Well, the new toy arrived this morning. It's noisy. Doubt I'll be running it too late but it is veeeeeeeery smooth.
1st attempt at embroidery was this.....
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Being a bit more daring I went in search of free designs on't tinterweb and found not too many.
This fella caught my eye along with a few dinosaurs and stuff. I added the croc lettering.
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Turned out quite well mefinks.
I've also been playing around with some android app called "Touch Embroidery free" which digitizes stuff sort of. Having a few hiccups with that.
I'm also planning on having a crack at using something called "SophieSew" which looks interesting if not incredibly difficult.
Anyhoo, it's late, I'm tired and I'm off to bed. Nighty night.