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PE-Design 6 CD-Book
the multimedia tutorial for PE-Design/Palette V6
also perfect for PE-Design/Palette Version 7!
by Loes van der Heijden

Always wanted to know how to create Freestanding Lace Bowls, or Hardanger, Or Fur?
Then you just need the PE-Design 6 CD-Book! Or are you a newbie to the PE-Design/Palette software? Then you need the PE-Design 6 CD-Book too :)
It is suitable for all levels, beginners to advanced.

Download the free Addendum to make this PE-Design 6 CD-Book compatible
with version 7 of the PE-Design / Palette software! Scroll down this page and click the Addendum image.

Lesson: What's New in V6

You will love the Candlewicking lesson, and the Fur-lesson (with the clear movie and the accompanying pictures in the printable workbook you will be able to create furry designs yourself in no time!!), the lessons showing how to apply the new shading technique, how to create Hardanger and Hardanger Cutwork. You will absolutely love the lesson how to create a freestanding Lace Bowl, and the Stamps lesson and the new Plaid technique! And how to create your own traveling runs to control jumps (the professional way of digitizing). It's all here in the new

PE-Design 6 CD-Book

Multimedia Tutorial for PE-DESIGN and PALETTE
embroidery software version 6 as well as version 7

In the PE-Design 6 CD-Book you will find 35 videos, with voice over, showing and telling how to digitize in the wonderful new Version 6 of PE-Design and Palette. The step-by-step instructions of all techniques shown and explained in the movies are written down for you in detail in the printable Workbook.
The CD-Book has an easy navigation interface: just insert the CD-rom - it will start playing with a short intro and take you to the Main Menu. Then simply click a button to go to the section of your choice and click a button to start a movie, or click a button to start printing the Workbook.

Suitable for beginners and advanced digitizers!

This PE-Design 6 CD-Book is a standalone tutorial for owners of PE-Design / Palette version 6 and version 7, beginner as well as advanced. See Table of Contents below.
For previous versions of the PE-Design/Palette software there are special tutorials: If you have the PE-Design/Palette version 5 embroidery software, you should buy the PE-Design 5 CD-Book. Click here for info about version 5. and if you have PE-Design/Palette version 4, then the PE-Design 4 CD-Book is for you (click here for info about version 4). Versions 4, 5 and 6 of the CD-book are standalone versions and are all available for purchase.

Price of the PE-Design 6 CD-Book: US$124 / EUR 109

Click for the order info page

Click to download a sample movie of the way I teach software. This sample movie is not a lesson for version 6, it's just to give you the look and feel of my tutorial movies. This movie shows how my drawing program Pre-Design works together with PE-Design/Palette, and was made with a previous version of PE-Design.
Click to download the addendum for version 7Addendum for owners of the PE-Design 6 CD-Book

NEW! Right-click the image and choose "Save link target as" to download the Addendum for Version 7.

With this Addendum you can use the PE-Design 6 CD-Book to learn Version 7 of the PE-Design and Palette software. Read about the new functions of the Design Database, learn how to digitize your own keyboard fonts with the new exciting Font Creator and apply the page-by-page changes to the Workbook on the CD-Book CD-rom, to update it to version 7.

If you don't own my PE-Design 6 CD-Book yet, feel free to download the chapter :)

The Addendum is a PDF-file and you will need Adobe Reader to open it. If you don't have Adobe Reader: click here to download it.

Table of Contents of the PE-Design 6 CD-Book

Part I Digitizing Essentials

About PE-Design / Palette - Create a shortcut to Layout & Editing
Introduction to Design Center
Introduction to Layout & Editing
The Layout & Editing Screen
The Layout & Editing Toolbox
Lesson 1: Digitizing in Design Center
Lesson 2a: Auto Punch in Layout & Editing
Lesson 2b: Editing an Auto Punch Design
Lesson 3: Digitizing in Layout & Editing

Part II Editing and Customizing Existing Designs

Lesson 4: Stitch-based versus Object-based
Lesson 5: Resizing Existing Designs
Lesson 6: Splitting Designs
Lesson 7: Using parts in another design
Part III Creative Digitizing from A to Z

Lesson 8: Applique Basics
Lesson 9: Applique
Lesson 10: Blackwork (Programmable Stitch Creator)
Lesson 11: Candlewicking
Lesson 12: Design Database
Lesson 13: Fur
Lesson 14: Gradation, Shading and Blending colors
Lesson 15: Hardanger
Lesson 16: Hardanger Cutwork
Lesson 17: Lace Bowl (Freestanding Lace)
Lesson 18: Large Designs – Multi-Position Hoop
Lesson 19: Larger Designs – Custom Design Page Size
Lesson 20: Monogramming
Lesson 21: New in Version 6
Lesson 22: Photo Stitch (Delft-Blue)
Lesson 23: Plaid, a new technique
Lesson 24: Quilting Lines with True Type Fonts
Lesson 25: Quilting Lines with a not-installed True Type Font
Lesson 26: Redwork
Lesson 27: Stippling with the Curve Tool in Layout & editing
Lesson 28: Stippling with Auto Punch!
Lesson 29: Texture: Stamps
Lesson 30: Texture: Grass
Lesson 31: Texture: Programmable Fills (about Base Sewing)
Lesson 32: Thread Chart
Lesson 33: True Type Fonts: Convert to Outline Object
Lesson 34a: X Stitch: Stitch-based
Lesson 34b: X Stitch: Object Based
Lesson 35: Zigzag Line Designs (Stick Figures)
Plus: "Think Embroidery" - a slide show how to get inspired

Lessons 36, 37 and 38 in downloadable Addendum.
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