Brother My Design Center
Mastering My Design Center on Brother Embroidery Machines
Unlock your creative potential by learning to use the Brother-exclusive My Design Center feature, available on high-end embroidery machines like the Luminaire and Stellaire. This comprehensive class will guide you through all the tools and functions, empowering you to create unique, personalized, and custom embroidery designs without needing external software. From scanning hand-drawn artwork to mastering decorative fills, you'll gain the skills to digitize your own projects directly on your machine.
Who is this class for?
This workshop is ideal for owners of compatible Brother embroidery machines (e.g., Luminaire, Stellaire, Dream Machine, PR1055X) who want to move beyond built-in designs. Whether you are a quilter looking to create custom stippling or a sewist who wants to turn a child's drawing into a keepsake, this class will provide the foundational knowledge you need.
This workshop is ideal for owners of compatible Brother embroidery machines (e.g., Luminaire, Stellaire, Dream Machine, PR1055X) who want to move beyond built-in designs. Whether you are a quilter looking to create custom stippling or a sewist who wants to turn a child's drawing into a keepsake, this class will provide the foundational knowledge you need.
What you will learn:
- Module 1: The My Design Center Basics
- Navigating the My Design Center interface on your machine's LCD screen.
- Drawing and editing simple shapes using the built-in library of open and closed shapes.
- Customizing basic designs with the move, resize, flip, and rotation tools.
- Module 2: Digitizing Your Own Designs
- Scanning with the frame: Transform hand-drawn line art, handwriting, or printed images into embroidery data using the scanning frame.
- On-screen drawing: Create unique designs by drawing directly on your machine's large LCD display with a stylus.
- Image import: Learn to bring in JPEG files from a USB drive to convert them into embroidery patterns.
- Module 3: Advanced Editing and Customization
- Fill patterns: Add depth to your creations by using the paint bucket and brush tools to apply decorative, stippling, and quilting fills.
- Outline properties: Control the look of your designs by changing line settings to satin stitches, triple stitches, or decorative lines.
- Detailed editing: Refine your designs by zooming in for precise adjustments and using the eraser tool to clean up scanned images.
- Module 4: Project Application
- Creating appliqué: Learn to digitize a custom appliqué shape, complete with placement, tack-down, and satin stitches.
- Custom quilting: Design and place custom stippling around built-in embroidery patterns for a unique quilted finish.
- Finalizing and exporting: Save and export your custom creations for future use and stitch out your personalized design.
Required Materials:
- Your Brother embroidery machine with the My Design Center feature.
- The scanning frame that came with your machine (if applicable).
- A USB flash drive.
- Stylus for drawing on the screen.
- Fabric, stabilizer, and threads for practice.
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is free if bought machine at store, contact store if machine was purchased elsewhere.
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This class cannot be purchased online. Please contact the store for more information.