The lesson for "Rewind Wednesday" is going to be slightly different today! Recently Dottie H. was looking for some additional cutwork designs and one of the links I sent her is from the free download on the Bernina site here.
Since she does not own the software, her computer had no idea what program would open up the designs. You will notice there are 4 files in the zipped folder.
The DRAW file is the native format for the Bernina DesignWorks program. It is the only format in which you can resize, rotate or alter to create a new design.
Many of you received the DesignWorks tools with your Sterling Edition 880 machine. You do NOT need the software to be able to use these tools only the correct file format.
In order to be able to stitch/cut out the design on your machine, you must have all three files. The BMP, EXP and Setup information. Otherwise your machine will not be able to read/stitch out the design. It is possible to send the DRAW file to your USB stick but the machine will not be able to read it.
There are free Paintworks files as well on the Bernina site here. This is what the Mexico Paintworks file looks like after it is unzipped.
Here is the painted design in the DW software. Notice the Paintwork pens in the Sequence Manager and in the Brushes palette on the right.
I opened up the DRAW file in the software and changed the outlines from paint to a running stitch. Notice the running stitch on the Thread side of the palette.
The free crystal designs can be changed in the software as well. You can change the size/color of the crystals and convert the design from crystals into stitches.
You can find the free crystalworks files here.
I hope this helps to clear up the confusion regarding the different types of formats that your machine will read. What do you think Dottie?
