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2026 Class #16 Working with Non-Native Files

If you've ever had the frustration of using a non-native file, you know the difficulties. Usually when your customer hands you the disc or thumb drive with the design, it is because it needs Improvement or Updating. In this video we look at quick fixes to get the most out of the existing file, and ways to make it flexible enough to edit easily, as well as the limitations you face.

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2026 Class #11 Blending

Blending:   Blending your colors. Nothing brings your design to life better! Since 1987 when Lee and Keith Caroselli, the brother and sister team who founded Balboa, asked why can't we Blend, Balboa has been synonymous with Blending and Shading, They not only thought outside the box, they built their own with tried and true techniques that have revolutionized the Industry.

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2026 Class #13 Stitch Saving Designs

Stitch Saving Techniques  Balboa Stitch Designs.  Back to the "Basics".  This is what started it all!  A low stitch design that costs pennies to run and looks like a million.  We will take what could be a complicated design apart and make it simple, from 100,000 stitches to 10,000, using Basic stitches that you have perfected, the running Stitch, the Column Stitch and the Fill.  Nothing complicated!  Learn to simplify and bring the the essense of the art!  From there, we look at mixed mediums.  Our systems give us the ability to add prints and embroidery.  We will take a high stitch Design  and reduce it to a print with embroidered embellishments.  Then, Extending your design's size with a print.

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