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FREE Supplement to 5D™ Embroidery Basics now available for download
A FREE supplement to 5D™ Embroidery Basics is now complete and available for downloading. This supplement covers the changes to the 5D™ EMBROIDERY EXTRA software that came in with the Free Update for 2011. This document is 34 pages long and contains all the information you need to take advantage of these new features.
Click here to download your FREE copy of the supplement.
Online Class Enrollment by Credit Card is now being accepted
Many of you have asked for it and I heard your requests. Although I used and continue to use PayPal as a favored payment method for many of the goods and services I purchase on the internet, I just completed setting up my web site so that you can now pay me directly using your MasterCard, Visa, or Discovery credit cards rather than going throuugh PayPal. It has taken a bit of coordination with the bank and the credit card authorization firm Authorize.Net to ensure that all transactions will be protected and are 100% safe. I did not want to do this until I could be convinced by the bank and Authorize.Net that my customers would be protected and can have complete confidence that their personal information will be protected. That project is now complete and if you decide to enroll in any of my online classes, you will see the changes there and on my new shopping cart.
Status of my 5D™ Design Creator Basics book
5D™ Design Creator Basics is complete. It is now available at your local authorized Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff dealers as part number 413-316-926.
Finding ASCII Codes For Special Characters
Recently, I received an email from a reader who asked how to find the Ñ character to insert in a name for one of her embroidery projects. I found a document that I created that will explain just how to accomplish this task and it is available for viewing and/or download by clicking here.
If you have any questions about using these special characters, please feel free to contact me via email and I'll be happy to answer your questions.
Video Page Populated
All of the videos that are on this page are now viewable on my new Videos page. So now you can find everything on that page. As new videos are added to my collection, they will appear only on the new Videos page and all of the links in my free monthly newsletter will point to that page. Eventually (in about 6 months), I will take down the links to the videos from this page. For now, I'll leave them up so that everyone can get used to visiting the new page.
As always, if you have anything that you would like to see me demonstrate or explain in a short video, just click here and send me an email describing your idea.
New 4D QuiltDesign Creator Basics Book Available Now
Our newest book, 4D QuiltDesign Creator Basics is now available through your local Husqvarna VIking and Pfaff authorized dealer as part number 143 00 06-32. This new book covers all of the basic tools and techniques that you need to master this software. We also cover the companion software, 4D QiultDesign Vision in this new book.
4D QuiltDesign Creator and its companion module 4D QuiltDesign Vision are now on sale at your local Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff dealers. This new software represents a new concept in quilting design creation. You can use this software to create vector graphics that are turned into beautiful quilting designs for use on either your quilt robot, such as the QBOT or almost any other quilting robot now on the market. You can also export the designs that you create with this software for use on your embroidery machine.
This new software is driven by an easy-to-understand wizard that will assist you in every step along the way as you easily create beautiful designs for your quilting projects. If you want to create your designs with a personal touch, there are also a host of powerful tools to help you to manually create your designs from graphic images or by tracing photographs.
Online Class Details
I am working with the GoTo Webinar online meeting service to put together a package of online training that will be available to anyone, world-wide, who has a broadband internet connection and a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) headset which you can purchase from your local computer equipment supplier for around $30-$40 USD. You will not have to buy any software to use this new service. And the people at GoTo Webinar are available 24 hrs/day to assist you with making your first connection.
I will continue to offer free, 1 hour long Basic Computer Skills classes to help you with establishing your first VOIP session and to set up your computer with the files and folders you will need to save your projects.
The online classes will be live sessions at which you will be able to communicate with me live using your VOIP equipment and watch me work through the days lesson. Most classes will consist of 3 2-hour sessions held once a week for 3 weeks. That will give you plenty of time to do homework and prepare questions for the next week's class. Although it will not be mandatory for you to purchase the books that I produce, I will be following each book closely and they will be an invaluable resource for you to use when doing your homework.
All payments for these classes will be handled through PayPal so they will handle all of our currency exchange issues for students who are outside of the United States.
I live on the east coast of the United States in the time zone GMT -5:00 (that's the Eastern Time Zone for United States residents.) Since I am retired (you wouldn't know it from my schedule), I am available for classes almost 24 hours a day. Therefore, once I learn where my students are located and when they want to go to class during their local time, I can adjust the time of my classes accordingly. So my friends and fans in Australia and on the continent don't have to worry about wither being left out or needing to get up at 2:00 a.m. local time to attend a class. We will work things out to accommodate everyone.
I'm very excited about this project and I hope that you are excited too. Oh, and don't worry about the FREE VIDEOS I put in my monthly emails. I plan to always include a free video to address some small topic as I have done in the past.
So watch this space, and your monthly emails, for additional details.
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- Basic Computer Skills for Windows XP
Users
Learn how to create the folders you need to organize your designs and work on your Windows XP based computer. This file is a free download and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software to open and print the file. You can get the free Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking here
View/Download Windows XP Version
- Basic Computer Skills for Windows Vista
Users
Learn how to create the folders you need to organize your designs and work on your Windows Vista based computer. This file is a free download and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software to open and print the file. You can get the free Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking here
Free Videos
All of my videos are now located on another page. Click here to visit that page.