By jimmysb on
Mar. 07, 2016
Hi Everyone,
I am writing a free program for machine embroidery. It's totally free. I started the project about three months ago because I wanted to create a program that would do interesting stitching along a path that my commercial software did not do.
It has evolved to something much more than that. The satin stitching is pretty complete. I am still refining fills, they work but do more jumps than I would like.
I know this is a commercial embroidery forum. Though some of you might like what I am doing.
Please check it out and let me know what you think of my program.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/handstich/
Jim
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Hi Everyone,
I am pleased to announce that I now have a web page http://www.embroiderywaresoftware.com/
My web page will be the best place to see what is going on with EmbroideryWare development.
EmbroideryWare is still free. I have a storefront where it can be download for free.
The program will still be up on sourceforge too. I think the webpage though in the long run will be a better way to communicate with my users.
Jim
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Make sure you use the following link so that it is secure.
https://www.embroiderywaresoftware.com/
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As a career digitizer I am impressed that you have done what you have done in such a short time. What do you mean about creating interesting stitching that your commercial software would not do?
Nice Job so far!
Modern Embroidery Designer
volant-tech.com
volantfineart.com
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Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that EmbroideryWare has moved into a new phase. It is now a hobby buisness. Wish me luck and thank you for trying the beta version.
I want to personally thank anyone who has given me feedback. I have learned alot along the way and have some wonderful plans for the program.
If your are interested in what I am up to with EmbroideryWare you can check out the web page http://embroiderywaresoftware.com
Jim
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Thanks for complementing me on my software!
I use Stitch Era as my commercial software. I like using it. I use the express version which does basic running stitches, zigzags and Estiches. The more advance version probably does more.
After using one commercial program I felt that it was very hard to learn. I found it hard to make the stitches do exactly what I wanted. I read a good book, Digitizing Made Easy by John Deer, which inspired me to create a simple program.
I had recently got a viking designer diamond. It has some embroidery designs which have interesting stitches almost like they were done hand. I asked myself how do I do this in stitch era? The thumbnail below shows one of the things I wanted to achieve. The small stitch object in the center is applied to the two symmetrical curves.
So I decided to write a program to do these special stitches along a path. Since that first step about two months ago I decided to continue with other features. I am pretty proud of where I am now.
Jim
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Hi Everyone- A new version of EmbroideryWare is up 1.0.3.1. I think I am going to try and take a break for the summer. :)
This release has a lot of new features. Keyboard lettering and satin columns are some of the ones I think make the program close to finished. I hope you all enjoy it. I had fun developing it. The beach is calling me and a tan is waiting... but I am sure I will be tempted to develop some more.
https://www.embroiderywaresoftware.com
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Just an FYI the link is not working.
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Hi Jimmy,
I am excited about this. Will give this a shot and let you know about my thoughts.
Eliza, Stitchwell Digitizing
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Sorry about that
https://sourceforge.net/projects/handstich/
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Hi Everyone
A new version of EmbroideryWare is just up. It now does jump stitch anchoring and cutwork.
I have two new videos up showing how these features are used.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGT-bc4V6EIgSqvnTJY9ifw
You can download it here
https://sourceforge.net/projects/handstich/
Jim
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Hi Everyone,
After quite some time I have a new version of EmbroideryWare up. This new version has alot of great new features. I did discover I had a bug in DST output. That is now corrected.
Jim
http://www.embroiderywaresoftware.com
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Hi everyone,
There is a new release of EmbroideryWare posted recently.
I am really proud of the this release. :)
The biggest improvement is being able to set the stitch order of a fill.
Jim
https://sourceforge.net/projects/handstich/
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Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I posted. EmbroideryWare has a lot of new features since you have looked at in the past.
It still is the most reasonably price digitizing software out there and new things are being added often.
Also those who use it are giving it great reviews.
Check it out today at.
http://www.embroiderywaresoftware.com
Jim
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I get his from your site'
Dennis
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Amazing. I will surely give it a try, thank you for that!!
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Sorry about that. I have adjusted my firewall to prevent this. The firewall is there to protect the website from hackers.
Hope you try EmbroideryWare. It's a fun program.
Jim