Platinum Press

July 2 , 2007

Our Platinum-Quality Designers welcome you
to the experience of perfection in embroidery.

In This Issue

Platinum Treasures

Experience the difference of high quality digitizing, manually punched designs with minimal jump stitches and excellence in workmanship.
Quality that is affordable... Embroidery fun that is priceless.
Offered in the following formats, design size permitting:
ART, DST, HUS, JEF, PCS, PES, SEW, SHV, VIP, XXX

~~Summer Fun~~


This collection was created to ignite your senses and set your creativity on fire.

This Treasure Chest is loaded with 15 exclusive designs created from original artwork.  They can only be found at Platinum Embroidery.

Instant Download is Available.
Visit our web site to purchase the Platinum Treasures.

Show us how you used a Platinum Treasure.
Send a photo to customer service.

Petite Platinum Package

You asked and we listened!

You can now choose your own Petite Platinum Package
of three designs from all the Platinum Treasures collections.

To see how it works, click Petite Platinum Package.

 

Platinum Projects

Platinum Seaside Elegance

The design is exclusive to the Summer Fun collection and was digitized by Carol Hoak from Art In Stitches .  The project was provided by Lyn from A Design By Lyn.

Visit our project page for instructions for these projects and many others.

This is just a little simple lesson to show you how to
center a design on a material already containing a design or a hard to hoop project.

 

Featured Collections From Our Designers

Mother Hen's Quilt Embroideries

Whimsical "Cherry Hill Farm" farm designs for big and little kids. Artwork courtesy of Anne Fetzer.

Quilts 22

 
The newest set from Art in Stitches will appeal to all the quilters.  These designs are all done in a triple stitch, to give the appearance of hand quilting.  You will receive 18 designs that will fit the 100mm hoops, and an additional larger size of 2 of the designs.  These are not just for quilters, though.  You can use these as an elegant tone on tone enhancement on any sewing project, and some of the designs lend themselves to faux Trapunto work.

Snow Lady Designs

Planes, trains, and automobiles...plus other things that go "VAROOOOMMMM".  Ten designs in two sizes all appliqué to stitch up quick and make your special little ones eyes sparkle.  Want to make one of these extra special...just print out your child's picture on printer fabric and use it for the window on one of these vehicles.

 VAROOOOMMMM

A Design By Lyn

Perfect for that outdoorsman in your life...or anyone that loves animals.  Great gift for graduates or Father's day.
You can purchase the feathered animals alone, or in scenes to create your own one of a kind masterpiece.

Animal Spirits

Sew Terific Designs

A collection of 11 redwork designs in 2 sizes that celebrate the USA patriotic spirit!  Beautiful details and a cinch to stitch!

Patriotic Redwork II

 

 

Artwork For Embroidery

Often you see terms like limited artwork or exclusive artwork on designer's websites. Other times you see the same artwork digitized on many different websites. Have you ever wondered what all this means?

In this article we will define the different types of artwork as it relates to digitizing.

Copyrights and Artwork
Let's start with copyrights and artwork. All artwork is copyrighted by the artist. When searching the internet for artwork, designers must be careful to follow the artist's terms of use. Some artwork is provided free or for a low cost. Purchasing artwork for digitizing embroidery designs may require special permission even in the case of purchased artwork. Some artists sell their work exclusively for scrap booking or other non embroidery related ventures. Care must be taken by the designer to get full permission from the artist to digitize artwork to sell as embroidery designs.

There are three basic types of artwork, general, limited edition, and exclusive.

General Artwork
General artwork is available for any digitizer to use. This is the artwork you find on many different web sites. Each designer digitizes the artwork in their own manner and style, but it is the same artwork. This artwork can be free, but often there is a small fee to use it.

Limited Edition Artwork
Limited edition artwork is available to a small number of designers. A digitizer pays a fee which allows them and a small group of others to use the artwork for embroidery designs. This fee is mid-range because the artwork is available to limited number of designers.

Exclusive artwork
Exclusive artwork is purchased by one designer to digitize as embroidery designs. The fee for this type of artwork is comparatively high. But the designs will be original to one designer and can not be digitized by any other.

Royalty Fees
Another thing designers have to consider about artwork is royalty fees. Some artists require a fee for every set of designs sold that is created from their artwork. This is in addition to the fee to purchase the artwork. It is much like the music industry. Every time a radio station plays a song a royalty fee is paid to the artist.

Artwork is just one small part of the formula of pricing embroidery designs. However you can expect to pay more for designs from limited edition and exclusive artwork because the designer has to pay more to the artist.

Designers that purchase limited and exclusive artwork to digitize are buying with their customers in mind. They want to provide something unique to embroiderers and hope that the investment in artwork is rewarded by many customers.

Lyn Christian - A Design By Lyn
Bonnie Domeny - Threadlove Embroidery

 

Do you have questions about embroidery?

We have 10 very knowledgeable designers with 100 total years of experience ready to answer your questions.  Send your questions to customer service.

 

Birthday Surprise

Sign up for our new Birthday Surprise to receive a gift design during the month of your birthday.


 

 

Our Platinum Promise of Quality

Platinum Embroidery designs are crafted to be a pleasure to stitch. Careful planning results in designs with the fewest possible jump stitches and color changes, underlayment to prevent distortion and stitch choices that make the artwork come to life. Every design is meticulously test-stitched to be sure each part embroiders perfectly and that the stitches work together to create a design that is as much a joy to stitch as it is to see.

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