MK's Process: Project Samples from Start to Finish
Join Melissa as she shares new projects she's working on and demonstrates various aspects of her work process from Layout & Rendering to Stitchout. New content will be added regularly.
What's Included
Celebrate the Seasons / Welcome Autumn (Chapters 02 through 06)
One Big Star Christmas Table Topper (Chapter 07)
Additional Projects
Measurements and Thread Choices
Things to Think About Before We Load, Spoken Thoughts about Line Drawings
Spoken Information About the Designs I Chose and Why
Building the Line Drawing - Part 01
Building the Line Drawing - Part 02
Building the Line Drawing - Part 03
Saving the Line Drawing as a Workspace, Groupings in Workspaces and How to Handle Them
An Explanation of Quilt Pattern Indexer, Searching Based on Keywords and Saving a Copy of the Designs from QPI into a Working Folder
Choosing Designs Continued
Starting with the Sash and Why
Fine Tuning the Number of Repeats, Duplicating and Custom Cropping
Saving a Beginners Way
Naming Options, Vertical Sash/Border Building
Considering Options if We Didn't Like Crop Option #1, More Duplication and Custom Cropping
Building the Inside E2E and Pieced Border Round
Building the Cornerstones, Explanation of Groupings in the Layout and Rendering Steps
Saving Workspace, Building the Pieced Border, Wrapping Function (Yes or No)
Building the Vertical Pieced Borders
Building the Outside Offset Borders
Double Checking Our Completed Layout, Speficially Whether Everything Has Been Saved
Stitchout Steps - Starting at the Top of the Quilt, Explaining How I Use Simulation to Demonstration What Would Really Happen at the Quilt
Use of the 1/2" Square Foot for Border Work, Reason for a Printed Layout Near the Quilt, Opening and Placing the First Design
Alignment BEFORE Skew and Why, Naming with Tags and Why
Stitch Order and Why, Skew Vs. Border Skew and Saving Workspace vs. Saving Selected
Clearing and Moving On and Final Comments on Finishing the Stitchout
The Introduction
Building the Line Drawing - Part 01
Building the Line Drawing - Part 02
Building the Line Drawing - Part 03
Layout and Rendering - Choosing and Laying out the Designs
Layout and Rendering Continued
Layout and Rendering Continued
Layout and Rendering Continued
Layout and Rendering Continued
Layout and Rendering Continued
Layout and Rendering Continued
Layout and Rendering Continued
One more PS Designer Step
PSD continued
Here We Go, Time to Stitch
Positioning Comes First
Starting at the Top
Connecting our Star Point in PSD
Pushing Star Point Back to PS from PSD - Coordinates
Repositioning after a Machine and PS Reboot
Final Stitching Steps
One Big Star Details and Final Picture
The Project / Dimensions
Layout and Rendering - The Line Drawing
LOAR - The Line Drawing Continued
LOAR - The Line Drawing Continued
LOAR - The Line Drawing -Final
LOAR - Picking Designs and Starting the Layout
LOAR - Picking Designs and LOAR Continued
LOAR - Picking Designs and LOAR Continued
LOAR - Picking Designs and LOAR Continued
LOAR - The Inside Narrow Sashes
LOAR - Finishing up the Narrow Sashes w/Custom Cropping
LOAR - The Outside Narrow Border Part 01
LOAR - The Outside Narrow Border Part 02
Stitching - 01 - Outside L-Shaped Corners / Option 01
Stitching - 02 - Outside L-Shaped Continued
Stitching - 03 - Outside L-Shaped Continued
Stitching 04 - Outside L-Shaped Continued
Stitching 05 - Piano Key Border
Stitching 06 - Piano Key Border Continued
Stitching 06 - Piano Keys Continued and Final Project Recap
Introduction, The Design and My Initial Thought Process
Setting up the E2E for the Entire Project
Starting with the Lining
Converting the Embroidery Design Initials in Pro-Stitcher Designer
Placing and Stitching the Converted Embroidery Design
Final Stitching and Construction Tips
This is a Process Start (Not Entirely to Finish)
FREE PREVIEWA Look at the Quilt
Layout Part 01
Layout Part 02