New Floriani FTCU Digitizing Practice! Have fun using the Text tool to create and edit the placement of different kinds of fonts.
Fill out the form below and the image and a PDF guide will be sent to your email inbox.
Download the image from your email and use your creativity to trace and digitize the image, however you would like.
The PDF guide will include a numbered digitizing plan and suggestions and tips for tracing the image.
Create A Digitizing Plan
Decide which shapes to trace first – look at the image and think of it as layers. Trace the layers in back first. Trace the shapes that should stitch first and leave the details for last.
Digitizing suggestions
The following notes are a few suggestions to help you follow a digitizing plan for this image.
These notes include the order in which I suggest you trace the shapes and the stitch tools that would be the most appropriate for the that shape.
Of course, I encourage you to use your creativity and use whatever stitch and thread colors that you would prefer! That is the benefit of digitizing our own designs. No two will ever be the same!
Digitizing Plan:
Here is a suggested digitizing plan for you to follow:
text – Do more
- use the Text tool and choose a font – (this image was created with the Anniversary script font)
- use the workspace selection box to resize the text
- drag to the placement location on the image
- select the text in the sequence view and break apart the text to move and resize the individual letters as needed
text – of what
- use the Text tool and choose a font – (this image was created with the Amber font)
- use the workspace selection box to resize the text as needed
- drag to place the text in the correct position
stars
- use the Fill Stitch tool to trace the stars
- or use the Shapes Library and choose the star shape artwork and then convert to a fill shape using the Convert Fill tool on the bottom toolbar
text – makes you
- use the Text tool and choose a font – (this image was created with the Andrew font)
- use the workspace selection box to resize the text as needed
- drag to place the text in the correct position
text – happy
- use the Text tool and choose a font – (this image was created with the Amber font)
- use the workspace selection box to resize the text as needed
- drag to place the text in the correct position
accent lines
- use the Steil stitch tool to trace the yellow accent lines
- use the selection tool to resize and adjust the placement as needed
Digitizing Steps
Follow these 4 digitizing steps for each shape, as a guide, to get you started.
Editing Suggestion
- breakup the DO MORE text to move and adjust the placement of the letters individually
Embroidery Gatherings Members
For those of you who belong to the Embroidery Gatherings Membership Club, here is a link to the Lesson Directory to find coordinating lessons to help you trace and edit this practice design.
Need help?
Here are two ways to get the help you need to digitize your own designs.
- Have a digitizing question?
Join the Embroidery Gatherings Facebook group and ask your questions, anytime.
- To receive lots of extra TLC with FTCU digitizing….
You can get one-to-one digitizing help by joining our Embroidery Gatherings Membership Club. There are over 75 step-by-step written lessons and videos to help you learn to digitize your own embroidery designs using the FTCU software. We can create a personalized “journey” for you to learn to digitize!
Click HERE to find out more information.
Share your design!
After you have finished, you are welcome to share your design image with our Embroidery Gatherings Facebook group. We would love to see your creativity!
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