Dream BIGGER - the MK Way / Wholecloth
Learn how to take digital Dream Big sets from multiple designers and up-size them to fit the Dream Bigger digitally printed panels from Hoffman Fabrics.
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FREE PREVIEWAdditional Spoken Intro, Preparing the Panel, Backing Options, Thread Choices, The MK Plan Related to Shorter-Throat Depth Machines, Reminders and Review of the Poinsettia Wholecloth Course,
Review: PSP Simulation and PSD Set up Steps, Zero/Zero - Reposition Zero, Create New Link to your DB Designs Folder, Quilt Pattern Indexer,
Opening Designs from QPI into PSP Simulation, Auditioning Reposition Zero to See if it Works, Reviewing Batch Conversion from within PSD in order to Audition Reposition Zero, Pushing All the Designs to PSD
Getting all the Designs Open on the PSD Workspace, Beginning the Layout Process Referring to the Layout Map Provided by the Designer,
The Finished Layout using PSD, The Individual Grouping Step Reviewed when the Layout is Complete, Saving Reviewed, Resizing the Layout to the Dream Bigger Panel (Approximately 106" Square), Beginning "Break it Down" Process, Explaining Turning Scenario
Establishing the Sections Row by Bow, Saving Row by Row, Painting the Final Layout to Identify Pieces that Don't Fit
Post Simulation / Ready to Stitch, Explanation of Turning, Basting and Advancing; Being Very Careful of Advancing Far Enough to Accomodate Large Pieces, To Multi-Point Mark an Area - Or Not,
Stitching Continues - Designs Aren't Matching - Hmmmm, My Explanation Why At This Stage of the Game, Spot Checking Each Piece for Positioning at the Quilt,
Using Simulation to Explain and Recreate, First Pass - Things to Think About, Alignment at the Top, Select None Tip to Avoid Unintended Groupings, MK's Ooops - Check Your Sides to Make Sure Things Still Fit, SPI: 13-14 Explanation, 1/2 Baste
Options and Tips for Avancing, Needle Down Drag/Drop for Advancing (Yes, You Saw that Correctly)
Combating Drawup and Shrinkage, Resizing Each Row as You Go Along, Options for Aligning or Reposition Each Row
Fine Tuning Positioning on Each Piece Happens Individually, Some Airstitching Help Immensely, Grouping and Saving After Stitching as You Go Along
I'm Half Way, Some Thoughts about the Intial 1/2 of this Stitchout
Saving Option before Advancing on Each Row
Saving Option Before Advancing Continued
Working in Simulation to Rebuild the Design
Taking the Design to the Machine to Begin in the Other Direction
Using the Push/Send Technology between PSP and PSD to Isolate and Work with Individual Designs in it's New Turned Configuration
Fine Tuning Positioning
Considerations After the First New Design (or Desings) Have Been Stitched
More Considerations for the Next Advance
Recap on Repeating These Same Steps Over and Over
Using PSD to Create an Outline, Assign Stitches to the Outline, Save that Shape w/Stitches as an Area, Fill that Area with an E2E
Filling with E2E Part 2
Additional "Fill w/Edge to Edge Design" Options
Additional Fills Continued
Additional Fills Continued
Fill w/Edge to Edge Combined with Repeat on Path in PSD
Advanced Fill Option Continued
Reviewing the Process
Review the Process Continued
Final Review, A Couple Different Options in PSD to Get a Piece of the Puzzle to Fit and WE'RE DONE
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Reviewing the Process / Ahh, Reposition Zero Works. Thanks, Celeste
Reviewing the Process Continued
Chapter 14 - MK's Final Thoughts
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Loading Dream Bigger / Watch to the End
How I'm going to Teach This Add-On Content
Starting with PSP Simulation, QPI and Reposition Zero
Taking the Setup to the Quilt, Aligning Row 01 to The First Area Box or Reposition the Group of Designs to Top Left, Selecting Designs One at a Time to Stitch
Grouping Petals Together (Even if the Petal Pieces are Too Large for Our Throat Depth),
Grouping Petals in Designer instead of Pro-Stitcher - Either Will Work
Ready to Stitch, Conversation about Saving
First Advance Using Select All and Drag Using Finger on the Screen Then Nudging
Advancing Using Needle Down Drag/Drop
Advancing and Re-Creating New Area Box To Help Center Center New Grouping of Designs and the Use of Designer to get the Next Pass Built
Shaving Away Parts of the Workspace We Don't Need and Doing Re-Grouping Using Designer
Resizing Something That's Not Matching the Panel
Using the View Rubberband Function to Help Us Resize Items and Areas Where We Can Crop If Necessary
Comparing Saving A Piece (Or Pieces of the Puzzle) as a Design or a Workspace and the Differences
Workspace vs. Design and a Discussion about Coordinates, Splitting a Portion of a Design to Create an Area to Fill
Splitting a Portion of a Design to Create an Area to Fill Continued
Splitting a Portion of a Design to Create an Area to Fill Continued
Adding Letting to the Stitchout Using Purchased Fonts from KK Quilts
Adding Lettering Continued
Adding Lettering Continued
Adding a Custom Label Block to the Bottom Edge / More Text Plus Custom Cropping
Custom Label Block Continued
Final Additions and Final Thoughts
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