As you may know, I do a lot of designs for the Secrets of Embroidery website, and recently I’ve been organising a new collection for them. Without meaning to be rude, I have to say that many machine embroiderers who buy designs prefer to use the simpler and more conventional kind of designs, so the things I do for my “Secrets” collection aren’t always very exciting. My recent efforts are distinctly floral, and not very original, but I found these designs interesting to do. They are all oriented on the diagonal, as I thought that might be useful to people finishing off the corners of cushions and quilts.
However while I was playing around with them, I found that if you just made 4 copies of a diagonal design, and then rotated the orientation of three of them, you could make a very interesting construction out of them. That’s probably not very clear, so here’s an example:
Here is a floral design, designed on the diagonal
And here is the same design, moved into a more complicated construction
This design is free on the Secrets site, but I’m also putting it up here: just click on this link: Download Free diagonal v6 It’s just the single design – not the large 4-times one! It’s for the 4×4 inch (100 x 100 mm) hoop and is in .pes v.6
Thank you Mia, I love this beautiful floral design! The combination of using 4 of the same design into an entirely different design is awesome!
Hi Mia, thank you for another SUPER freebie to be added to my ever growing stash of designs. Love how you added to make a larger design. On my machine I can multiply any design UP and move around to make a group of four, a great feature of the Janome 500e.
This diagonal floral is beautiful. Thank you so much. Can’t wait to use this!!
Love the versatility of this design. Thank you so much!
I liked this so much that I went and bought the set. Thank You!!!