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Mini Lesson 1

Learn Specific Skills by doing a Single Project

Are there some specific features of the Artista software that you need help with? Do you like to learn by doing a project? Try this Artista Project.

Heather Snow has 9 different mini lessons available as complete projects which you download and print out yourself. This Artista Project is the first in the series. There are lots of pictures and step-by-step instructions to show you exactly how to create the design. You can easily master your Artista Digitizing Software with these mini-lessons.

Artista Mini-Lesson 1: Heart

Skills to be mastered in this project...

Overlay Stitching - Remove

Pattern Outlines

This project shows you how to digitize the letters "Be Mine" and then remove the underlay from the heart behind them. The details of how the overlay remove command works and why it will not work sometimes is described in detail. After working with this volume, you will be able to make the overlay remove command work every time!

This lesson also shows how the pattern outline command works. Did you ever create a design just to have the pattern on the wrong side? This volume shows you how to get the pattern on the right side. You will also see how to move individual pattern motifs to make the pattern fit your design perfectly.

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