colors were different.it listed the first 5 colors the same and some more where the same to. I always go to my color chart and check the different for different types of thread. Didn't seam right so I went to embroidery library and checked the color charts for my designs. Good thing I had to print all the color charts for all the designs I had bought. This is the first time this has happened. Thought I would let you know in case someones chart doesn't look right.

when I download designs from emblibrary, I also copy the color chart to a word document and name it the same as the design. That way it is always there next to the design and I can open it and view it on the computer while I am sewing out the design.

That only happens to me with emblibrary designs, or that a 5x7 is too big for my machine, why? they are very good at answering your questions.*****

I have that same problen I walk through the colors and see where they go and jot down the colors I need in order and it makes it easy just follow your color chart and it turns out really pretty.

It is an issue with many embroidery files, not embroidery library specific. Basically it is different machines and software read colours differently and different design file types read the colours differently also. Every embroidery library design has a colour chart with the colours they have used, just click colour chart on the design page. Then go ahead and use your own colours anyway depending on what brand/colours you have in your own stash :)

I use Emblibrary a lot. I have a Brother machine and Brother only have 61 or so colours, so the machine or software tries to convert Madeira colours to Brother colours. Margaret

Always happens to me from Embroidery Library! So frustrating, so I look at their pictures to choose the thread colors I want. For me it takes a while to figure out...wish this could be corrected ...it's the only site that I have ever had this problem.

I have many of their designs,I have no problem with the colors changing. I download the colour chart, but do basically choose my own colours when stitching out the designs.<br />Helen

BL I bascially choose my own colors...FIESTA ;D *2U

Embroidery Library charts are Madeira Rayon that's the first problem. I don't obsess over the colors - however I do want to know how many thread changes my machine is reading. EL's designs are always stitch intensive because of the layering and fine shading. Fine and dandy, but that's why so many are "bullet proof". I use pes format in my machine and the thing very seldom gets the colors right. I have learned to take the design into Embird (PE Design just doesen't pick up colors at all well and most designs not digitized with it look muddy) to check quantity of changes - if I really want 5 stitches of a color or not - and change design density. Even Embird can "loose" some of them because of the closeness of shades. Commercial digitizing programs - while wonderful -don't digitize for the home machine even tho the digitizers sell to us. Even the needle sizes - for the most part on commercial machines are larger than ours, sz 18 top stitch/denim- so can go thru tons of layers - their machines run much faster and are mechanically more stable (read that as don't shake) - If I try to put 5 or 6 layers of color around an eye - I end up with a hole in the fabric, snarls, loops, thread nests, broken thread, and busted needles and the vast majority of the design will be thrown off by being jerked around in the hoop. I think we have all lived this nightmare. I have learned the very hard way that I need to check designs very carefully before I even test sew - test sew - test sew - then put on to the final garment/or whatever. When I digitize for myself I can change the thread length,density, etc to change how a color appears` in the light rather than add five layers of different colors. When doing work for a commercial application I shorten stitches and increase density to the max. Also remember our machines, and it seems to be most of them, aren't set correctly on tension in the top or the bobbin. It pays to be extra careful I think because I can't afford to replace something I may ruin because I got in a hurry. Color is the least of our problems. Be creative - match it to the item being sewn on - there are no color police:) If I want to be totally correct I get the design in dst format and use their color chart - that will always get me and my machine the correct amount of thread changes.

Hi, a lot of machines only recognise a limited number of colours not the thousands there actually are. Mind you the machines are improving all the time and the very top of the range ones now have better colour recognition. Also if a design is purchased in say a pes format that their colours were made up from R&A threads and you convert it to another format e.g VIP and your thread choice is sulky they do not always have a similar colour. When I bought my designer 1 some years ago, I did not realise it did not recognise all the colours I found out like you when I went to embroider something. But it did have the right thread numbers and as my machine and computer were in the same room it was not a problem, must admit I do not usually print out the embroidery but I do put the colours in the notes as I file the embroidery into it's catergory. I also line my colours up beside the machine in the order required, leaving a gap if one of the colours is used more than once.

Emblibrary is my most favorite site for designs. When purchasing and downloading they assign a number to your order and you can find it under History. I keep a little notebook with the order numbers, dates, number of designs, when I wish to pull up certain orders I go to the notebook. I don't think I ever experienced color issues, I just choose my own, since I have lots of different types and kits. Sometimes I go bright sometimes I go dark and gothic.

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by mad14kt 09 Sep 2010

I like them too ;D *2U

I have had this happen with designs from lots of places - not just emblibrary. I always print out the color chart with the design sample so I can know what the actual design looked like so I know if I get a blue cat it was really white in the design and to change the color. I don't always use my software to change the color - I keep track of the colors I actually used when I did the stitching so I can recreate later. My thread is from metroemb and that is not an option in any software I own to use the "real" colors.

I have had it happen quite often. I just make a note of the correct colours and change them with my software. More often than not I use my own ideas instead of the original colour chart.

I haven't had the problem yet. Of course I look at the colors as a guide and sometimes I take the creative endeavor and do my own thing.

I have a ton of designs I bought last year but haven't sewn any of them out yet. But I always print their color charts. Have them all in a notebook just for emblib designs

Yes! It has happened to me. It's a shame because I love all of their designs. I do like everyone else, print out the color charts and rework the colors. Then I save that design so I don't have to do it again. I use ART formats.

It happens to me a lot of times, i go to the site, print out the color chart or sometimes to save ink I just take the threads color in the order they come, or right a note about colors

I bought some designs at emblibrary and the colors were nothing like the colors on the charts that I had to download and print. I thought it was just me. I use PES format. Joyce

I usually print off the design with colors..then use my thread chart that tells me what colors are the same for the sulky thread (which is what I use) & write down the sulky number by the RA number EmbLib uses. If the colors are really bad (like the black covering things) I redo the colors before printing the file. I know it's work, but EmbLib isn't the only place that's a problem! It is the different formats! And Hus is the worse! Which is what I use along with VIP. You could ALSO download the color chart & again write down the number of the thread you use. There's several sites where you can get the color charts telling you what the different threads are.

I have had MANY issues with this, I went into my software and changed the brand of thread to match EmLib's brand, that didn't really help, I have found that if I download a different format (Jef is usually an issue so I can download VIP) then reformat it they are better but not right..sometimes dogs are green like in Sunbonnet Fred, sometimes all color are beige, and one black, when they are really brilliant butterflies. Go figure. I, too, do my own thing when it comes to changing colors, and I don't use color charts much, but it is nice to know that there are flowers under all the black book pages, because you can't see them in the pattern! Just my two cents. Linda B

Yes, I did have this happen to me. I bought several lg bird designs to make for a gift but the colors were so bad. Half the colors were grays. I contacted Emblib but they sent me an email with a lot of explanations about different formats, but nothing made any sense because I didn't have the problem before. I did print off the color charts for the birds but the occation I wanted them for
passed so I haven't stitched them out yet. THe birds were the yellow finch and a hummingbird. Neither has grays.

I've never had that problem; but I thank you for the heads up. ***

Sorry, no answer here, I never bother with color charts, just do my own thing or what my machine tells me when it changes for colors.

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by keeponsewing 09 Sep 2010

here, here... It's like a big coloring book to me. (with markers. hehhee)