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Material: Software V8

Lesson 39: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8 – Stippling

10.04.2020 by Sylvia Kaptein 5,8594

Stipple Fills  are fun: you can find them in the BERNINA Embroidery SoftwareV8: users asked me to explain more about […]

Lesson 38: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8 – Candlewicking

17.03.2020 by Sylvia Kaptein 4,5564

A great feature with the BERNINA Embroidery Software V8 is Candlewicking: exploring this option is great, because there are many […]

Lesson 34: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: more preparations for CutWork

15.01.2020 by Sylvia Kaptein 6,3404

In the previous lesson – nr. 33 – I have showed you how to prepare for Cutwork in the BERNINA […]

Lesson 33: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: how to use CutWork and StumpWork in V8

07.01.2020 by Sylvia Kaptein 6,3044

CutWork (and StumpWork) is an option in the BERNINA embroidery software V8, to cut shapes from fabrics/materials with a special […]

Lesson 32: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Blending, part 2

20.11.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 3,1952

This second part of ‘Blending’ gives you even more insight, to try different effects with this feature in the BERNINA […]

Lesson 31: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Blending, part 1

13.11.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 4,3750

Sometimes an embroidery design – created in the BERNINA Embroidery Software V8 – requires more dramatic effect. There are many […]

Lesson 30: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Calculating thread usage

06.11.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 5,5263

When you’ve found an embroidery design, you want to be able to bring it to your machine and start with […]

Lesson 29: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Shade effect

29.10.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 2,8292

Due to high demand: a lesson about shade effect inV8. Sometimes you want extra effect with text and designs by […]

Lesson 27: How to rotate your embroidery hoop in the BERNINA Embroidery Software V8

15.10.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 6,0853

Because of questions from BERNINA Embroidery software V8 users (also on my to-d0 list for a future Blogpost), with this […]

Lesson 26: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Multi-Hooping part 2 – different options step by step

14.10.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 5,4812

I’ve explained the basics with Multi-Hooping in Lesson 25, about icons and options. Because there are multiple ways to use […]

Lesson 25: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Multi-Hooping part 1 – basics

07.10.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 8,2046

Don’t you love those large designs? I really like them, but sometimes it is not possible to embroider everything in […]

Lesson 24: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Wreaths, kaleidoscope effect and more

29.09.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 4,7032

This time we will take a look a wreaths etc, what we can do with the leaf that is made […]

Lesson 23: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Leaves with veins, different methods

24.09.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 4,2640

This lesson is about making leaves with veins: again a couple of users requested me to explain more about this […]

Lesson 22: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Morphing

18.09.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 4,8970

In response to my lessons, V8 users asked me to explain a specific topic. This time I will tell more […]

Lesson 21: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: shortcuts via your keyboard

10.09.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 4,9660

When using as lot of options in the Bernina DesignerPlus Software V8, it is sometimes more convenient to use shortcuts, if […]

Lesson 20: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Monograms

31.08.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 6,4487

What’s more special than a personalized gift: a (guest) towel, a pillow, enhancing a pocket of a shirt… making it […]

Lesson 16: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: creating custom thread charts

21.07.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 7,5554

After digitizing an embroidery design, you want to bring it to your embroidery machine for embroidery. And of course, using threads […]

Lesson 15: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Toolbox = making holes and other functions

20.07.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 7,7814

The more you work with BERNINA Embroidery Software DesignerPlus 8, the more you discover. Not just how to use everything, […]

Lesson 12: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Color Palette Status Bar

30.06.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 8,7568

An extensive amount of colors for threads is available with the BERNINA Embroidery Software V8. At the bottom of your […]

Lesson 11: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: 3D Globe effect

23.06.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 5,7294

It’s fun, discovering all the functions of the Toolbars of the BERNINA Embroidery Software V8. And sometimes there is a […]

Lesson 10: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: the Effects Toolbar

16.06.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 8,0865

This Toolbar contains icons to use for artistic effects, adding texture and curves, color changes and morphing objects. Also the […]

Lesson 8: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Stitches Toolbar = Outlines

03.06.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 9,1091

Another toolbar: Stitches. A vast amount of outlines and fill stitches; basic and more artistic or decorative. In this lesson […]

Lesson 7: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Transform Toolbar

27.05.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 7,3722

The Transform Toolbar: it contains all the necessary functions to select, change, scale and mirror etc. You will have to […]

Lesson 6: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Travel Toolbar

20.05.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 4,6502

Working our way through the Toolbars of V8, to better understand functions. This time we will take a look at […]

Lesson 5: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Zoom Toolbar and other zoom/pan functions

13.05.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 4,5312

A small amount of commands with this Zoom Toolbar, but you will use the functions often: zooming in and out […]

Lesson 4: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: the View Toolbar

06.05.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 8,1635

This lessons topic is the View Toolbar: we will look at icons and command buttons in the Bernina Embroidery Software […]

Lesson 3: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: the General Toolbar.

30.04.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 6,7282

In this lesson we will take a look at the General Toolbar. There are many tools; each with their own […]

Lesson 2: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: icons Canvas Toolbar

24.04.2019 by Sylvia Kaptein 9,0382

The first lesson about the BERNINA Embroidery Software V8 (the beginning) was about toolbars: the ‘graphical controlled elements with buttons, […]

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