Digitizing Practice-Summer Flip Flops

New Floriani FTCU Digitizing Practice! These fun summer flip flops would look really cute embroidered on a T-shirt.

Fill out the form at the end of this lesson 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:

Flip flop soles

• use the Fill Stitch tool to trace one of the flip flops
• edit as needed
• copy and paste to other flip flop – use the horizontal flip tool to help placement

Straps

• use the Fill Stitch tool to trace one set of straps
• edit as needed
• copy and paste to other flip flop – use the horizontal flip tool to help placement

leaves

• use the Satin Stitch tool to trace one set of leaves
• edit as needed
• copy and paste to the other flip-flop

flowers

• use the Satin Stitch tool to trace one set of flower petals
• edit as needed
• copy and paste to the other flip-flop

flower center

• use the Custom Shape Tool to create a circle – convert to Fill stitches using the convert toolbar on the bottom
• edit as needed
• copy and paste to the other flip-flop flower

polka dots

• use the Custom Shape Tool to create a circle – convert to Fill stitches using the convert toolbar on the bottom
• edit as needed
• continue to copy and paste and place on the flip flops to decorate them

 

Digitizing Steps

Follow these 4 digitizing steps for each shape, as a guide, to get you started.

 

Need help?

Here are two ways to get the help you need to digitize your own designs.

1. Have a digitizing question?

Join the Embroidery Gatherings Facebook group and ask your questions, anytime.

2. To receive lots of extra TLC with FTCU digitizing….

You can get 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 also 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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