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This is important, especially if you’re new to embroidery. Just continue reading to learn everything you need to know about converting images to embroidery files.įirst things first, we need to know and understand what an embroidery file is. Well, what exactly is an embroidery file? And what types of image files can be converted to embroidery files? Which programs can you use to do this for free? You probably have a lot of questions, but don’t worry. You’ll need to make sure that the image file is in the right format, digitize the image, then convert it to the right type of embroidery file. The biggest thing is that you need to make sure that you use a free software program. I’ll explain just how to do that in this article.Ĭonverting an image to an embroidery file for free is not that difficult. But to do this, you have to convert the image to an embroidery file, and it’s even better if you can do it for free.

You do not need special software to do this, most modern computers have this ability.Creating embroidered designs from your own images is a great way to personalize your craft and provide unique gifts for loved ones.

Before your embroidery machine can read our files, we need to ‘unzip’ (un-compress, extract) the files.

To make Design sets quicker to download, we ‘zip’ or compress the files to make a smaller file.

Later on, when you’re looking for a design you know you have, you can go straight to your Kreative Kiwi folder.

When you start out downloading designs, you might initially save your embroidery files to your desktop or a Downloads Folder.įrom experience, can I suggest you create a Kreative Kiwi (and other designer) Folder If you know you have downloaded a file, and now can’t find it, re-download a file and keep an eye on where it saves. The Computer will save the file to wherever you tell it to – normally the last drive/folder you saved (downloaded) to TIP When we get a query about not being able to download, or see a design on your machine, it’s a process of elimination to work out ‘what’ the issue is.ĭownloading a file is computer speak for saving a file/folder to your Computer We all have different computers, systems and embroidery machines, plus different skill levels on our computers.

Sounds easy right? - I know from the number of e-mails and queries to our Facebook Group, that sometimes it is not that easy!

Unzip your files and transfer to your sewing machine. But whatever you decide, the first thing you’ll need to do is download the design and save it to your computer. Tips on Downloading & Saving Your Embroidery Designsīuying new embroidery designs is just so exciting! You may have plans to make something with it immediately or want to save it in your collection for a later date.