Signal boost: Embroidermodder

Not my thing, but I'm sure I have friends who will be interested in this Kickstarter project. This team is in the middle of building a relatively inexpensive, open-source, full-featured embroidery-software platform. It seems to be basically The GIMP for embroidery: highly customizable, even allowing folks to build their own plug-ins.

So if the phrase "computer-controlled sewing machine" turns you on (and I know for a fact that at least one of my friends is attuned to it), check it out...