Trying to clean up the Embroidery Reader page a bit here… so I’m moving the previous version history stuff to posts. I suppose I could just remove it but I’m a pack rat.

Changes from 1.3.0-1.3.1:

• Fixed color number 15 – was lilac, it’s now brown/brass. Thanks to Ryan Lovett and Robert Heel for reporting this one.

Changes from 1.2.2-1.3.0:

• Changed code to use PEC section instead of PES data. It seems to be able to read all file types now. A big thanks goes to Michel Veerman for his help on this one.
• Added an option in the settings to ‘filter’ stitches based on length. Some designs look much better with it, others end up missing parts.
• Probably lots of small fixes, but I can’t think of them right now.

Changes from 1.2.1-1.2.2:

• This version fixes a crash caused by saving empty values in the settings file. It is otherwise the same as the previous version. (1.2.1)

Changes from older versions:

• Basic support for printing designs. Thanks to majorsnazz for the suggestion.
• Ability to copy design images to the clipboard, so you can paste the image into any image editor.
• A number of cosmetic bugfixes.
• A simple icon. (I got tired of the default one)

I guess I’m not the only one out there helping a loved one with an embroidery machine. According to Linus’ blog, his wife Tove received a Brother embroidery machine for Christmas and they went through the same thing I did trying to find decent software, or at least documentation, for PES files.
While Linus didn’t say he used it directly, he did gave a mention of Embroidery Reader and a link to my site. Sweet!