First let me say that I have been an artist most of my life. I have a need, or perhaps an obsession with a desire to create.
I was first exposed to machine embroidery in 2000 while working at a local quilt shop. I can still remember the thrill and amazement that I felt when I learned about machine embroidery.
You see, even though I have sewn since I was six years old, somehow I was never aware there was such a technological wonder. It still makes me chuckle, I really don’t know how it took so long for me to discover embroidery machines! It took a couple of years to buy my first machine, a Bernina 180.
Soon after I purchased the machine and software, I began teaching myself to digitize. I would sit in front of the computer with the manual in my lap and try everything I could think of with a single objective in mind…to conquer the beast called digitizing. I wanted to master it!
I practiced at the computer day and night, always, with the manual in my lap. When I couldn’t be home (because I still had a life that needed tending), I would take the manual with me in case I found myself waiting on someone. When I went to bed at night, I would take the manual to bed and read some more.