The embroidery software marketplace can be tough terrain to navigate when you’re new to the field.  There are lots of different products out there, and you have to keep in mind the type of embroidery machine you have as well as what features you want in a program when looking to purchase software.

At Zede’s Sewing Studio, we carry Baby Lock and BERNINA software.  We love them both!  When a new embroiderer comes into the store to explore embroidery software options, they’ll hear about everything we carry so that we can find the right fit for them.

Lately, for a lot of our customers, MonogramWorks has a been a comfortable fit in both features and price range.  MonogramWorks retails for $169.99.  Plus, you can try it for free before you buy it!

MonogramWorks allows you to combine designs.  So, if you own a Sofia2 or an Ellure Plus, this software will let you put “Tommy” under that teddy bear design so that you can visualize them both on your computer screen, get the spacing correct, and maybe even change the baseline of the text.  Then you just send it over to your machine as a .PES file and watch it stitch!  No more guessing.

MonogramWorks has 40 fonts that don’t come in the BERNINA software.   Let’s do the math here: $169.99/40= $4.25.  Now, tell me where you can get quality digitized alphabets for $4.25 a piece.  You can’t.  So, even our customers with “bigger” software have MonogramWorks.  It supplements their alphabet library at a pretty low cost!  This also means that if you later upgrade to a software program with more features, you’ll still be happy that you have MonogramWorks.

MongramWorks can be installed on as many computers as you like, and you don’t need a security device or “dongle”.  It’s easy to edit designs on any computer in the house, or while you’re on the go.

The only drawbacks to MonogramWorks is limited sizing capabilities.  You can only go up and down by so much and the program does not recalculate stitches for you.  But, that’s why it’s a “starter program” or a “supplementary program”.

When you’re first starting out with machine embroidery, you don’t want to break the bank, but you do want the process to be enjoyable.  MonogramWorks will make that happen!

If you’re interested in MonogramWorks, come to Zede’s Sewing Studio or find a Baby Lock dealer near you.  You can purchase it from the Designer’s Gallery website, but if at all possible, get it from a dealer.  At Zede’s, you get guide classes with your purchase, and we even let you apply your club discount if you are a member- plus you don’t have to pay shipping!

Do you have MonogramWorks?  How do you like it?