OzStitch
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Open an embroidery design

Drop a design or a photo here, or choose one from your computer.

Continue a saved design
Opens DST · EXP · JEF · PES · PEC · XXX (Singer), or a picture (SVG · PNG · JPEG) to turn into stitches

A second life for your Singer Futura

Singer Futura embroidery machines don't have a screen for designs. They are driven entirely by a computer program. Singer stopped updating that program years ago: the last version came out around 2013, it only runs on Windows XP to Windows 8, and the old support site has gone dark.

That left thousands of perfectly good machines sitting idle, or tied to an old laptop kept alive just for them.

OzStitch is a new, modern program for these machines. It runs in your web browser on today's computers, with nothing to install and no drivers. Plug your Futura in by USB, connect, and sew.

What OzStitch does

Open designsDST, PES, JEF, EXP, PEC and Singer XXX files
See them in 2D and 3Drealistic thread, stitch-out playback, sew time
Lay out the hoopmove, rotate and resize several designs at once
Textany font installed on your computer
Photos and clipartturn pictures, SVGs and 2,500+ free icons into stitches
Send to the machinelive status, thread changes and plain-language errors

Supported machines

Futura XL-400TestedSewing, text, pictures, color changes and both hoops checked on a real machine.
Futura XL-550Expected to workSame connection as the XL-400 (up to 99 colors). Not yet tested on a real one.
Futura Quartet (SEQS-6700)Expected to workListed by the same Singer software. Not yet tested.
Futura CE-150 / 250 / 350Being testedOlder version of the connection, built from Singer's own CE software. Connects and sends to a CE-250; sewing tests under way. Owners willing to test, get in touch. Offer to test
Brother / Baby LockPES fileDesign in OzStitch, click Export PES and copy the file to a USB stick for the machine. Sending by cable is Singer Futura only.
Poolin EOC06DST fileAlso any other machine that reads DST. Pick your machine and hoop under Machine, then click Export DST.

How to start

  1. Use Chrome or Edge on a Mac, Windows PC, Chromebook or Linux computer.
  2. Attach the embroidery unit and hoop, then turn the machine on.
  3. Plug the Futura in by USB and click Connect machine (choose "CLEM" in the list).
  4. Open or create a design, place it in the hoop and click Send to machine.

Tell us what you think

Comments, ideas for new features, problems, questions, or an offer to test OzStitch on your machine. We read every message.

OzStitch is free. If it brought your machine back to life, a coffee helps keep it going.

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OzStitch is an independent project by OzBits. It is not made, endorsed or supported by Singer. Singer and Futura are trademarks of their respective owners.
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