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Embroidery - Basic Digitising for Machines

Learn how to digitise designs to stitch out on your embroidery machine using your own software. Simple techniques to get you started on the road to great digitising. Not just three click auto but genuine digitising skills and techniques. The designs created here in this course carry forwards and will be used in the contempory quilting classes.

Entry Requirements

Know how to use your digitising software – where all the buttons are for different features

Student Instructions

Bring along note pad and pen, laptop with digitising software (and security device if required), embroidery machine hoop sizes and file format.

Topics

*Digitise a basic clipart image *Digitise lettering *Different fill types – stamp patterns and the like *‘Think like a digitiser’, Push & pull, Density & underlay *Motif patterns, uses in lines / borders

Career Prospects

Part course credit to; Certificate III in Computerised machine hooping and Embroidery 30668QLD Many embroidery companies are currently advertising skilled embroidery vacancies

Possible learning pathways

Certificate III in Computerised machine hooping and Embroidery 30668QLD
Declared for userchoice and also Austudy approved in Queensland

Delivery Style

Some theory – mostly practical

Outcomes

Student understands the basics of digiting designs with the different elements involved.