Today was a day for a good old fashioned headache. I am working on a new embroidery project. Not all images that you anticipate would work can be found on one website. My all time favorite site pulls my images right into the Bernina ARTlink 7 site and then onto the USB stick. The ARTlink 7 program allows me to make the images larger or smaller and automatically adjusts the number of stitches up or down for the image to embroider to its best capacity. The alternative site downloaded as zip files that were then moved onto the USB. I also discovered the second site does not allow their images to be altered. Bummer.
I now have a sufficient number of images that I need. I did print out the colors of thread that each image needs and I will pull from what closely matches the threads I have on hand; check that off the list. This was also a bummer. Those images via ARTlink automatically allow me to know the color number of the thread I need as the machine goes through the various steps of thread changes. Yippee!
I went into my fabric store in my sewing studio and pulled the fabrics I will be embroidering on. Nothing will need to be purchased. After spending the majority of the day getting this project laid out in my mind, on the USB stick that is now loaded for the project and having the fabric laid out, my gray matter is kaput. Actually, that is a good thing. If I had a lot of “white matter” in my brain, I wouldn’t be up for this type of challenge.
God bless the ole cowboy. He has a pasta dish ready to pop into the oven for today’s supper and most likely leftovers for tomorrow evening.