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Hardanger software question
My wife does a good bit of hardanger, along with related embroidery
techniques. She's interested in software that would help her design patterns more easily than with pencil and paper. Can anyone suggest a software package they've had good results with? Windows or Macintosh is fine. Thanks! -- Rob St. Amant http://www4.ncsu.edu/~stamant |
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I haven't heard of any software for drawing hardanger but this is an
interesting question. My mom is looking for a maple leaf in satin stitch (well, she's calling it Hardanger, but I know what she means) and even though I tell her it would be easy to draw one out, she's been searching for something already done. If I ever get around to doing one for her, I would just use a drawing program on the computer. (I have Adobe Illustrator for the Mac.) At least with that kind of program, once you've drawn your first shape (ie. a grouping of satin stitch) you can just copy and paste the group and arrange them on a grid as you like, quite precisely too. Don't know if this helps any, Jeanine in Canada Robert St. Amant wrote: My wife does a good bit of hardanger, along with related embroidery techniques. She's interested in software that would help her design patterns more easily than with pencil and paper. Can anyone suggest a software package they've had good results with? Windows or Macintosh is fine. Thanks! |
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Jeanine3 writes:
I haven't heard of any software for drawing hardanger but this is an interesting question. My mom is looking for a maple leaf in satin stitch (well, she's calling it Hardanger, but I know what she means) and even though I tell her it would be easy to draw one out, she's been searching for something already done. If I ever get around to doing one for her, I would just use a drawing program on the computer. (I have Adobe Illustrator for the Mac.) At least with that kind of program, once you've drawn your first shape (ie. a grouping of satin stitch) you can just copy and paste the group and arrange them on a grid as you like, quite precisely too. Don't know if this helps any, That does help, thanks! I'd thought that a general-purpose drawing program might involve too much work, but perhaps not; I'm not even patient enough to do the embroidery itself :-). -- Rob St. Amant http://www4.ncsu.edu/~stamant |
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PatternMaker by HobbyWare
http://www.hobbyware.com/ Allows you to do just what you are talking about and you don't have to have a grid, the stitches look like real thread, you can copy/paste to your hearts content. I just finished designing a Hardanger emb. piece - quite complicated. I didn't put in the doves eyes (lace stitches), but I could have, since it comes with a drawing program that allows you to make whatever stitch you need if one isn't currently available. I've used this feature several times. Including making a spider web rose for silk ribbon embroidery over several "blocks". What I like about this program is the many options available: you can have a darker/wider grid line or not - and print it differently if you desire. For instance, if you want to "view" a prominent grid line every 10 blocks, but don't want to print it that way, you have that option. It's a wonderful program, and its versatility allows you to use the program for more than cross stitch. I've used it for knitting patterns. Dianne Robert St. Amant wrote: Jeanine3 writes: I haven't heard of any software for drawing hardanger but this is an interesting question. My mom is looking for a maple leaf in satin stitch (well, she's calling it Hardanger, but I know what she means) and even though I tell her it would be easy to draw one out, she's been searching for something already done. If I ever get around to doing one for her, I would just use a drawing program on the computer. (I have Adobe Illustrator for the Mac.) At least with that kind of program, once you've drawn your first shape (ie. a grouping of satin stitch) you can just copy and paste the group and arrange them on a grid as you like, quite precisely too. Don't know if this helps any, That does help, thanks! I'd thought that a general-purpose drawing program might involve too much work, but perhaps not; I'm not even patient enough to do the embroidery itself :-). |
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Sounds like exactly what Robert's wife is looking for. Unfortunately,
I'm on a Macintosh and PatternMaker doesn't support it. However, I never thought about looking at my own cross stitch software to do hardanger patterns... hmmm. I have Stitch Crafts Pro. I'm off to check it out! Jeanine in Canada Dianne Lewandowski wrote: PatternMaker by HobbyWare http://www.hobbyware.com/ Allows you to do just what you are talking about and you don't have to have a grid, the stitches look like real thread, you can copy/paste to your hearts content. I just finished designing a Hardanger emb. piece - quite complicated. I didn't put in the doves eyes (lace stitches), but I could have, since it comes with a drawing program that allows you to make whatever stitch you need if one isn't currently available. I've used this feature several times. Including making a spider web rose for silk ribbon embroidery over several "blocks". What I like about this program is the many options available: you can have a darker/wider grid line or not - and print it differently if you desire. For instance, if you want to "view" a prominent grid line every 10 blocks, but don't want to print it that way, you have that