{"id":1595,"date":"2020-09-02T13:28:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T12:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2020-09-02T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T12:28:17","slug":"how-to-turn-your-favourite-pictures-into-a-threadwork-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/how-to-turn-your-favourite-pictures-into-a-threadwork-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn your favourite pictures into a &#8220;threadwork of art&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>An introduction to Paint Stitch<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This how-to taster features Paint Stitch &#8211; a wonderful aspect of Janome&#8217;s Artistic Digitiser software that frees up all sorts of incredible artistic possibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can use pictures and photographs and turn them into a <em>&#8220;threadwork of art&#8221;<\/em> according to the Janome Educator in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Examples include a fold-over purse based on two or three floral photographs that were taken especially for the project.\u00a0Step-by-step presentations of specific projects will give you a real lightbulb moment or two as you begin to explore the possibilities!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">And if you have produced any inspirational works &#8211; please share them with us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gur.sewing.machines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fPXsEdYvx5M?rel=0\" width=\"773\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>About Artistic Digitizer<\/h3>\n<p>Create and embellish any project easily with this robust embroidery, sewing and crafting software. 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