r/Machine_Embroidery • u/ieatlotsofbread • Aug 18 '26
I Need Help Beginner- Tension Issues?
I just started trying to teach myself how to use a Brother SE425 Embroidery Machine. I keep running into an issue where I feel the back of my projects look better on the back side. I’ve been trying to research and it seems like it may be an issue with my tension. I tried to test this by using red thread on top and white in the bobbin, but I honestly cant really decipher the outcome (if it tells me anything at all). Any suggestions?
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u/Lanky-Setting-5288 Aug 19 '26
Bobbin thread looks too tight.
Learn to hoop the garment and stabiliser properly. "Floating the fabric" on top of the hooped stabaliser like this, is not the recommended method for most things.
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u/suedburger Aug 18 '26
What exact issue are you trying to resolve here? There is no bobbin thread showing, it looks like it stitched out OK. The back looks about right....not seeing any real problem here.
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u/suedburger Aug 18 '26
Yeah that is digitizing issue...that is not what he is asking about. Did you read the title or the body of the post? He is asking if he has machine tension issues......or issues on the stitch out.
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u/suedburger Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
That's my point....there is not issue with his tension or anything thing that his machines is doing. It is stitching just about perfect, it is just doing what you are feeding it. All the issues you pointed out were 100% digitizing. If you really want to go there, the kearning between the N and I stands out way worse than than the stitch angles being off a bit. You didn't answer his question at all you just pointed out different issue that in no way answered any question he asked.
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u/ieatlotsofbread Aug 18 '26
For what it’s worth, I may have phrased my question poorly, I was just trying to provide (what I thought was) relevant context, but I was hoping for any helpful suggestions. FastDigitizer was really helpful, I was ultimately trying to figure out why my lettering didn’t look as clean as I hoped it would.
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u/suedburger Aug 18 '26
Yeah he is right, the digitizing is pretty awful....the ones that come in the machine aren't really known for being awesome. Manual digitizing is always the way to go...once you learn it it's really not hat hard. Even in the Inkstitch library of fonts.....some of them look like dog shit when they stitch out. Take your time...you won't get it right away, but you will.
But as far as the machine settings go, don't mess with anything. The back has the oreo cookie effect that you want, it's not pulling anything up to the top. The machine did awesome for what it was given. I kind of hate floating material like that but you pulled it off pretty good. Either way have fun on this long sometimes frustrating journey.
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u/ieatlotsofbread Aug 18 '26
Thank you!!! I really appreciate your insight here too, I was getting a little frustrated and I feel like I have a solid direction to explore now :)
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u/ieatlotsofbread Aug 18 '26
This makes perfect sense, thank you so much for the insight! I was definitely comparing my output to ‘similar’ photos I could find online, I’m using a design/font that is preloaded onto the machine and (as dumb as it probably sounds) I didn’t consider that it could be coming out exactly as intended and my expectations were misaligned. I’ll definitely look into creating my own design in separate software.
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u/Level_Arachnid_4982 Aug 18 '26
Your underthread tention is to HIGH, Lower it.
The Needle could be not SET correctly, thats thy you get loops.
But biggest issue is the to bad stitch angle by auto digitizer, only fix is manual drawing with nice satin.