash the magic of the Bernina Embroidery software Version 7 you may already own but have not yet used to its full advantage. Learn to digitize your own designs or clip art and other downloadable designs to make wonderful embroidery. This book shows how to work with the software in ten projects with illustrated step-by-step instructions that will provide you with a wonderful understanding of V7. Working through the book will develop your ability to take advantage of both its art canvas and the embroidery side. These projects will help you set up your software in the way that best works for you, discusses the different types of image files that are used with the software, how to convert them for best use as embroidery designs, and how to trace parts of pictures directly into embroidery designs. If you work through all ten projects you will develop an ease of use of this complex software that you may have found befuddling up until now. Most of the projects provide suggestions for how you might use the resulting embroidery designs so that you will end up with some small items for yourself or for gifts. The author is aware that this software has been updated to version 8, but believes there are many owners who have chosen not to update, partly because they feel they have not fully received the benefit from version 7. This book will help you develop a knowledge of the steps needed for building additional in-the-hoop machine embroidery for use on clothing, bags, home decorative items, and quilts.