Hi there. I'm new here! :) I just got my HE240 Sewing/Embroidery machine today. I'm new to a sewing machine as well, and only intermittently practiced on a 25 year old Kenmore sewing machine. Maybe 3-4 times, I couldn't understand how to use it, and I couldn't find any tutorials online to figure out any mistakes.
Anyway, I want to jump in to practicing embroidery, but the design I really want to try, I can't find. My Husband really wants me to do a dartboard, but it needs to look like a real dartboard, with no darts in it. I have a free clip art file, of the kind of dart board I am looking for. I am willing to pay for it, but I would much prefer for it to be free, because this machine just set us back $500+, and money is extremely tight right now. (As it usually is). Any advice and help would be appreciated. Oh, I used google, but I can't find the kind I need, at least not for a reasonable price. :(
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54619Welcome to the Wonderful World of Cute Embroidery, You now have a taste of what we are all about. I see this from all your answers and welcomes. We are most proud to have you with us and here you will learn a lot. Couldn't help but laugh at your old Kenmore. I have one much, much older than that and I still use it at times. They are a lot like the old Singers you don't find any like that anymore. Again welcome and hope you find the dartboard you are looking for/Lillian
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61962346Hello there. I am sure that there will be some help for you. In the meantime Welcome to Cute. Sarah (South Africa).
254947I found the perfect design, however the site is gone. I am hoping someone here will know who people.zeelander.nl was and can direct you. Welcome to Cute!
173690Welcome to the Cute family. I do hope you find the design you want. Please keep asking questions. There will always be someone along who can help you.
169063Welcome to Cute. There is a dart board (not free) at emblibrary.com but it has a dart in the bulls eye. Just search 'dart board'. Plan to spend many hours on this site and at the machine embroidering because both are addictive. Hugs Marg in Australia
24826Welcome to Cuties! Someone will have a link to just what you need!
You can go to Embroiderydesigns.com and download 3 totally free designs per week. Also you can join the SewForum.com and download all their past files for free. It would be really helpful if you can find a friend who will mentor you with your sewing machine too. What kind is it? I don't recognize the numbers :-) Jan in Colorado
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by hightechgrammy
17 Feb 2015
We can't share designs with you, because that is against copyright laws, unless it is a design we, ourselves, have made. I can't remember if any Cuties have digitized a dart board. Oh and we need to warn you - Collecting Designs is addictive!
by MrsMVP
17 Feb 2015
Hi Jan, my Machine is a Brother. I think the model that I have is a Canadian only version, however, I think it is almost identical, (Maybe) to a US SE400. I might be wrong, as I've never had one, but they looked the same to me. :)
59631Welcome to cute! I don't know of any designs off hand .. Someone will come along with what you want. Very helpful people here. Suzanne
111372Welcome to Cute. I don't have any info on the design. Just glad to welcome a new Cutie.
15626Just wanted to welcome you to Cute...and congratulations on your new machine! Lots of great help here...I am sure you will love it!
318279Welcome to machine embroidery, sewing and CUTE family! I'm sure that you will get lots of advice. There are tons of free embroidery designs "out there" but you will have to spend some time looking for them. There is a thread on this site for Freebies that will lead you to some of our favorite sites, but there are oh so many more.
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by sjbrower
17 Feb 2015
I didn't find a free one, but one on sale at: http://www.embroiderydesigns.com/...;pg=1&ipp=32&sb=0
by MrsMVP
17 Feb 2015
Wow, thanks! I even went to that site, and didn't find that particular dartboard! That is a nice one. I will see what hubby says when he comes home. :) In the meantime, if anyone else reads this and does have a free one, let me know. LOL. :)
by MrsMVP
01 Mar 2015
I wanted to update and let you know I bought that dartboard, and it looks really nice, but I keep messing it up for some reason or another! LOL I have made another post about it, as I have some different questions about the actual application of the design in the machine and on fabric, etc. :) Thanks so very much for finding that dartboard for me. :)
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