what program do you use to split designs Would like to know if it could be done in paint? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

kyohiossg, Paint is a graphics program, and won't do anything with designs. You would need a digitising program - Embird or Embroidery Magic 2 etc, or software to suit your machine (if this software can do splitting, some can't). A lot depends on how much you want to spend, dearer doesn't always mean better though. There are quite a few programs for this, and most will allow you to trial them for up to 30 days. Hope this helps, flowers and hugs.