Oh, the wonderful Designer I!!!! I have used it for about a year and a half now, and I think it is a great sewing and embroidery machine. Having this machine has given me so many options for sewing and embroidering my knitting—a TextileFusion dream.
I’ve been digitizing a few designs lately, using the Husqvarna Viking Professional Plus digitizing software. Good digitizing is an art that requires a lot of skill. I’m a beginner. This is what I’ve done most recently. The program prints an information sheet showing the stitch-out of the pattern (above), the thread colors and technical information. On-screen, you can ask for a 3-D rendering, so you can get a clearer idea of what your design will look like. I used lots of colors in the design, but I will probably only use one or two colors in the actual embroidery.
And here it is on fabric. I quit before all the motifs were done, because it seemed perfect with just the flower inside. It needs to be bigger to have all the other stuff.
The Designer I has recently been one-upped by the new Husqvarna Viking Designer SE, which has a USB port, so you can digitize on your computer, hook up to the embroidery machine, and start embroidering without having to save to a diskette.
Is this an ad for Husqvarna Viking? Let’s call it an enthusiastic testimonial. And if this helps you decide to buy one, be sure and mention that Suzann Thompson influenced your decision.
Wait, there’s more! Husqvarna Viking is providing sewing machines for my Small Quilt/Tote Bag from Your Old Sweaters workshop in Taos, October 4, 2005. Scarlet Alt, a HV educator will assist participants with the machines. See the sidebar for links.