Advanced Embroidery Digitizing Lessons

Go beyond normal embroidery designs

Go beyond normal designs

advanced artistic merit digitizing lesson

Learn How to Digitize Artistic Merit Embroidery Designs & Add Some Flair to Your Creations!

Learn how to blend thread colors like paint to create visually stunning results. This lesson will teach you how to use opposing stitch angles to change how color is perceived, how to use a combination of stitch types to create dimension, and more.

freestanding lace advanced digitizing lesson

Learn How to Digitize Freestanding Lace Designs & Add Some Elegance to Your Projects

This lesson is a true testament to John’s old-school digitizing roots. Being the last Schiffli Master Digitizer still alive and teaching in North America, in this lesson, John takes you by the hand and teaches you how to manually digitize freestanding lace.

freestanding lace advanced digitizing lesson
freestanding lace advanced digitizing lesson

Learn How to Digitize ITH Projects with Zipper Insertions & Create Fashionably Functional Items!

This in-the-hoop (ITH) digitizing lesson will teach you how to easily create a custom zipper insertion that can be applied to virtually any embroidery project you can imagine. Whether it be bags, pants, jackets, or almost anything else!

3D foam embroidery designs

Learn How to Digitize 3D Puffy Foam Embroidery Designs That Literally Stand Out

This lesson will teach you how to create 3D embroidery designs that demand attention with dimension! You’ll learn John Deer’s proven award-winning recipes and blueprints for creating production friendly 3D foam designs.

3d puffy foam embroidery designs

Important Notice

Please note: Even if you consider yourself an advanced digitizer, we do highly recommend our Digitizer’s Dream Course as a prerequisite before taking our advanced lessons. It covers the foundational theory and rules you’ll be using and building upon within these lessons.