Hello everybody,

I like to react ..it will be a read, but I like to explain myself and my choice for my preferred embroidery-software.

Long ago I started with a Pfaff 7570 and the PC design software.. Then I made the leap to the Janome MC 11000 with the Customizer software, which I didn't like very well. Someone told me about Embird so I went for Embird, nice on the wallet BTW. 

In the meantime I learned about the cutwork software from Bernina, which someone used on het MC 11000. Very very Interesting!!!

Then I upgraded to the MC 12000, which I still have, with the Digitizer JR V3 software. Which I didn't like as well, so I used Embird instead and no Digitizer MBX for me, my wallet didn't like the €1500 prize anyway. Sorry I forget to tell you, I live in The Nederlands.

As I was also working with rhinestones and fabric paint, I found my way to the Silhouette Portrait (in the meantime upgraded to a Cameo, can't get my hands on the Artistic Egde, as it's USA only), for cutting my rhinestone and paint templates and many other things.

For my ideal world I was wondering if there was an embroidery software package for combining this in one design and I can send the design to the MC 12000 and the Cameo in one go...

After a long search on internet I found Artistic Suite V6, and it was Janome as well. And affordable for my wallet. Hooray I thought. Well it turned it was only Janome USA, and no way my Dutch dealer could get his hands on it.. After 8 months I found a private seller who was willing to sell and send it to me.. Double hooray..

With the manual, lessons on Internet and later on Artistic workshops by Trevor Conqergood, ( Triple hooray)I found my way to digitize and send my design to the MC 12000 and the Cameo in one go. Eureka... O, and I can do those cutwork designs as well. Long before Janome Digitizer came with it.

Even my Embird is on the shelf, and their update is only $32. 

For general information, Artistic Suite is Creative DRAWings based. They updated their software to be Windows and Mac compatible and made changes to the interface of the software. Looking at the videos on the Janome global site, it's looking the same and the videos are done by Trevor again. So maybe new workshops by Trevor again for the new Artistic Digitizer, at least I hope so..

So for me it will be Artistic software....

So it all comes down to one question..what do you want from your embroidery software. If you like your Digitizer MBX you will probably go for Hatch, I read that even an Embird teacher is thinking about Hatch instead of Embird..

I will stay or should I say will go for Artistic Digitizer.. I hope there will be a downloadable  upgrade version available so I can get my hands on it here in The Netherlands.

Everybody good luck with the embroidery software hunt..

Greetings, Debby from Haarlem, the Netherlands..

This topic is maddening to me as I really don't know really what I want & what I need isn't clear at all. 

I suppose I'll need to wait....and wait some more!

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:48 PM, Debby Simon

<debby.a.simon@...> wrote:

Hello everybody,

I like to react ..it will be a read, but I like to explain myself and my choice for my preferred embroidery-software.

Long ago I started with a Pfaff 7570 and the PC design software.. Then I made the leap to the Janome MC 11000 with the Customizer software, which I didn't like very well. Someone told me about Embird so I went for Embird, nice on the wallet BTW. 

In the meantime I learned about the cutwork software from Bernina, which someone used on het MC 11000. Very very Interesting!!!

 

Then I upgraded to the MC 12000, which I still have, with the Digitizer JR V3 software. Which I didn't like as well, so I used Embird instead and no Digitizer MBX for me, my wallet didn't like the €1500 prize anyway. Sorry I forget to tell you, I live in The Nederlands.

As I was also working with rhinestones and fabric paint, I found my way to the Silhouette Portrait (in the meantime upgraded to a Cameo, can't get my hands on the Artistic Egde, as it's USA only), for cutting my rhinestone and paint templates and many other things.

 

For my ideal world I was wondering if there was an embroidery software package for combining this in one design and I can send the design to the MC 12000 and the Cameo in one go...

After a long search on internet I found Artistic Suite V6, and it was Janome as well. And affordable for my wallet. Hooray I thought. Well it turned it was only Janome USA, and no way my Dutch dealer could get his hands on it.. After 8 months I found a private seller who was willing to sell and send it to me.. Double hooray..

With the manual, lessons on Internet and later on Artistic workshops by Trevor Conqergood, ( Triple hooray)I found my way to digitize and send my design to the MC 12000 and the Cameo in one go. Eureka... O, and I can do those cutwork designs as well. Long before Janome Digitizer came with it.

Even my Embird is on the shelf, and their update is only $32. 

 

For general information, Artistic Suite is Creative DRAWings based. They updated their software to be Windows and Mac compatible and made changes to the interface of the software. Looking at the videos on the Janome global site, it's looking the same and the videos are done by Trevor again. So maybe new workshops by Trevor again for the new Artistic Digitizer, at least I hope so..

 

So for me it will be Artistic software....

 

So it all comes down to one question..what do you want from your embroidery software. If you like your Digitizer MBX you will probably go for Hatch, I read that even an Embird teacher is thinking about Hatch instead of Embird..

I will stay or should I say will go for Artistic Digitizer.. I hope there will be a downloadable  upgrade version available so I can get my hands on it here in The Netherlands.

Everybody good luck with the embroidery software hunt..

Greetings, Debby from Haarlem, the Netherlands..