option. It's a wonderful program, and its versatility allows you to use the program for more than cross stitch. I've used it for knitting patterns. Dianne Robert St. Amant wrote: Jeanine3 writes: I haven't heard of any software for drawing hardanger but this is an interesting question. My mom is looking for a maple leaf in satin stitch (well, she's calling it Hardanger, but I know what she means) and even though I tell her it would be easy to draw one out, she's been searching for something already done. If I ever get around to doing one for her, I would just use a drawing program on the computer. (I have Adobe Illustrator for the Mac.) At least with that kind of program, once you've drawn your first shape (ie. a grouping of satin stitch) you can just copy and paste the group and arrange them on a grid as you like, quite precisely too. Don't know if this helps any, That does help, thanks! I'd thought that a general-purpose drawing program might involve too much work, but perhaps not; I'm not even patient enough to do the embroidery itself :-). |
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Let us know . . . there's quite a few MAC users out there. :-)
Dianne Jeanine3 wrote: Sounds like exactly what Robert's wife is looking for. Unfortunately, I'm on a Macintosh and PatternMaker doesn't support it. However, I never thought about looking at my own cross stitch software to do hardanger patterns... hmmm. I have Stitch Crafts Pro. I'm off to check it out! Jeanine in Canada |
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Well, I checked it out. There is a "Satin Stitch" tool which allows you
to draw lines _between_ the grid lines (the "Back Stitch tool" draws right on the grid lines). That's it though, no symbols for dove's eyes or anything but if I really wanted to, I could make a DMC colour symbol represent different fillings and that would be recorded in the colour/symbol chart which prints with the pattern. The software I own is called Stitch Crafts Pro for the Macintosh and is available from Compucrafts (http://www.compucrafts.com/). HTH someone, Jeanine in Canada Dianne Lewandowski wrote: Let us know . . . there's quite a few MAC users out there. :-) Dianne Jeanine3 wrote: Sounds like exactly what Robert's wife is looking for. Unfortunately, I'm on a Macintosh and PatternMaker doesn't support it. However, I never thought about looking at my own cross stitch software to do hardanger patterns... hmmm. I have Stitch Crafts Pro. I'm off to check it out! Jeanine in Canada |
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Sounds like it works for designing your own. Using a color symbol for
doves eyes is a good solution, I would think. It's not as though you're selling the patterns! I'm sure those with MACs appreciate knowing this. Dianne Jeanine3 wrote: Well, I checked it out. There is a "Satin Stitch" tool which allows you to draw lines _between_ the grid lines (the "Back Stitch tool" draws right on the grid lines). That's it though, no symbols for dove's eyes or anything but if I really wanted to, I could make a DMC colour symbol represent different fillings and that would be recorded in the colour/symbol chart which prints with the pattern. The software I own is called Stitch Crafts Pro for the Macintosh and is available from Compucrafts (http://www.compucrafts.com/). HTH someone, Jeanine in Canada Dianne Lewandowski wrote: Let us know . . . there's quite a few MAC users out there. :-) Dianne Jeanine3 wrote: Sounds like exactly what Robert's wife is looking for. Unfortunately, I'm on a Macintosh and PatternMaker doesn't support it. However, I never thought about looking at my own cross stitch software to do hardanger patterns... hmmm. I have Stitch Crafts Pro. I'm off to check it out! Jeanine in Canada |
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Dianne Lewandowski wrote:
I'm sure those with MACs appreciate knowing this. Although I'm not sure how well it does hardanger, there is a Mac (OS 8/9 through 10.3) stitching program called MacStitch: http://www.ursasoftware.com/macinfo.htm It notes toward the bottom of that page: "Some hardanger stitches now included". I haven't used it. But there is a demo to try. It notes that you can create, load, and save motifs. If the provided hardanger support is not enough, you could probably do a Kloster motif with backstitches and then place that rotating as necessary. If this is a one-time project, using a drawing program such as AppleWorks may be good enough. Use drawing rather than painting. Group a set of lines that are the Klosters. I'm not affliated with this company, but it sounds good. -- Beth Katz |
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I've downloaded the demo, when I get a chance I'll have a peek at it and
see how it compares to the one I've got.. Thanks! Jeanine in Canada Beth Katz wrote: Dianne Lewandowski wrote: I'm sure those with MACs appreciate knowing this. Although I'm not sure how well it does hardanger, there is a Mac (OS 8/9 through 10.3) stitching program called MacStitch: http://www.ursasoftware.com/macinfo.htm It notes toward the bottom of that page: "Some hardanger stitches now included". I haven't used it. But there is a demo to try. It notes that you can create, load, and save motifs. If the provided hardanger support is not enough, you could probably do a Kloster motif with backstitches and then place that rotating as necessary. If this is a one-time project, using a drawing program such as AppleWorks may be good enough. Use drawing rather than painting. Group a set of lines that are the Klosters. I'm not affliated with this company, but it sounds good. |
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