Helpful Tips

  WORKING WITH THREAD COLORS ON THE JANOME QUILTMAKER 15000 Thread Selection on the Janome 15000 Are you aware you should select your color palette on the 15000 in order for the colors to match your chosen embroidery design color palette as closely as possible? You can leave the setting on Retain Original Color and the 15000 will automatically choose the closest color match and thread brand match. If your design contains a brand of thread not listed in the…Read More

How to Use Artistic Digitizer 1.5 to Select a Design Color Palette Do you want your embroidery thread palette in your embroidery design to match your choice of embroidery threads?  Using Artistic Digitizer 1.5 you can reset your thread colors. A variety of brands are available. See Note at end of post regarding embroidery machine thread selection. Let’s look at Color Manager in Artistic Digitizer 1.5 and one of it’s features, applying a thread palette to your design. Other features are…Read More

  Wingdings are letters and numbers turned into a variety of symbols.  Once you choose the Wingdings Font Text and apply the letter or number associated with the Wingding, the associated icon will appear.  Use the Wingding Fonts to create designs. Example: Choose the snowflake Wingding and copy the snowflake multiple times and make this design.   First obtain a copy of the Wingdings Icon Chart on our Pinterest Artistic Digitizer 1.5 Board at https://www.pinterest.com/whitlockssew/artistic-digitizer-15/ Locate the snowflake Wingding on…Read More

Be sure to update your Janome Artistic Digitizer 1.5 Software and Software Manuals.  The latest is Version 1.5, Build 8892. How to update your software:  On the Artistic desktop, go to the Main Menu Bar.  Click on Help/Check For Updates. How to update your manual:  On the Artistic desktop, go to the main menu bar.  Click on Tools/Options.   Choose the General Tab.  Click on Update Manuals button.