Bring your embroidery ideas to life with Brother PE-DESIGN 11, an advanced digitizing and layout suite built for hobbyists and home businesses that want professional results. Turn photos into stitch-ready artwork, refine every detail with powerful editing tools, and build a reusable library of designs, fonts, and stitches for faster production.
What You Can Do
- Photo-to-Stitch with PhotoStitch: Convert photos into embroidery, with improved tracing in PhotoStitch, Auto Punch, and Cross Stitch tools for cleaner results.
- Create more in less time: Use Intelligent Color Sort to group same-color areas and reduce thread changes, plus a Fabric Selector that adjusts sewing attributes based on fabric choice.
- Customize fonts and stitches: Create decorative sewing stitches (up to 100mm wide) and map your favorite fonts for quick reuse.
- Huge built-in library: Work faster with 130 built-in fonts and over 1,000 built-in designs with preview before stitching.
Compatibility and File Support
- Wide format support: Import/export many popular embroidery formats (including DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, VIP, SEW, CSD, XXX, SHV, and more).
- Vector conversion: Convert vector artwork formats like WMF/EMF/SVG.
- ScanNCut workflow: Import/export FCM cutting data files for ScanNCut projects.
- Wireless transfer (supported models): Wireless sharing is available for compatible Brother machines (e.g., Luminaire XP1/XP2/XP3, depending on model support).
What’s Included (Official Package)
- Brother PE-DESIGN 11 software
- PE-DESIGN USB Software Key (required to run the program)
- Built-in design library + 1,100+ sample embroidery data
System Requirements (Windows)
Windows (including Windows 10/11; additional Windows versions may vary by region), 1+ GHz CPU, 1GB+ RAM, ~600MB free space, XGA display, and 2+ USB ports (one for the Software Key).
