CustomWorks™

CustomWorks™ Key Features and Benefits

WOW Features

• CustomWorks is an all-in-one environment for manipulating your embroidery designs and getting the maximum benefit of your Designer’s Gallery programs.




• Allows you to merge multiple embroidery designs into scenes, manipulating size, placement and rotation as you do to sew together in your favorite hoop
• It’s so easy to place designs accurately using the alignment tools. Mirror image or rotate designs for perfect placement.

Additional Features

• Easily alter existing embroidery designs using powerful editing tools to create exciting new embellishments. Allows you to add pre-digitized borders and distortion (morphing)
• Insert, delete or move stitches to get the best results possible. Edit your designs in CustomWorks using a stitch editor




• Adjust the sewing order of your designs using the Object Tree
• Simulate the stitching of your designs using the sewing simulator




• CustomWorks is a stand-alone program; you do not need to have any other programs to run CustomWorks. It is a great platform for other Designer’s Gallery tools such as LetterWorks and QuiltWorks
• If you do have any other Designer’s Gallery software, the programs all work together in various ways to make using them easier. For instance, if you have embroidery designs that are cataloged in Studio, the File Import window in CustomWorks will let you browse the catalog




• Users who have SizeWorks can resize designs, adjusting stitch counts, without leaving the CustomWorks design page. You can even ‘Fit to Hoop’




• Owners of LetterWorks can add that same perfectly-digitized lettering to any design(s) right inside of CustomWorks




• DensityWorks and HoopWorks owners can launch designs straight from CustomWorks and work on them exactly as they do with Studio




• Color sort completed designs to minimize the number of thread changes needed at the machine. Add or remove color stops with the built-in ColorWorks® features.



• Change the colors in designs using popular thread palettes.




• Save a working file for future modification




• Multi-page interface - work with more than one design page at a time.
• Cut, copy and paste, even across design pages




• Autobaste embroidery for perfect placement.

CustomWorks™ System Requirements

• Windows® 2000 or Later Version
• IBM Compatible PC, Pentium II
• 128 MB of RAM (256 MB RAM suggested)
• 100 MB Hard Drive Space
• SVGA Monitor (1024 X 768), 16-bit high color or better
• Mouse or compatible pointing device
• CD-ROM drive
• Includes CD-ROM and Instruction Manual
• Download the update for Vista 64 bit compatibility

CustomWorks™ Compatible File Formats

Projects Made Using CustomWorks™

Spring Quilted Lily Wall Hanging Click here to open or download the project PDF file. Click here to view a larger project photo. Click here to e-mail this project to a friend. Project Description: Lilies will spring to life with this spring quilted wall hanging. The designs were taken from the Nancy Zieman Exclusive Collection built into the Ellisimo sewing and embroidery machine. With CustomWorks to merge and edit, and along with SizeWorks to resize certain designs, the wall hanging came together to create this stunning quilt.  Advanced LevelAdvanced: draws on a greater understanding of the program. Create designs and try an involved feature in a non-traditional application. As a confident sewer, these projects will test your abilities for sewing and your understanding of the software programs. The instructions are provided to walk you through step-by-step, but icon location and name may be assumed. Typically these projects take longer to sew and have more steps within the software program. 517 KB	DensityWorks Recipe Book Cover Click here to open or download the project PDF file. Click here to view a larger project photo. Click here to e-mail this project to a friend. Project Description: As you'll soon see, creating your own recipe book is really as easy as pie! A nostalgic recipe books could include recipes, stores and pictures. Add personal mementos from your mother, grandma, great-grandma, along with all of their tips and special recipes that only tasted good when they made them. Here is a free recipe for creating the cover for your recipe book. The main ingredients are DensityWorks, SizeWorks, LetterWorks III and CustomWorks. Let's start embroidering!  Basic LevelBeginner: projects use basic software and sewing techniques. Images and detailed explanations will walk you through the project from start to finish. Create the design in your Designer's Gallery software with ease, then sew it on a ready-made garment or follow an easy pattern to create the item with your fabrics. Use these projects to build confidence in your software and sewing abilities, such as simple seams, buttons and zippers. 345 KB
Rose Embroidered Quilting Design Click here to open or download the project PDF file. Click here to view a larger project photo. Click here to e-mail this project to a friend. Project Description: Stop and smell the roses while enjoying the little things in life. You too can create this simple but eye- catching design and then embroider the rose on a quilt block and finish the quilt as desired. CustomWorks by Designer’s Gallery along with two toolpacks, SizeWorks and DensityWorks were used to create these designs using this free project .  Advanced LevelAdvanced: draws on a greater understanding of the program. Create designs and try an involved feature in a non-traditional application. As a confident sewer, these projects will test your abilities for sewing and your understanding of the software programs. The instructions are provided to walk you through step-by-step, but icon location and name may be assumed. Typically these projects take longer to sew and have more steps within the software program. 500 KB	Embroidered Butterflies in the Garden Wall Hanging Click here to open or download the project PDF file. Click here to view a larger project photo. Click here to e-mail this project to a friend. Project Description: Removing elements from a design is easier than you might think. When using CustomWorks™, anything is possible - even 3D butterflies. This free project will turn the non-gardener into a garden believer.  Intermediate LevelIntermediate: assumes basic understanding and builds on these skills. Fewer images and less detailed explanations are used for basic applications. Create embroidery designs with more advanced tools built into the software programs and sew on more difficult fabrics. Use more advanced sewing techniques, such as pie seams, multiple pieces, layering, cutwork and appliqué. 204 KB

CustomWorks™ Related Software

DensityWorks™	HoopWorks™	Décor Interactives™ Embroidery	QuiltWorks™ II