New Floriani FTCU Digitizing Practice! Here’s a little patriotic cupcake to help you celebrate the Fourth of July!
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:
cupcake center
- trace the shape using the Fill stitch tool
- edit as needed
cupcake wrapper
- trace the shape using the Fill stitch tool
- note: you will trace the white accent lines last (#8)
blue star
- trace the blue star using the Fill stitch tool
- edit as needed
Text
- use the Text tool to create the July 4th text
- choose a text that you prefer
cupcake icing
- trace the shape using the Fill stitch tool
- suggestion: trace multiple shapes to create texture and to “separate” the swirls
- adjust the angle lines to create definition between the shapes
Red star
- trace the shape using the Fill stitch tool
- remove the overlap between the red and blue star
text
- use the Text tool to trace the word “Happy”
- choose a font that you prefer (note this graphic font is not a FTCU font)
Accents
- use the Outline tool to create a white satin outline around the red star
- trace the cupcake wrapper details with either a very narrow Steil stitch OR a Bean stitch
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.
- Have a digitizing question?
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- To receive lots of extra TLC with FTCU digitizing….
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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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