02
Jul
Is PE-Design 11 Right For You? Take Our 5-Minute Quiz
Choosing the right embroidery software is a big decision. It's an investment in your creativity, your hobby, or your business. With so ...
02
Jul
PE-Design 11 vs. Embrilliance Essentials: A Feature-by-Feature Breakdown
When choosing embroidery software, two names that consistently come up are Brother's PE-Design 11 and Embrilliance Essentials. Both are...
02
Jul
PE-Design 11 vs. Hatch Embroidery 3: The Ultimate Comparison for Home Business Owners
Choosing the right embroidery digitizing software is one of the most significant investments you'll make for your home-based business. ...
02
Jul
How to Design, Digitize, and Stitch Custom Embroidered Patches with PE-Design 11
Custom embroidered patches are a fantastic way to personalize jackets, bags, and hats. They are also one of the most popular items for ...
02
Jul
Unlocking Your Creativity: Using the Stitch Design Factory & Font Mapping Tool in PE-Design 11
Once you've mastered the basics of editing and combining designs, you might find yourself asking, "What's next?" For those who want to ...
02
Jul
A Beginner’s Guide to the PE-Design 11 Appliqué Wizard
Appliqué is a timeless embroidery technique that adds personality, color, and texture to any project. It involves stitching pieces of d...
02
Jul
The Ultimate Guide to PhotoStitch in PE-Design 11
Of all the powerful tools within PE-Design 11, few capture the imagination quite like PhotoStitch. This remarkable feature allows you t...
02
Jul
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Fabrics for Machine Embroidery Appliqué
Appliqué is a wonderfully creative embroidery technique where pieces of fabric are stitched onto a base material to create a design wit...
02
Jul
Stitch-Based vs. Object-Based Files: The Most Important Concept in Digitizing
Have you ever downloaded an embroidery design, tried to make it just a little bigger, and ended up with a stitched-out mess full of ugl...
02
Jul
Embroidery File Formats Explained: PES vs. DST vs. JEF and More
As you dive into the world of machine embroidery, you'll quickly encounter an alphabet soup of acronyms: PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, and m...
02
Jul
The 12 Most Common Embroidery Digitizing Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
There's nothing more disheartening than spending hours digitizing a design, only to watch it stitch out as a puckered, distorted, or th...
02
Jul
What is Embroidery Digitizing? A Complete Beginner’s Guide (2025)
If you’ve just stepped into the exciting world of machine embroidery, you've likely heard the term "digitizing." It sounds technical, b...