Help for my Brother 270D Embroidery Machine!?
I Just got my Brother 270D emboidery machine for Christmas so I am new to the world of embroidering. I have purchased and downloaded a few fonts so that I can use them on my machine. I put them on the memory card and put the card in my machine, but here’s my problem. Each letter is a different design on the memory card. So how do I combine the letters to spell a name so that my machine can embroider the name all at once? Example: I want to embroider the name "Olivia" but the O is one design, then the "L" is another, etc. I can’t do one letter at a time or else I’ll never get the spacing right! When you use the four fonts that are on the machine, you can type in all the letters you want to use and then it embroiders them all as one design. How can I do this with fonts that I’ve downloaded onto my memory card?
You need a program that will allow you to merge designs. Here are a few that have good reputations:
http://embird.com/
http://www.designersgallerysoftware.com/products/product.asp?Product_ID=EDG-CW
http://www.buzztools.com/products/software_wizard/sw_be.asp
Embird is probably the most used of these programs and the least expensive (I think).
Embird also offers a free trial. It’s fairly easy to use, and there are tons of tutorials and yahoo groups that offer support.
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Since you’re new to the hobby, I’d like to recommend a couple of sites to you
www.artisticthreadworks.com has the best embroidery forum members on the net. I’ve been a member there since I started out with my first 270D. The ladies and gents there have answered every question I’ve ever had.
www.nitasplace.com Nita O’keefe has some of the most beautiful embroidery designs online and she’s a wealth of knoweledge. She’s a sweet heart and is always willing to answer a question.
www.sewforum.com This is a great community of textile artists and hobbyist. They have several great forums that where you can get quick answers to questions, free embroidery designs (I share designs there), and a great forum to show off your finished products. Sewforum is a free site.
I have a babylock-made by Brother. Does you machine have an embroidery edit button? If it does, you use that to add each letter and place in within the design area how you want it to embroider. I use the Pallette program on my computer to do it before I send it to the card module for the machine. If you need more help, you can email me from my profile.
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I have the same machine. Unless you have some software on your computer to merge the separate files and change the size of each font, then you will have to do it the hard way and that is to call up each letter individually, size it, position the needle on the item, and stitch one letter at the time.
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welcome to the wonderful world of machine embroidery.
there are 2 yahoo groups dedicated to your machine. i belong to many yahoo groups for machine embroidery and most times the people on the groups are sooooooooo wonderful. they will take you by the hand and help you till you understand. here are the links to the 2 groups dedicated to your machine
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brother_se-270d/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brother_Disney_SE-270D_CLUB/
since you like fonts here is a great site to get them, each week she offers 5 different fonts of her choice for just $3
this is an excellent digitizer, she has been doing it a long time and her designs are great.
http://www.astitchahalf.com/
and this is another of my favorite sites, they give away 49 free designs per day and normally if you join their yahoo group they have a free font on the groups home page.
http://www.designsbysick.com/amember/go.php?r=5647&i=l0">Designs by SiCK Embroidery Library
good luck and have fun.
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I don’t have a Brother, but most machines have the ability to edit designs on the machine itself (sizing, positioning etc.) What you will have to do is call up each letter that you want to use, according to your machine’s instructions for editing and position them. All machines have a grid that will make this easier. Alternatively, if you have some software that you can use, I would create the name using the fonts that you purchased and edit it in the software.
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I don’t know the answer to your specific question but I do know there is a site out there that lets you type in your word or short phrase and then it sends you the file with it put all together. Some of the fonts there are free while others are pay. Unfortunately I don’t remember the web site as I was only using a friends machine for a couple of projects and don’t have my own yet.
Just add that you can color me jealous. I liked how my friends 270D sewed.
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You need a program that will allow you to merge designs. Here are a few that have good reputations:
http://embird.com/
http://www.designersgallerysoftware.com/products/product.asp?Product_ID=EDG-CW
http://www.buzztools.com/products/software_wizard/sw_be.asp
Embird is probably the most used of these programs and the least expensive (I think).
Embird also offers a free trial. It’s fairly easy to use, and there are tons of tutorials and yahoo groups that offer support.
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Since you’re new to the hobby, I’d like to recommend a couple of sites to you
http://www.artisticthreadworks.com has the best embroidery forum members on the net. I’ve been a member there since I started out with my first 270D. The ladies and gents there have answered every question I’ve ever had.
http://www.nitasplace.com Nita O’keefe has some of the most beautiful embroidery designs online and she’s a wealth of knoweledge. She’s a sweet heart and is always willing to answer a question.
http://www.sewforum.com This is a great community of textile artists and hobbyist. They have several great forums that where you can get quick answers to questions, free embroidery designs (I share designs there), and a great forum to show off your finished products. Sewforum is a free site.
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I have Artista software and in the drop down menu under "Files" there is an entry called "Insert Design" – when I already have design on the screen such as lettering from another source other than my software, I go to "Insert Design", left click, then I can add to other letters, etc. and all will be together.
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Bernina Artista Software Manual