Changelog
What changed
Launch · 2026-09-10
- Viewer for 22 formats with sew-out simulator, colour blocks, run time, thread use, hoop fit and a printable colour sheet.
- Converter to 11 formats (PES, PEC, DST, EXP, JEF, VP3, XXX, U01, TBF, DSB, DSZ) with rotate, mirror and centre; 46 direct conversion pages.
- Pre-flight check: density heatmap, short and long stitches, untrimmed jumps, colour changes, trims, hoop fit.
- Stitch count and price calculator; thread colour converter with 13 brand charts and 18 conversion tables; hoop fit checker with 29 hoops.
- Pro: satin, fill and outline lettering with 17 fonts, batch name drops, resize with density correction, file cleanup.
Recently published guides
- Embroidery font sizes that actually stitch: minimums per style, per fabric and per font weight · 2026-10-22
- JEF file format explained: the Janome colour chart, hoop codes and what JEF+ adds · 2026-10-15
- Embroidery thread brands compared: Isacord, Madeira, Sulky, Robison-Anton, Floriani, Hemingworth and more · 2026-10-08
- Embroidery run time: how to estimate it from stitch count, speed, colour changes and hooping · 2026-10-01
- Short stitches and thread breaks: why a file breaks thread in the same place every time · 2026-09-24
- Auto-digitising or a human digitiser: what each does well, and when to pay · 2026-09-21
- How an image becomes an embroidery file: the digitising pipeline, step by step · 2026-09-21
- Which images auto-digitise well for embroidery, and which do not · 2026-09-21
Coming up
- Cap and left-chest placement, and when to mirror a design · 2026-10-29
- Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff formats: VP3, VIP, HUS and VP4, and which one your machine wants · 2026-11-05