Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 01 - About Designer Days w/MK and EA

  • 2

    Chapter 02 - Webinar Registration & Information

    • Webinar Information & Supplies

  • 3

    Chapter 03 - Reference Material

  • 4

    Chapter 04 - Designer Days Session 01 - Basics - August 6th

    • Part 01 - Activation (Both online and offline)

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Part 02 - General Settings

    • Part 03 - Ellen on File and Image Types

    • Part 04 - Ellen and Trusted Image Download Sites

    • Part 05 - MK with Drawing Tools and Anchor Points

    • Part 06 - MK with Grid & Snap Options, Assigning Stitches and Push Functionality

    • Part 07 - MK Adjusting Anchor Points and Using the Carousel Tool

    • Part 08 - Ellen / Magic Wand and Auto Digitizing

    • Part 09 - MK and EA / Final Thoughts and Questions

    • Homework Files

    • Designer Days Notes 8/6/21
  • 5

    Chapter 05 - Designer Days Session 01 - Basics Follow-Up Session // Q&A

    • Session 01 Follow-Up Part 01

    • Session 01 Follow-Up Part 02

    • Session 01 Follow-Up Part 03

    • Session 01 Follow-Up Part 04

    • Session 01 Follow-Up Part 05

    • Designer Days Notes 8/13/21
  • 6

    Chapter 06 - MK's Session 01 Homework Stitch-out Steps - BONUS MATERIAL

    • What Digitizing Tools I Used

    • Fine Tuning and Connecting

    • Additional Work on the Circles

    • A Bit of Text and Custom Cropping

    • The Final Stitching Steps

    • Designer Days Notes (Teacher Homework) 8/13/21
  • 7

    Chapter 07 - Designer Days Session 02 - August 20th

    • Heart Runner Line Drawings

    • Part 01, Digitizing Review, Creating New Start and Stop Points with Split Line, Connecting Pieces of Digitized Designs to Minimize Starts and Stops, Open and Closed Designs, Connect, Combine , How this all relates to stitch order

    • Part 02, Digitizing Review - Continuation of Part 01, Additionally: Coloring Elements, Grouping Elements, Introduction to the Reflect Tool

    • Part 03

    • Part 04

    • Part 05

    • Homework for Session #2

    • Additional Homework

    • Designer Days Notes 8/20/21
  • 8

    Chapter 08 - Bonus Content - Text turned E2E

    • Contributed by Julie Pettyjohn

    • Connecting Text using the Weld Function

    • Step-by-Step Written Instructions

    • Designer Days Notes - Bonus Content by Julie Pettyjohn
  • 9

    Chapter 09 - Designer Days Session 03 - September 10th

    • Pre-Session Chatter

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Timestamps - They are here!

    • Part 01

    • Part 02

    • Part 03

    • Part 04

    • Part 05

    • Part 06

    • Part 07

    • Part 08

    • Part 09

    • Session 3: Homework and Discussion Link

  • 10

    Chapter 10 - Designer Days Session 04 - October 22nd - Bats

  • 11

    Chapter 11 - MK's Simple Shapes

    • MK's Most Used Simple Shapes for Line Drawings
  • 12

    Chapter 12 - Designer Days Session 05 - 11-05-2021 - Tulips

    • Pre-Start Chatter

    • Part 01

    • Part 02

    • Part 03

    • Part 04

    • Part 05

    • Part 06

    • Part 07

    • Part 08

    • Part 09

    • Tulips Layout with Patterns Named
  • 13

    Chapter 13 - Designer Days Session 06 December 11th, 2021

    • Pre-Session Chatter

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Ellen Part 01 - Drawing Tools Review

    • Ellen Part 02 - Artwork and Connections Review

    • MK Part 01 - Table Runner Reviews 01

    • MK Part 02 - Table Runner Reviews 02

    • MK Part 03 - Isolating a Motif from Existing Design

    • MK Part 04 - Turning the Motif into and E2E

    • MK Part 05 - Turning the Motif into an E2E Part 02

    • MK Part 06 - The Carousel Tool

    • MK Part 07 - The Echo Tool

    • MK Part 08 - The Rays Tool

    • MK Part 09 - The Slice Tool

    • Layout w/Designs

    • MK Part 10 - Layout and Rendering PSD Style

    • MK Part 11 - Layout and Rendering PSD Style Part 02

    • MK Part 12 - Layout and Rendering PSD Style Part 03
  • 14

    Chapter 14 - Designer Days Session 06 December 11th, 2021 - BONUS CONTENT

    • Ran Out of Time Live

    • Coloring/Grouping and Re-Working the Borders

    • Finishing up the Layout - 01

    • Finishing up the Layout - 02

    • Finishing up the Layout - 03

    • Finishing up the Layout - 04

    • Finishing up the Layout - 05

    • Finishing up the Layout - 06
  • 15

    Chapter 15 - Saving Options - In Preparation for Taking this to our Machines

    • Saving Options - 01

    • Saving Options - 02
  • 16

    Chapter 16 - Stitching What We've Built

    • Take it to the Machine
  • 17

    Chapter 17 - Stitching Our Layout as a Wholecloth

    • Stitching as a Wholecloth- 01

    • Stitching as a Wholecloth - 02

    • Stitching as a Wholecloth - 03

    • Stitching as a Wholecloth - 04