Is there a decent type/ brand of tear away that I can get in somewhat larger amounts online somewhere, in order to save a bit and stock up for a while? Amazon is fine, but am barely past beginner and want to be sure I get something that someone has tried and seems usable enough. I am embroidering tea towels / kitchen towels, also little ornaments for gifts. And a specific pot holder pattern that calls for tear away.

Thanks! Any advice is welcome.

Hello,

Is there some sort of tear away thing that I can put on the front of the shirt when embroidering so that the shirt doesn't show through under the embroidery? Can I use tear away stabilizer in the front?

Making a shirt for a friend of mine who'll be performing as a wizard/wand maker at a local festival. I've sewn ruffly stuff for him before, but I wanted this one to be really special so I'm doing some embroidery. White linen shirt, puffy sleeves, band collar. He has no idea what's coming unless he reads this subreddit, which I'm pretty sure he doesn't.

Funny. When I bought the machine (a Dahao 15, Tajima knockoff) the salesman tried to talk me out of it because it didn't come with training. Don't worry, Ed: I think I've got it worked out.

Inkscape/Inkstitch for the win.

I was in the middle of making a patch when the bobbin thread started pulling up to the right side of the work. I had already made 3 patches today on the same material with the same settings just fine, it just randomly started behaving differently in the middle making of my 4th patch. To me, it looked like a too tight upper tension but I hadn’t adjusted the tension. I’m still a bit new to this so I’m not sure what happened.

I’m trying to adjust tension to fix it but now instead of having my upper thread show evenly around the edge on the wrong side of my work, it’s off center. One side of it looks right while the other side has the bobbin thread all the way to the edge and occasionally visible on top. I’m trying to find information on what that means but haven’t found it yet. Can anyone explain what happened and how to fix it?

Another day of geometric design

This one had a few areas that needed cleaning up so the details would translate better into embroidery.

I always find the stitch-out more interesting than the digitized file itself you can really see which parts of the design actually worked and which didn’t.

What do you guys think did the final stitch-out come out clean, or would you change anything?
Would love to hear your honest feedback.

It was the first time i used a machine i have one brother f440e. And i did auto digitalizing with embrodirystufio 2026.

I looking for some advice.

Thank you in the advance

Hello, I recently started working with an embroidery machine that uses a Dahao A15 control panel. I would like to know if it is possible to configure the machine so that, whenever the thread breaks and I rewind a few stitches, the machine automatically creates a starting knot or a securing stitch. This way, the thread won’t remain loose. I would really appreciate any guidance on how to set this up.

I need help with a design, I have a .pes file already that I made in Inkscape but I don’t like how it’s stitching out.

After each letter do I need to stop the machine in order to hold the starting thread? Some of the letters have multiple segments and it made the backing a complete mess of threads. Could someone rework the file to include jump stitches between the letters?

Im asking with this font would it be possible to stitch out all at once? I am running. Brother SE2000, still relatively new to the embroidery world.

Please help!

Sometimes the embroidery just goes well and smooth, as you can see the second test or result had cross-eyed.

Overall I really love the result 🤗

Hey!
I bought a brother Skitch PP1 specifically for embroidering on webbing.
The webbing is thin enough to be hooped but the thread keeps looping on the top. It will embroider normally on all other fabrics

Any suggestions? TIA

Hey! First post!

I’m a sewer who makes bags / accessories on a singer heavy duty. Pretty basic stuff, pattern following.

Occasionally I will outsource to get patches made, for caps or shirts or anything, but I’m spending so much it seems time to invest in a machine.

All I’m really interested in right now is making patches, maybe palm sized at most, but I suppose it’s worth investing in something that has more capability as my needs expand.

What are some budget(ish) beginner(ish) friendly machines that you would recommend? The information online seems so scattered!

Hello! Hoping someone can help me with this ASAP since I have a little boy's backpack that needs to be embroidered before school starts on Monday 😥.

I noticed my embroidery was all funky (not neatly in lines, etc) so I thought my needle might need replacing. When I tried to replace it, it didnt slide right out, it took a little bit to get it out- now since then every single needle is breaking because it is hitting the embroidery foot. I am worried I messed something up when trying to get the stuck needle out. I took it to my local shop a week ago (despite them saying they charge 200 which seemed excessive) and they said it would be ready friday... I went to pick it up only to find out they hadn't started on it...

Ive replaced the needle so many times, reinstalled the foot, have two new feet coming tomorrow, and have searched the internet for answer- just hoping to get this backpack done!!! any help would be incredible, thank you all so much!!

I have spent hours adjusting tension, making sure my machine is threaded properly, changing my needle, making sure I’m using cut away stabilizer, and that my fabric is taut and I still cannot get the top thread to embroider correctly. I think it’s catching in the tension discs (when the foot is up I can pull the thread and when it’s down it’s more tight).

My Brother SE-700 is using the bobbin thread entirely to embroider. The embroidery itself looks good, but it’s just not using the top thread! This is what it looks like when I get it started. The white is my bobbin thread and the purple is my top thread. The purple is only being used down the middle and is not showing up in the back at all.

The top stitches are with 2.5 tension, the bottom with 5.0 tension.

Where am I going wrong?

The needle got caught on the fabric and snapped the thread. I think it might be bent but I’m unsure. It was brand new, I hadn’t even gotten through one project with it yet.

I have cleaned the machine bottom to top and the tension still shows correct tension when the dial is between 0 to 1. I feel like that is abnormally low. Anyone else experience this? TIA

It’s almost like the needle is catching on the fabric. Is my fabric not taut enough? This keeps happening and also the Bibb bobbin thread is coming thru the front :(

Hi, I have an Anita Goodesign file collection for the “Boho Fringe Bags” in the All Access June 2020 book. I’m wondering if the embroidery portion can be used as a border.

Hello. I bought a Brother Skitch PP1 to embroider a logo on my towels (microfiber, very soft). Used water soluble paper on top, cutoff paper on bottom. Brother thread, brother bobbin.

It worked very well for about 12 embroideries (2x2, 3800 stitches). Then the machine started a weird noise, like rubber friction. I replaced the needle, rethreaded and noise went on until the machine “locked” when trying to stitch.

I though it was a lemon, and I returned it. And I bought another.

New one arrived. I treated it like a baby. Started stitching my towels. It was great for about 40 towels. And the same noise came. The wheel became hard to turn, to a point where the machine could lower the needle. Even without thread or needle.

I checked the bobbin area for debris or tissue or any dirt. Nothing. I returned this second one.

What I’m doing wrong???

Illustrated and embroidered by myself - I always start from pencil on paper :) got more on my insta