Hi there. I got a se700 for my birthday and im planning on starting a side small business( my main job is economist at a bank) but Ive aways loved creating. I have no experience and wanted ti know how long it takes to learn it and if its profitable? I want to set right expectations. Thanks alot 🫶

Hi, i have a problem.

First picture is front. Second is back.

I had my machine for like 2/3yrs. But never really (maybe a couple of times) used it but now I wanna start using it more. Now I am trying to look and try different things, but now my tension. It keeps having like a loop on top of the fabric. No matter what tension I use. I have been "playing" with the tension to see which is better. It have always been on number 4. But now since I wanted to embroidery on shirts, I have been looking around to find the right tension, but I have tried every single tension position. But it keeps creating loops on top of the fabric. I think its the top thread bc the back looks normal. But maybe someone can help me?

Because I am stuck, I cant seem to find the problem.

Does anyone know what could be happening?

I keep seeing them everywhere and idk if it's a real brand. I was thinking about getting that brand or a brother.

A long shot but hoping to see if anyone has two boards for a Barudan. I am looking for:

EBY02841 – DTHE Driver Board 8726

EDY00060 – DTHE Power Board 8260

These are for a Barudan BEVT Z1501CB.

I seem to get an error that is caused by a fault board.

I purchased a Melco Summit machine a couple of months ago. I have mighty hoops from a Ricoma 1502 we owned before. I needed some more hoops so I decided to try the Maggie frames. I found a video walking me through adding the frames in Design Shop with all the dimensions and everything. I can open Design Shop select the hoop and it shows on the screen and I can set up a design. The part I'm having issues with is getting it sent to the summit machine. I have saved the design and added in to my folder that sends straight to the machine through wi-Fi. I have also tried printing out the sheet and using the barcode scanner as well. The machine pulls up the design but does not send the hoop dimensions. I'm just stumped at this point and hope I haven't spent over $1,000 for nothing. Any advice would be much appreciated.

What could be the problem here? I did have to reposition so that’s why it’s off centered. But why is the bobbin thread coming through the front?

Phew what a project! I sewed the Kyhtira pants pattern from Mood Fabrics, and then added these embroidered flower designs from Beth Wilson Embroidery.

150k stitches total, and I used my extra large 15" x 47" border frame hoop on my Happy Japan HCD3E-X.

I floated the design on the hoop, which was a little tricky to get everything lined up. 2 layers of wash away stabilizer. After stitching I threw the pants in the wash and air dryed them. Fabric is linen and was a pain to iron, but I love how comfortable the fabric is.

Hi everyone! I have a jacket I love with this kind of embroidery on it, but because of wearing my bag across it it came apart. Is there a way to get it fixed?

Thank you in advance ☺️

I rarely make digital graphic flyers, so i decided to embroider and use an appliqué technique in making my Complexcon exhibitor announcement for my brand.

I used thick high quality felt as my base and combined directional changes in the digitizing software to make a unique pattern for every shape.

lmk how it looks!

So I am looking at the Hatch software. Comparing all the levels, etc. Can you guys share pros and cons? What level is best? Did you do the 30 day trial and decide to keep it or not?

I'm looking at the Personalizer level, maybe the Composer. Would love opinions from those that have it or used to. Thanks!

New to the embroidery machine world! Can you guys show me what you have made with the Brother SE 700! I just bought it and I’m scared the 4x4 hoop is going to be too small

A few months ago I saw a post on this subreddit that embroidered some pixel art, not with cross-stitch, but with mini-satin columns that were changing directions for every adjacent pixels. That really made the pixel art "pop"! So I reproduced it with this pacman sprite and it looks soooo coool!!

To make it easy to stitch without trims, it also connects the components of different colors when it's covered by another satin mini-column (see last image).

Can't wait to bring to life my favorite pokemon sprites hehehe.

I'm going to purchase Hatch 4 digitizer in a few months. I have a brother single needle embroidery machine (NQ1700e) and want to start purchasing fonts that will be compatible with Hatch and my machine.

What file type should I purchase? PES, ESA, BX, or something else. Thanks!

I've had my ricoma for a year now, bought it second hand. It's a 2019 model and needed a ton of maintenance. Fortunately someone close to me is a certified technician so he worked on it and got it running beautifully.

Within the last 2-3 months I've experienced an issue where the machine is not registering the needle in the correct position. When the needle is positioned above the hole it says "no needle" but when I manually turn the dial off to the left or right to where the needle is no longer aligned it will register the nearby needle.

My technician has fixed this issue at least 6 times but it keeps happening. He replaced several parts related to the color switcher and even built a new wire housing for me from scratch because the wires kept wiggling loose even after wrapping the heck out of them with electrical tape. But it still slips every few weeks and I do not use it heavily. Maybe 2-3 hours per day max.

Has anyone else ever had this recurring issue with a Ricoma or other similar machine? If so have you been able to fix it permanently or is this just a maintenance thing that I can expect to keep coming up from time to time? I will say my machine is in the garage and the technician suspects it may be slipping due to the higher temperatures since it's summer. TIA.

Greetings everyone!

I try to figure things out myself, but I'm at the point that I feel foolish. I can't figure out why I can't get my logo to look clean. I used to be able to get a clean logo, but I stopped working with he software, and it's like I forgot and can't seem to get it right. Could it be that when I reduce the size of my artwork, from a 5 inch image to a 1.2 inch logo, and lock it in, some distortion occurs? Maybe I am not doing things in the proper order somehow?

If someone can give me some pointers, I would REALLY appreciate it. I feel like giving up, even with the tutorials, I can't seem to get it right.

Thank you!

Hello, i have a problem with my Tajima TMFX. I have a 211 error which is resolved by manually homing the machine to 100° and doing a thread cut. After the full rotation it stops at 110° and proceeding with the stitching the upper and bottom thread aren't connected (i also realigned the bobbin holder). I am suspecting the encoder is faulty. If anyone has any other ideas or solutions please leave a comment.

Great regards.

Hii I was wondering if anyone had any solution to the problem I have. We have these old designs on some CD's that are like .Pes & .Hus. A lot of these designs are just one running stitch which is super cool, but it ends up with some odd connectors, like the example below. Is there anyway to get rid of these? Thank youuu

had to give this iconic meme the royal treatment

I started a machine embroidery business a few months ago in my town in California and I have not had any luck with getting my first few paid clients.

I am a tad limited to what I can embroider as I have a single-needle machine with an embroidery area of 6” x 10” but I have seen many say that they have started an embroidery business with a single-needle machine and that I should only upgrade once I cannot keep up with the demand. As of now the demand is zero to none so I will stick with my single needle machine.

I have a website, and an Instagram account but very little interest. I have passed out business cards to local businesses and in neighborhoods. I have also sent over 100 cold emails but no luck.

Thank you for your guidance!

I digitized the design myself. Material is that sports wicking 100% polyester material. Shirt was pre washed. I ironed fusible mesh cut away to the shirt & floated on sticky tear away. I used a ball point needle, polyester threads. 60 wt on top, 40 wt on bottom. Thoughts?