Embird Manual' title='Embird Manual' />CURRENT CLASSIFIEDS Scroll to the bottom of this page to view the most recent classifieds. Or, browse around our Site. We may have what youre looking for in stock. Alphabets are manually predigitized embroidery lettering fonts for Embird. Create your own designs with built is manual digitising. Modify existing designs with point block editing. Add monogramming to your designs. Details for file extension DAT Z80. Troubleshoot, fix and learn about DAT and errors with extensive information from Filext. Janome Memory Craft 11000 MC11000 Average Rating 3. Number of Reviews 114 Positve 67 Negative 47 Review this product. Embird Manual' title='Embird Manual' />My Brother Embroidery Machine and Embird Software. Ive been learning lots about my newish embroidery machine and software. Those of you that have been following along thank you often ask about my machine and process. I thought it may be useful to have a more thorough review then just an amazon link. My Machine. I have a  Brother Designio Series DZ8. E Embroidery Only Machineaffiliate amazon link. I understand that she is a sister machine of the Brother PE7. Bridgette i have had my brother innovis 4000d for about 9 years. It has been in the shop more then on my table in my sewing room. I have called brother and have. Which format should I choose If youre not sure which format your machine uses, check with your machine dealer, or your users manual to find the best format. Download the FREE 30 Day Trial for Sew Art Use SewART Digitizer Embroidery Software to auto merge, combine, convert clipart or other forms of raster and vector. Embroidery only machine affiliate amazon link with a few extra accessories and thread. If I was not being so impulsive and had spent more time shopping, I may have realized how close they were and went with the PE7. I didnt shop around a ton, here was my requirements list that this machine met Cost less than 7. A minimum of 57 hoop size. USB port for transferring files. Embroidery only I didnt want to deal with multiple feet, feed dogs, and other sewing machine featuresMultiple speeds, on screen stitch adjustments. Touch screen LCDNeedle threader, thread cutter, drop in bobbin loading. Brand name that Im familiar with and has well received support. Readily available commercial embroidery files and patterns. Im getting close to 1,2. Im very happy with the machine. I do keep it running at the lower stitch speed because I find it does a nicer job especially with the tiny letters. Im using a box of 2. I bought and they work great. Ive only had a few issues with thread shearing and breaking, but dont find it excessive. It handles metallics beautifully when a metallic needle is used. Im using the 44 and 57 hoops that came with the machine and I have no complaints about them. Im sure the higher end machines have all sorts of features Id think I needed, but without knowing they exist, I dont feel like Im missing anything. I have had to contact Brother support for what turned out to be a user error. They were excellent. They answered the phone, walked through the issue with me, resolved it quickly, and followed up. I was so impressed that as much as I love my Janome and Elna machines, I may switch my brand loyalty and look at Brother first for any new purchases. My favorite thing Im so glad I bought an embroidery only machine and have my sewing machine separate. Some of these files can take quite a while to stitch out and it is nice to be able to keep working on other things while I wait. It makes me feel super efficient to have TWO machine whirring away My least favorite thing It drives me absolutely nuts that it doesnt show the file name on the LCD screen. When there are four very similar files I have to remember they are in alphabetic order then try to remember what I called them. Ive started only putting one or two files on at a time to avoid the confusion. My Software, Embrid. If youre embroidery naive as I was, you may not realize that to create custom embroidery files you need an embroidery software package. There are lots of them out there and when youre just stepping into the world of embroidery it is overwhelming and exhausting to search them out. Yall some of these software packages are crazy expensive. Like I dont care if it washes my floors and mows the yard no freaking way expensive. I had such a hard time trying to figure out how to pick one that has all of the features Im interested in and is a price I can live with. Im not even sure how I landed on Embrid, but after I downloaded it, tried it for 3. I decided to just keep on using it. It isnt the most beautiful of slickest software Ive ever seen, but it works and works well. So far anything Ive wanted to try has been described in the manual or with support videos. It moves quickly, builds vectors well, and I have yet to hit a limitation. It also converts to just about any machine format you can think of. It has a packaging option that creates more commercial like. One of the things that really appealed to me about Embird is the modular purchase approach. I bought Basic Embird first. With basic you can manage your files, view them on the computer, make adjustments and changes to existing patterns, and convert them between types. K-Lite Codec Pack 620 Mega here. It also has a sewing simulation that I found really useful. Im so visual and practical, it helps me to see it stitch on my screen before it actually does on my machine. The basic software fit my needs for a good long while and really helped me understand if it was something I wanted to pursue before making a huge investment. Eventually I found that I wanted to do more design work with vectors and custom line art and added the Digitizing tools of Studio module. The Digitizing tools allow me to create the custom vectors and applique objects. There is a module for automatically converting pictures to stitches, Sfumato Stitch, but Ive neither tried or purchased it. For the Harry Potter quilt, Ive added the Font Engine that converts any of my Windows Fonts into a embroidery objects. I do find that the font converter has the biggest learning curve. It is super easy to use, but this is a case of just because you can, doesnt mean you should. Some fonts dont translate to embroidery well and some need a little help connecting and sizing. It gets much easier with practice for sure. After the Harry Potter quilt, I may add the cross stitch module to try it out. Seems like it would be lots of fun and good way to get some of those patterns I have lying around stitched out I have found the Embird folks to be responsive. I have not had to contact them for support, but dont feel like it would be an issue. Everything Ive wanted to try is in the manual or on the web. Theres a pretty big user community and Ive found lots of helpful youtube videos and tutorials to help me think more like an embroidery machine. Craftsy has some nice classes available too. Update December 1. I have had to contact Embrid support and work though an issue. It ended up being my problem, but they did stick with me via email and answer all of my questions until the issue was resolved. Ive also written an extensive post about my current digitizing process. If youd like to read more, check it outCommercial Embroidery Files. Maybe you love embroidery, but dont love the design work. I highly recommend the following commercial design sellers. OMG, Urban Threads, how I love thee. These ladies really live right in my wheel house and are constantly creating designs I absolutely love. Ive purchased a bunch and Ive been happy with all of them. Seriously, have you seen this No Click that previous link Amazing. Brodiery. Brothers embroidery design shop. It isnt the most intuitive website Ive ever used, but it is a pretty huge library. I added them as one of my favorites because they do have a lot of exclusive licenses like Disney and Nickelodeon. IMHO, the designs are a bit overpriced, but the occasional purchase of a licensed character for just the right person is worth it. I have three and all three stitched beautifully. These are surely professional designs. Also support rocks. One thing to bear in mind these designs do have DRM and will be licensed to you and your machine. They do not travel from one Brother to another. I love browsing Embroidery Library. I think they are a more traditional sister of Urban Threads. They just have SO MANY designs in just about any subject you can think of. I dont know that they are so my style as I havent purchased a ton of them, but I do love to look for inspiration and honing my own ideas. One day in the not too distant future.