Discover Creativate: Your Digital Hub for Quilting, Sewing & Crafting

This week, I’m exploring something new. Well, technically, it’s not new as Creativate was previously known as mySewnet; however, many new features have been added, including a new website!

Creativate is a brand that encompasses a range of digital tools to make your quilting, crafting, sewing, and machine embroidery experience more exciting

Creativate is a brand, not a product, so when discussing its various tools, be sure to specify which tool you’re talking about – the embroidery software, the crafting software, etc.

Let me briefly explain the range of digital tools, and then I’ve prepared a video to guide you on where to find things on the Creative website.

Creativate Software

Machine Embroidery Software

Use it to create, combine, and modify designs for any brand of embroidery machine. Some fantastic wizards allow you to digitize designs from photographs, create spiro motifs, utilize decorative stitches in quilting, and much more. I can’t live without my Creativate Embroidery Software. Works on Windows or MAC operating systems.

Note: These two software offerings are part of the Creativate App, which can be downloaded to your Windows or Mac computers, as well as to Android or iOS tablets, with a screen larger than 8” (more details on the video).

Crafting Software

This graphic tool enables you to create and modify designs, as well as utilize any of the nearly 4,000 designs in the Design Catalogue (note: a paid membership is required to access many designs in the Design Catalogue). You can also bring in SVG designs that you’ve purchased and make changes to them. It’s easy to send the cut files to the Singer Momento (24” digital cutter. In addition to creating cut files, you can emboss, print, and much more!

Quilting Software

This tool is new and great for those new to quilting who need help designing a quilt. Change the block size, add borders, sashing, and more! It’s just the tip of the design iceberg, with more features to come in the future! And even better – you can send your cut files to the Momento (24” digital cutter) and after loading your fabric on the mat, the pieces get cut!

Sewing App

The sewing app is fantastic, as it offers many valuable resources. The sewing component of the app is available on your smartphone (both Android and iOS). Manuals for the PFAFF, Singer, and Husqvarna Viking sewing and embroidery machines are available to view on the app, including the sampler books for the embroidery machines. Guides for needles, stabilizers, and other helpful resources are also on the app. Everyone needs the app on their smartphone!

Design Catalogue

This online catalogue contains nearly 10,000 machine embroidery designs, approximately 4,000 crafting designs, including 150 fonts, and numerous projects. Some designs are free, while a paid membership is required to access the entire catalogue. Find your favorites, or use the search tools to find what you’re looking for. There’s so much to choose from!

Vault

With all those files, you need a place to store them, and what better place than the vault? While you still need a filing system on your computer, you will love the ability to tag your design files to assist you in finding just the one you want. Let’s say you have snowman designs from multiple sources; how do you know which one you want? By tagging those files with “snowman”, you can pull up a search and all your snowman designs are there for you to choose from. You can add multiple tags, and I love this feature!

What’s even better is the connectivity between the components. With my free Creativate account, I can forward files between the embroidery software and the embroidery machines using Creativate Wi-Fi connectivity. Files in the crafting and quilting software can be sent directly to the Momento for cutting.

Let’s take a tour of the website so you’ll know where to sign up or log in and how to access the various components.

OK — seriously? It’s so exciting. It’s all one big happy family, and I can’t wait to explore more! Be sure to follow along this week, as I design and cut a quilt using the Creativate technology. I plan to add a bit of applique, and if all goes well, we can quilt it with the embroidery machine.

Have a great day!

Ciao!!

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