More Alphabet digitizing

A month ago I got Palette version 10 - a BIG upgrade from my version 2 software!  I've been having fun with different aspects of the software.

One of the fun things I've been playing with is the auto-digitizing of True Type Fonts.

Last night I was looking at some fonts and playing around with digitizing the A of some that appealed to me.   Some of these are straight out of the software - while others had some work done to them.

Disney Cross Stitch   I've digitized upper case, lower case and punctuation in this with 2.5 mm "X"s  I like it so much, I'm working on digitizing 1.5 mm "X"s so also have a more dense version of this.

Applique Gold Panda Font  Yesterday I posted about digitizing this font.  This is what started me looking for more interesting fonts to digitize.   I have finished all the letters, numbers and various punctuation, but haven't tested most of it.  I love the versatility out of one design

Applique Academy Engraved. I liked the look of the partial applique alphabet, so was looking for more that would allow this (A fully applique letter can be a pain - as you have to cut out the insides)

I had a little problem with my starting thread appearing later on - but you get the idea.  

SBC Curly Outline:   I found this one - and figured it could be an applique. Once I digitized it, I realized that it would also work well as a filled font.  Since the Capital A is kind of different, I decided to digitize the B instead.   The outline satin stitch isn't very wide - so I needed to be a little bit better with the Applique version.

Scruff: While looking for fonts to applique, I kept seeing this font and I thought it would be fun and funky - so really wanted to see how well it digitized.  I might just have to use this one sometime.

Fairytale:  This one also looked interesting.  I had some thread issues on the test stitchout - so the jury is out on this one.

AR Delaney:   I tried digitizing this one as a fill or satin - wasn't happy with either - so I settled on a mixture of the two:

Highlight LET: Fairly simple, but I do like the result

Odessa:  This one doesn't look like much - but does make for a simple, elegant font

Cerbature: I'm not so sure why I decided to try this one - maybe I was thinking it could lead to a filled font like I did with the SBC Curly one.  It worked fine

Victorian: I like the way this one turned out.

Vivaldi:     This font looked like it would digitize nicely - did not disappoint.

Pump Font:  This one leads itself to lots of  fun ideas for different fills, spiral stiches, etc.   I tried the lower case a in 2 simple versions:

Sweetheart Love Letters: This is a relatively new font.   To be able to give away or sell these letters, I would need to purchase a license.   Emily Spadoni is the creator and has a lot of very lovely fonts.

Thanks for checking out my latest projects.  I would love any comments you have.  Which fonts appeal to you and why?  What sizes of letters do you like?

Sneak peek. New cross stitch alphabet

Just checking the stitching.

Patchwork Cross Stitch Alphabet

This alphabet was free for one month.   You can still download the A to try it.

You can find the B for free and the entire alphabet for sale on my Craftsy Store.

I hope you enjoy them.   

Sneak peek:new alphabet - download the A

I'm working on a new alphabet: cross stitch patchwork

I didn't clip some of the threads on my first stitch out - but definitely needed to.

I have now converted the A into lots of different formats. This is my first try at converting - so I would appreciate it if you could let me know

• which format you use
• if you are able to read the file (either by your software or by your machine)
• and most importantly - how it stitches out for you.

IMPORTANT: take time to clip the threads - especially on the "plaid" material.

NOTE: I have included 2 .PES files - the original in Version 10 - and a converted version in Version 2 (which is readable by my 20 year old machine/software so should be good for the older machines)

COLOURS:  I have digitized the patterns to use the same colour scheme on each letter - to make it easier to plan - but of course you don't have to do this.  The "patchwork patterns" you will find - and the original colour scheme (some of the conversions change the colours wildly)

• Plaid:  lt pink, red, pink
• Checked: sky blue, yellow
• Striped: Drk blue, pumpkin
• Polka Dot: white dots on Teal
• Solid 1: Green
• Solid 2: Purple
• Outline: Black

DOWNLOAD THE A

Pooh Bear X-Stitch Font

Recently I had some computer issues which caused me to move/reorganize my old Embroidery Files. I found that I had this Pooh Bear X-Stitch Font.   I decided to use it to stitch my name on a bag, but soon found out that I would have too many Pooh Bears since most of the letters use Pooh.

I downloaded StitchBuddy and made some changes.

Here is the original Piglet with C and Pooh with M

and the resulting mashup of them

Here are the original Eeyore with E and Pooh with A

And the resulting mash up (There was a little bit of a problem stitching out some of the final black outline of Eeyore, but you can only tell if you look closely so I decided to just leave it