The free machine embroidery designs are tagged at the end of the title for each one as to what format they are offered in.  Color Charts are in pdf format.  You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them and print out the color charts. 

Example Picture of Freebie Designs and their formats.

        1.  Choose the format you need below the picture.

2.  A box like below appears.  Click on the Save Button.

3.  A new Box like this below will open.  Go to Step 4.

 4.  This is where you can make changes and save the file:

       1.  Where the file will go.
       2.  Name the file (whatever
            you would like) but remember to keep the
format correct after the dot
 (example:  whatever.pes or .dst)
       3.  Hit Save and the file will
            be saved to where you
            choose it to go from the
            Number 1 box.

Example of the above picture Number 1 box
   clicked open  This is where you can choose to
save  this file to a folder on your hard drive, a floppy, a
cd, a zip drive, etc.

"Did you know that when downloading, if you do get that page of
gibberish , just go back a page to the download and hold down the Shift
key while clicking on the download icon and it comes up just fine.  I'm on Netscape
and this has worked for me every time."
   (Thanks Vi)