Although free embroidery softwares may not be as comprehensive and customization may also be very limited, I believe they can still meet my needs which are very simple at this point of time. I try to search for freewares, as after using freewares like Handbrake and Inkscape, I start to believe that some good things can be FREE!. Since I am working from home, this becomes very unattractive for me to learn this software. SP Fablab is using PE Design, however this software requires a tongle to be plug in to enable the 'save file' function. Design files can be loaded directly to the machine using a USB device such as a memory stick or a card reader/writer.Īfter checking the prices of some of the above softwares, I realised that digital embroidery is definitely not the cheapest hobby out there! Apart from the expensive machines and the investment on the threads, most of the softwares are in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Innov-is NV800E is a feature-packed embroidery-only machine which has wide inner-arm space for large projects, and a full-colour touch screen for ultimate ease of use. They are the Innov-is NV800E and PV1050X. SP Fablab has 2 different embroidery machines from Brothers. When I have access to the Fablab, I will carry out the embroidery and update the site Since SP Fablab is closed due to Covid-19, only the design work is carried out and the workflow is documented for this week. We are to document the workflows, and including everything necessary to reproduce it.įor this wildcard week, I have decided to try out digital embroidery. The assignment this week is vastly different from past weeks, instead for meeting assignment assessment requirements, we have the liberty to design and produce something using a digital fabrication process that is not covered in another assignment. Exercise 16 - Digital Embroidery (Wildcard Week) to

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