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Tired of the same old embroidery designs? Sure, there’s nothing wrong with the standard put-a-flower-on-a-towel-type embroidery, but sometimes you need to break out of the rank and file embroidery and stitch out something with a little more zip, a little more boutique.

Aren’t you at least curious (he says to all 3 of his readers ?) We know you are, so click here to view the very latest in licensed embroidery at Sewforless.com.

Always a crowd pleaser, Loralie Designs has introduced her latest creative work, the Sew Girls. Four packs that are sure to be at home in any seamstress’ or embroiderer’s sewing room, don’t delay in checking them out.

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The wait is over, the long lines have formed and the 4 latest embroidery design packs from Loralie Designs have finally been released. This much anticipated release might only be foreshadowed by the impending iPhone release from Apple – and not by much at that.

If you’re a golfer, it will certainly behoove you to view these 4 new embroidery design packs (You Golf Girl 1, You Golf Girl 2, You Golf Girl 3, You Golf Girl 4). Done in typical Loralie fashion, each golfer-lady more sassy and unique than the last, we predict a full-out country club fashion trend. If you’re not wearing Loralie on your golf apparel, then you need to get your own embroidery machine. From golf towels with attitude to cardigans with flair, all of the cool kids are certainly going to be clad in the latest from Loralie Designs.

View the Loralie Designs Embroidery Store @ Sewforless.com

Who knew John Deer had a funky side? We sure didn’t, but it must be so after seeing his latest. Among the beautiful mesiano lace that he is famous for comes two fun, new collections that take your embroidery in a different direction. Check ‘em out:

Funky Monkey 1 – by John Deer Adorable Ideas for Amazing Designs – Jumbo Embroidery Designs on CD-ROM AIAD-4J
Sale! $20.00

Vintage Lace 1st Edition Vol 1 – by John Deer Adorable Ideas for Amazing Designs – Jumbo Embroidery Designs on CD-ROM AIAD-MVL11J
Sale! $48.00

Swing and Sway Uncle Sam 1 – by John Deer Adorable Ideas for Amazing Designs – Jumbo Embroidery Designs on CD-ROM AIAD-SSUS1J
Sale! $20.00

Starting an Embroidery Business – Part 1
When embroidery businesses are just starting up, there are certainly their fair share of start-up costs. Of course, this is not unusual for any infant business – it definitely takes money to make money. But with a little research and a keen sense of value, there are some corners that can be cut.

One of them is with the Pantostock Stock Embroidery Design Library. This collection of embroidery designs has indeed been around for what seems to be an eternity, however, it represents one of the best values in the industry, especially for the new embroiderer. Sure, there are nicer, larger stock libraries available, but where else can you get started with over 3900 embroidery designs for under $100? It’s a deal that is hard to beat. It’s almost a no-brainer, and it certainly does not take many jobs to pay off this investment.

The PantoStock CD itself is set up as a virtual catalog, making it easy to view the designs on the computer in a neat and organized fashion. This also allows for an easy way for your customers to view what is available to them when looking to personalizer garments. The only downfall is that there is no paper catalog that is included, however, the CD does allow the user to print directly from the computer.

Another great way to add a large amount of specialty-themed designs is to watch for special values on the Dakota Collectibles and Gunold Embroidery Stock Design Libraries. At Sewforless.com anytime that we receive special pricing on these large design packs we pass it on to our customers, but these are not available all of the time. The best way to stay on top of this is to make sure and sign up for the newsletter (email members often get better pricing, too.)

These Specialty Collections do not offer quite the value that the PantoStock Design CD does, however, one of the great features of these stock designs libraries from Dakota Collectibles are the full color catalogs that are included. These are great to be able to quickly peruse and find some designs without the use of the computer.

All in all, when deciding on a Stock Embroidery Design Library, there are hundreds of choices from many different companies. However, with a little planning and some careful deal hunting, you can start your embroidery company with a nice variety of embroidery designs for under $100. By watching for special pricing on some of the Dakota Collectibles and Gunold Embroidery Libraries, you can add some great specialty-themed designs for some bargain-based pricing.

Dakota Collectibles has dropped the price on 6 embroidery design packs for a limited time. These packs normally retail for $49 each but will be offered for $19.95. For those not familiar with the way this works, this price is only good on our in-stock supply, so for best selection act quickly. Here is a list of the packs that are on sale:

Christmas Designs
Deep Sea Fishing
Girl Fun
Patriotic
Teapots and Teacups
Vintage Golf

Make sure to check out the newest collections from Amazing Designs. Just in time for summer – the new Nancy Zieman collection has 45 picnic-themed embroidery designs – should make for some crafty blanket and clever picnic napkin projects. Here is the complete list:

Occupations Embroidery Designs – Sale Price: $23.99
Party Invitations Embroidery Designs – Sale Price: $39.00
Jacobean Floral Embroidery Designs – Sale Price: $39.00
Coffee Break Embroidery Designs – Sale Price: $39.00
Summer Picnic by Nancy Zieman – Sale Price: $79.00
Autumn Cheer by Shelly Rasche – Sale Price: $79.00

Embroidery Designs come in various different shapes and sizes so it can get a bit confusing to know what to buy! We’ve tried to make it easier to understand the differences between the different offerings by putting together this little embroidery design guide. If you already know what you need, you can skip this part and feel free to browse our embroidery design offerings. If not, please feel free to read on…

So Many Embroidery Designs, So Many Different Formats!
Embroidery Designs can be purchased a number of different ways (as I’m sure you have found out!), so here is a brief break-down for you.

