Wednesday, December 13, 2006




Project 1 for Compositions

Hand Towel

By just using the Star, Wreath, (provided with your Trial version of Compositions)and adding your own monogram you can easily design beautiful towels that would look perfect in any home.
First Start a New Design in Compositions.

Then choose the Recipe for towels. This will assure that the designs that you bring in will have the proper density and underlay.
Then choose your machine type.
Now choose the towel and the size towel you will be embroidering on and the color of the towel.

It is now time to choose the location size and shape. Since most towel embroidery is placed along the border, I chose the rectangle and placed it on the bottom edge.

I then went to my Design Directory and from the Men’s Category chose The Wreath and dragged it over to the middle of the towel.

I then Chose the Star from the Home Décor directory and dragged it over to the left of the Wreath. I then copied the Star and moved the second Star to the left of the Wreath, and used my Alignment tool (Horizontal Alignment) To make sure they were evenly spaced.

The last step was simple, I chose Monogram from the top tool bar and clicked in the center of the Wreath. I then changed the height of the Monogram to 45mm and added a border.

The result is a quick, unique and easy design that will enhance any gift.

Friday, December 08, 2006

New York -Ken Parsons Design’s has officially released both Compositions; project based embroidery design software and his Designables and Classic lines of Embroidery designs. The products are available for sale and free trial at www.annthegran.com. The products are base upon Ken’s design principal that embroidery design can be fun, quick and easy if it is approached properly and these products teach you how.
Compositions
Compositions is a revolutionary project based embroidery design and editing software that will give you the power to create wonderful fashion and home décor items quickly and easily. Here are a few of the highlights for this innovative new embroidery design software.
Customize and edit embroidery designs to fit any of the many included projects or create a project of your own.
Drag and drop multiple designs to create just the right combination.
Accurately place design compositions taking the guesswork out of placement with the easy to use alignment and template tools.
Resize designs, parts of a design or your whole composition.
Rotate and mirror image designs individually or as a group.
Copy and paste designs or elements of designs for quick and easy composing.
Zoom in to see the detail as you create or zoom out to see the whole project.
Includes exclusive Phrase Translator. Choose from popular phrases and instantly convert your favorites from English to French or Italian to create beautify themed home décor items. Or create your own phrases in any of the 7 languages.