Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Viking Princess

I have a new Husqvarna Viking Desiner SE sitting in my basement; and I'm trying not to let it gather dust, but the fact is, I am terrified of it. I have managed to use it a couple of times; I've done some embroidery on some shirts for an actual paying client, and I've been using it to do some free-motion embroidery on a quilt I've been working on, but I haven't done much actual designing with it.

For the first couple of weeks I was completely baffled by the software for this puppy. There are so many things it can do and so few things I know how to do! But I went to a seminar last night, run by the shop where I bought the machine, and I feel a little better about things today. (Partially because several of the other women there that I chatted with are as clueless as I am!)

But I did pick up some clues about things, and today I sat down at work (because I have a very demanding and busy job right now) and figured out how to turn clip art into embroidery. My goal is to turn my own groovy little doodles into embroidery, and now I think that if I can remember how to work the scanner, I might be able to do it!

Who knows, by this time tomorrow, I might have pictures to show you! Of course, by this time tomorrow I might have gotten fired for playing on my computer instead of...oh, I know, chemical inventory, that's what I'm doing today!

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