Embroidery Software: Creative DRAWings® 5

Creative DRAWings® 5 represents the most advanced technology in the embroidery design field today. With innovative features that can easily transform your creative ideas into beautiful embroidery, Creative DRAWings® 5 is the perfect embroidery software match for everyone.

Creative DRAWings® 5 is not like other embroidery software on the market. It is designed to do the "thinking", allowing your creative ideas to flow free. That means you don’t have to worry about the technical issues in creating your embroidery design. And with all of the added features in Version 5, the possibilities are unlimited.

New Features and Old Favorites

Creative DRAWings® 5 includes added features such as Autoborder, Rectangular and Circular Array and Adding New Objects as Clones. Plus all the features already loved by Creative Drawings® users such as the Automatic Parameter Adjustment for chosen fabric, Text Editing and Automatic appliqué option.

• Auto-Border tool with Satin Serial and Running Stitch types.
• Create an “echo quilting” effect around your embroidery design. Choose a satin, running, double or triple stitch to emphasize your embroidery.
• YouTube Video — Auto-Border Tool
• Rectangular Array tool.
• Fill your hoop with embroidery for making wonderful fabric. Or create a continuous border for skirts, towels, sheets and more.
• Circular Array tool.
• Form a grouping of designs, Wingdings®, letters or shapes to create something completely new with this great tool. Use the Kaleidoscope rotation that gives multiple reflections for special designs.
• YouTube Video —  Circular Array Tool
• Slow redraw — Embroidery machine simulation.
• See how your design will stitch before you stitch out on your embroidery machine – save time and thread. 
• Export designs to Quilt formats.
• If you quilt with an automated quilter, mid or long arm machine, Creative DRAWings® will create files for your machine in many file formats (.qdata, .dxf, .emf, .wmf, .plt, .hqf, .txt, .qli.)
• Add new objects as clones.
• Add “clones” of your objects. Adjust the shape of one of your objects while in edit shape nodes, your “clones” will change too!
• YouTube Video — Add New Objects as Clones
• Improved embroidery image Export the 3D realistic embroidery preview as an embroidery-look image and use it for textile printing or for promoting your work.
• Use Creative DRAWings® with printable fabrics to make beautiful embroidery look transfers or your own special fabric for appliqués or quilt blocks.
• Net fill embroidery
• Make your own lace designs.
• Open multiple tabs with designs to easily copy and paste designs to compose new embroideries.
• Create embroidery designs by capturing images from your webcam.
  • Trace the design for an abstract look or open as a cross stitch, 4 color photo stitch or use as a backdrop.

Create original embroidery designs within seconds from vector or bitmap images (Load .cmx, .eps, .emf, .svg, .AI, .bmp, .dib, .rle, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif, .wmf, .tif, .tiff, .png, .ico). Edit existing embroidery designs*. Add text using TrueType® fonts on your computer.  Adjust each letter or the group of letters with path placement Modify stitch types – change from satin to fill or fill to satin plus try the piping, appliqué, net, or cross stitch options.  Let Creative DRAWings® automatically generate the proper stitches Set Stitch direction for any area in your design – improve your design texture. Easily add an outline to any object. Automatic Parameter adjustment for the type of fabric you choose to stitch on.

Automatic appliqué option – choose an object, click appliqué and let Creative DRAWings® do the rest. Advanced object and node editing with Bezier curves Align your objects with one of 11 different Shape Alignment options. Advanced stitch editing with Wings’ modular®- included with Creative DRAWings®. 3000 Embroidery Designs included! *Load the following formats: Experience.,nsg; Milestone .mls; Tajima .dst, .dsz, .dsb .tbf; SWF .sst; Sauer .SAS; Pfaff .ksm, .pcs, .pcm, .vip; Singer .xxx; Happy .tap; Bernina/ Melco expanded .exp; Brother/Babylock/Bernina .pec, .pes; Husqvarna Viking .hus, .vip, .shv; Janome .jef, .jef+, .sew; Juki .M3; Toyota .10O; Bernina .art; QuiltCAD .hqf; PC Quilter .txt; Statler Stitcher .qli.

For full information on system requirements and other technical information, please visit our 'Technical Information' page.