QUILTsocial | Issue 08
Here it is, the new issue of QUILTsocial Magazine! We're extremely excited to release this FREE issue featuring a full 88 pages packed with free tutorials, patterns, and product reviews. This is a very exciting issue! (I know, I say that about all of them...) But I'm very excited that we're taking a close look at 3 different sewing machine brands, highlighting their special features and exploring them with cool projects. This issue also has the very fun and diverse quilting projects you've come to expect from QUILTsocial. You don't want to miss our many tutorials, like reducing bulk in your seams, threads that enhance Sashiko work, and bringing together stenciling fabric and machine embroidery to create a one of kind quilt block, to name a few. Enjoy the issue, and happy quilting!
Here it is, the new issue of QUILTsocial Magazine! We're extremely excited to release this FREE issue featuring a full 88 pages packed with free tutorials, patterns, and product reviews.
This is a very exciting issue! (I know, I say that about all of them...) But I'm very excited that we're taking a close look at 3 different sewing machine brands, highlighting their special features and exploring them with cool projects.
This issue also has the very fun and diverse quilting projects you've come to expect from QUILTsocial. You don't want to miss our many tutorials, like reducing bulk in your seams, threads that enhance Sashiko work, and bringing together stenciling fabric and machine embroidery to create a one of kind quilt block, to name a few. Enjoy the issue, and happy quilting!
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Notice that it wasn’t just reminding me<br />
to attach the hoop, but it was looking<br />
for the 200 x 200 hoop. AHA – now I<br />
understand. Once I changed the settings<br />
in the Embroidery Edit Mode to the 200<br />
x 260 hoop, which matched the physical<br />
hoop I was using, I was good to go.<br />
The list of thread colors now appears on<br />
the screen. The size of the color block is<br />
relative to the number of stitches in the<br />
design. In the bottom right-hand corner<br />
of the screen, you can see the total<br />
number of stitches in the design and<br />
beneath that number is the number of<br />
stitches for that color.<br />
And notice on the bottom left, the hoop<br />
size is now 200 x 260.<br />
I started the stitch out and went upstairs<br />
to edit some pictures while the Designer<br />
EPIC was stitching. WAIT! I forgot a very<br />
very important step to this embroidery<br />
stitch out process.<br />
I grabbed my smart phone and<br />
downloaded an app – mySewMonitor<br />
App. I very quickly created an account<br />
with mySewnet. No machine on-line.<br />
Shoot – I’ve already started the<br />
embroidery. Can I connect the Designer<br />
EPIC while it’s stitching? The answer<br />
is YES. I brought the sewing machine<br />
online and connected to my account on<br />
mySewnet.<br />
YES – the app on my cell phone now<br />
shows me the status of the stitch<br />
out. Isn’t that just the most awesome<br />
feature? I see the status of the<br />
entire design, I see the status of that<br />
particular thread color. Basically, the<br />
same information that is on the screen.<br />
It means that I don’t have to be in the<br />
same room as the Designer EPIC, nor<br />
do I have to periodically hang my head<br />
over the staircase to hear if the machine<br />
is still stitching. I got a nice gentle<br />
reminder on the phone every time the<br />
thread needed to be changed. I think<br />
at one point, the thread broke and I was<br />
reminded of that as well.<br />
Even when I took a run to the local<br />
coffee shop and my phone was<br />
temporarily off my home network, the<br />
moment I arrived in my driveway, I<br />
got a reminder to change the thread. I<br />
LOVE this feature!!!<br />
Setting up mySewnet account while the Designer<br />
EPIC is stitching out a design<br />
There’s my account on mySewnet. Since<br />
I’ve just opened the account, there<br />
are no files to sync. BUT – look what<br />
happened next.<br />
The thread color changes are represented on the right<br />
Starting the stitch out<br />
mySewnet account is synced<br />
Status update on the phone app<br />
Q<br />
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