There is always some confusion out there about what you can and cannot do with the embroidery designs that you purchase. I think the best way to explain this is to say that when you purchase a design you are not exactly purchasing it. What you are doing is purchasing the right to embroider that design, and that is all. You cannot make a copy of that design for a friend, that is illegal and a crime punishable by law. Even if you get that design online for free, it is still just a license to embroider the design, you do not have the right to copy the design and give it or sell it to anyone else. The only designs that you own are the designs that you digitize yourself. Please keep this in mind the next time someone asks you to give them a copy of one of your designs and please say, I'm sorry but it's not possible but I would be glad to direct you to the proper place to purchase it.