Make Drawings In Different Ways

Make Drawings in Different Ways

If you digitize, YOU NEED Pre-Design Studio!

The easy-to-use vector drawing program, especially made for embroiderers and machine quilters (and a big help for garment pattern drafters too!).

Drawings made with Pre-Design Studio can be used in many ways:

1. Create redwork / quilt / fringe edge applique designs for your embroidery machine

Trace any bitmap, copy, paste. Then choose "convert to stitches" to send to your embroidery machine to create redwork / quilt designs or fringe applique.

2. Use as artwork (solid color bitmaps, or vector EMF, or even PEM format) for your embroidery digitizing software

Trace any bitmap, copy, paste. Fill with color and choose "Export Color Bitmap". Open this solid color bmp in your Auto Digitizing or embroidery digitizing software (any brand) and generate stitches. In this example I used AutoPunch and the gradation function in PE-Design 8.

3. Print at actual size to create your own paper panto rolls for your longarm quilt system

Create your own panto rolls: copy, paste, align, resize and print. Tape the pages together. Ready! Change the color of the extra rows, print and you can see where to align the laser stylus for the next row.

4. Create quilting designs (DXF format) for your computerized longarm machine - make WMF worksheets

Export to DXF for computerized longarm systems: draw in Pre-Design Studio, choose Export DXF and open in your computerized system for example IntelliQuilter*, APQS QuiltStudio*, CompuQuilter*, ProQ-Designer*

5. Trace and resize a scale garment pattern, or draft your own garment patterns

Garment pattern drafting: Trace a scale garment pattern, resize and print. Or use the ruler guides and draft your garment patterns directly in Pre-Design studio: print at actual size.

Find What You're Looking For

Our Search Box appears at the top right of every page.

There are 3 ways to use it:

1. Search
Choose the type of product you are looking for: This is pre-set to Designs and will automatically search all embroidery designs on our site. You can choose from the drop down list to refine your search to one type of product, eg "Tutorials" or make it broader eg "All Products"

Enter a search word: Easy - just click in this box, type in your search word and click on the GO button. Type in lowercase and don't use plurals, Don't use words like "the" or "and". Use American spelling.

You will see pictures of the designs found that match your search. Click on the pictures you are interested in to see the designs in full and all the details you need to know (description, size, price, special offers, etc).

2. Choose a category
Instead of searching for a word, choose one of our quick category searches from this drop down list. Then choose a sub-category from the box on the right. By clicking between the category list that on the left and the sub-category list on the right, you can see pictures of all our items. This is a great way to find what you want at Secrets.

3. Choose a designer
Another alternative is to select one of our designers from the drop down list, and can visit their specific website.