Multi-Format CD-ROM:
Many embroiderers have the ability to transfer designs from their computer (or CD-ROMs via their computer in this case). Often times OESD will offer additional designs in a wider range of sizes on their CD-ROMs because higher-end machines tend to have a larger embroidery field. If your’s doesn’t, fear not, OESD includes a free sizing program on the CD to allow you to down-size the embroidery designs. Amazing Designs now also offers resizing and editing software for free with the purchase of their Multi-Format CD-ROMs, look for this in their newest releases.

Multi-Format CD-ROMs are popular because they include a wide range of design formats that covers an even wider range of embroidery machines. Chances are your machine is included in these formats as well. A list of included embroidery design formats is given in each product description.

Remember, to use a Multi-Format CD-ROM, you must be able to transfer designs FROM your computer TO your Embroidery Machine. This can be done via a direct-connect USB link, through floppy disks, USB sticks, or via a reader/writer box that writes embroidery designs to a blank embroidery card specific for your machine.

Brother Embroidery Cards:
Embroidery Cards have been a long-time favorite for embroiderers because of their ease of use. Push it in your embroidery machine’s memory card slot and Voila! The embroidery designs magically appear on your embroidery machine! These embroidery cards are very specific to your make and model of embroidery machine, so more care must be given when choosing one. Sometimes they will even include embroidery designs that are too large for your embroidery machine to embroider, so you must make sure that the designs will fit within the embroidery field of your machine.

These Brother embroidery cards are actually compatible with a number of different brands of embroidery machines. Here is a list of embroidery machines that are compatible: Brother (of course), Baby Lock, Simplicity, White, & Bernina Deco (be careful here, though. The Bernina Decos were manufactured for a long time by Brother and the compatible models include the Deco 500, 600, and 650. The newer Deco models are actually manufactured by Janome and these cards are NOT compatible with the newer Bernina Deco models. Confused? It’s ok, it gets confusing for us, too. Just call us with your model and we can help.)

One thing to remember about Brother embroidery cards: Disney embroidery designs ARE available on Brother embroidery cards, however, these designs will ONLY work with Brother Disney embroidery machines.

Artista Embroidery Cards:
Artista Embroidery Cards are similar to the Brother embroidery cards but work in the Bernina Artista embroidery machines. However, these embroidery cards also work in the newer Deco models (such as the 330 and 340). These are the only types of machines that Artista embroidery cards are compatible with. Again, these embroidery cards are inserted directly into the embroidery machine and require no additional software or computer to embroider the designs.

USB Sticks:
This is the newest kid on the embroidery block. Instead of purchasing the embroidery designs on a CD-ROM or embroidery card, the embroidery designs are preloaded onto a USB Stick (or thumb drive) that can then be inserted into your computer. This is similar in fashion to the Multi-Format CD-ROM, but many embroiderer’s like this new way because there is less chance of breaking your USB Stick than with a CD-ROM (remember to always back up your embroidery designs!!!) and the USB stick is much more portable. However, like the CD-ROM, you must be able to transfer embroidery designs FROM your computer TO your embroidery machine.

Wooh! That’s a lot of information! Hopefully it will help out a little if you were confused as to how you should purchase designs for your embroidery machine. There are still even more ways to get embroidery designs (instant download, via email, etc.) But we’ll save that for another day

Loralie fans, get your shopping bags out and proceed to the starting line. If you’re the shopping type (and we know you are), you’re sure to love the 3 new embroidery design packs from Loralie Designs. Celebrating the different personalities unique to her special “Fun Art”, these embroidery designs are sure to please.

Check ‘em out here:
Gone Shopping I
Gone Shopping II
Gone Shopping III

Adding to an already impressive lineup of talented and creative designers, Amazing Designs has announced a partnership with John Deer of John Deer’s Adorable Ideas. Many of you already know him because of his success in the “Sparkles” line that combines beautiful embroidery and rhinestones for an ultra-unique boutique look. From Amazing Designs’ website:

Amazing Designs is pleased to announce our partnership with popular digitizer and educator John Deer. Our exclusive new product line, John Deer’s Adorable Ideas for Amazing Designs, includes the best examples of John’s digitizing talent.

A third generation embroidery guru, John grew up in the Schiffli industry and was trained in the “old world” manual stitch-by-stitch punching techniques. Over the last 20 years, John has produced trendy and fashionable stock designs, re-created vintage free-standing lace patterns, and filmed numerous instructional DVDs. John has taught hundreds of seminars on digitizing, and embroidery techniques, and written more than 50 articles for trade publications in North America and in Europe.