Photosnap

So after a long break here are a couple of pictures of the actual sew out of designs below. The first is my nephew in his R2-D2 costume where I used the photosnap feature. I didn't have the fabric secured as tightly in the hoop as I had thought and so there are some gathers. Also it is a pretty lightweight test fabric and I was using a medium weight tear-away stabilizer. I think it would have been better with a heavier cut-away stabilizer. I am still learning about the appropriate use of stabilizer.


The second is another version of my nephew with a decorative circular border. The cloth had gotten really loose at this point and I just let it go since it was a test. I still like the possibilities with this function, I just need to figure out how to use it in a practical setting. The hardest part is getting the picture to fewest colors possible and to whiteout the background. The DesignerPlus version 6.0 software comes with a light version of CorelDraw, what it doesn't come with is a user manual. Bernina has some good training videos and support material for their software, but there is pretty much nothing for CorelDraw. I haven't gone out to the Corel site to see what I can find there, yet.