How to Convert Free Embroidery Designs

The Internet is filled with free embroidery patterns for sewing machines. How to convert free embroidery designs is a simple way to take free embroidery patterns and make them into usable patterns for your sewing machine. There are several different computer programs that will assist an individual in the process of converting free embroidery patterns.  

Owning an older model sewing machine means you will have to convert a free embroidery design. There are several design card converters available. From Magic Box to Little Max, each design card converter is approximately the same when it comes to how to convert free embroidery designs for your sewing machine craft projects.

1. Plug your computers USB connection cable into the design converter system. This is how the computer will communicate with the design converter.


2. Click on the design converter icon on the desktop or menu when prompted.


3. Insert an embroidery converter design card into the correct slot for your computer. This will be outlined in the manual that accompanies the design converter software program.


4. Click on "File" and then click on "Open" to begin converting embroidery designs.


5. Look in the correct file for your type of program. If you are using the Little Max, click on that icon so the embroidery designs will be configured to adjust through this program. 


6. Highlight the embroidery design you wish to convert using the computer software and then click "Open" from the small drop down menu.


7. Click on "File" and then click on "Save As."


8. Click on "Save As A Type" from the bottom of the screen and from this menu, pick your embroidery machine.


9. Click on "Save" and the embroidery file is now saved to your computer in the format your embroidery sewing machine requires for stitching.