LINKS, LINKS, AND... MORE LINKS!
Enjoy a selection of some of our favourite sources when we're in need of inspiration. You'll find plenty or freebies as well as marketplaces filled with creativity and ideas, tutorials and projects. Categorized below for Embroidery, Cutting Machines, and Font Stuff, you're sure to find something that appeals.
EMBROIDERY LINKS
There's no end to beautiful embroidery, but omigosh, where do you get started? The links below are certainly a great place to begin! Thousands upon thousands of designs ensure that you'll find something to strike your fancy and feed your creative soul... 'cause we all know that soul needs feeding!
BERNINA ARTlink
Fantastic FREE embroidery software offering a great range of invaluable features: open most embroidery design formats, print templates, resize, rotate, recolour, on-screen stitch player and more. Check out our ARTstart class to be sure you're getting the most out of ARTlink!
DIME (Designs in Machine Embroidery)
Designs in Machine Embroidery is the source for machine embroidery products including how-to and educational books, machine embroidery hoops, machine embroidery tools and organizers, machine embroidery designs, instructional videos, embroidery thread, stabilizers and more. We carry many of these products "in-store", and are happy to order physical goods in for you. For digital products, purchasing from this link is like buying from Sew Technical & Creative! Our sincere thanks for your support!
Embroidery Online by OESD
Oklahoma Embroidery Supply and Design (OESD) is an industry leading creator of machine embroidery designs and embroidery products. With a library of over 70,000 top-quality designs available for instant download, there's something for everyone! For digital products, purchasing from this link is like buying from Sew Technical & Creative! Our sincere thanks for your support!
Sweet Pea
A huge selection of embroidery designs with a specialty of In-the-Hoop design sets...
Purchasing from this link is like buying from Sew Technical & Creative! Our sincere thanks for your support!
HoopSisters
Home of the original "Embroidablock", HoopSisters offers beautiful in-the-hoop quilt designs and projects for instant download. Purchasing from this link is like buying from Sew Technical & Creative! Our sincere thanks for your support!
FONT RESOURCES
One can never have too many fonts to choose from! Check out these sites that offer a huge selection of free fonts to play with. Some even offer commercial use rights, so read the licencing information.
NEXUS FONT
While YOU may never have enough fonts, your computer has limits as to how many can be installed and have your computer work efficiently. Consider this font manager...
CUTTABLES LINKS
Looking for ideas and inspiration for your cutting machine crafting? Check out some of our favourite sites, offering lots of free projects and a plethora (love that word; it means a lot!) of designs for free and for purchase!
Apex Cuttable Designs
Click the link to explore Apex's library of cuttables, including an almost-daily freebie.
Burton Avenue
Check out Angie's free SVG files, her SVG file shop, project ideas, and tutorials.
Caluya
A vast collection of free cuttable designs - perfect for crafting, graphics tees, and more...
CatyCatherine
Daily freebies and an eclectic library of cuttable designs for purchase.
Dreaming Tree
Got a hankering for greeting card-making and 3-D papercrafting? Then this is the place!
FONT LINKS
One can never have too many fonts to choose from! Check out these sites that offer a huge selection of free fonts to play with. Some even offer commercial use rights, so read the licencing information.
Nexus Font (for PC)
While YOU may never have enough fonts, your computer has limits as to how many can be installed and have your computer work efficiently. Consider this font manager...
1001 Free Fonts
A seemingly endless source of cool fonts to download and play with!
DA Font
A great go-to source for more free fonts. Serious and fun, funky and elegant - check 'em out!
FontBundles
Another great source for free fonts. Serious and fun, funky and elegant - check 'em out!