School is out and the summer months are here! Winter is behind us, and it’s time to relax, take vacations or picnic by the lake. Summer is a wonderful time to regroup from the long school year and put behind hectic schedules that may have limited time for creativity. The featured technique in this month’s issue of Embroidery Made Easy provides more insight into the capabilities of the Editing software. This month you’ll learn more about Embroidery Settings, a function that provides basic dialogue from within the software to edit the settings of any block. This function can be considered as the “embroidery core” of the software. Perhaps there’s a wedding in your future and you’d like to give a personalized gift that the bride will treasure forever. This month’s project is a beautiful monogrammed, lace drawstring bag that is crafted from lace that you designed entirely in the hoop. She won’t believe that you made it! Then, learn the value of the Print Preview function in this month’s Inside Your Software article. So, grab a cold glass of lemonade and let’s get started!