QUILTsocial | Issue 11

So I decided to approach my miniature
quilt design a different way. Instead
of designing the entire quilt at once, I
decided to design a series of individual
blocks that could be arranged into a
bigger quilt design on the embroidery
design screen. Here's the first pieced
block image that I created to import.
The six block embroidery designs
The converted embroidery design
I then designed five more pieced
blocks on my computer and used THE
Dream Machine 2 to convert them into
embroidery designs. I made sure that the
colors I used in each design were very
distinct so that the machine could easily
distinguish between them.
Click here to download original PHC files for
all six of these embroidery designs. Once
downloaded and unzipped, you can use
it on your Dream Machine 2 or see if your
machine will convert it into a file that’s
appropriate for you to use.
Now that I’ve got six different blocks
made into embroidery designs, I’ll
play around with coloring the blocks
differently.
Pieced block design
I followed the same procedure I used for
importing my Valentine’s design and in
the next photo is the embroidery design
that THE Dream Machine 2 created. Isn’t
it adorable?!!
1 easy way to change thread colors in a
machine embroidery design
This is how I 'recolor' the blocks in my
design to match the threads that I have
on hand.
I'm using the Splendor rayon thread pack,
Retro, to embroider my miniature quilt.
I want to be able to see what my block
designs will look like in the thread
colors that are included in the thread
pack, so I’ll do the modifications from
the “edit” screen.
I select the thread palette key on the edit
screen.
WonderFil thread pack, Retro
Photos by Christine Baker
Entering the “edit” screen
Select the thread color button
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