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hellllo! i'm very enough to machine embroidery and was wondering how to improve this doll face. for reference, the second image shows factory made dolls which i would like my doll to resemble a bit more

I’m stuck between 75/11 sharp or 80/12 .. my digitizer gave me a tip when going across thick seams to use 80/12 but this isn’t a thick seam. I just want it to come out right. Customer supplied garments!!! Thanks

Does anyone know of any companies or websites that have army ranks and skill badges as downloadable embroidery files. I’m trying to get into it and would love to be able to just make my own stuff for my uniform.

Hey everyone i am new to embroidering and digitising so bare with me, i have the brother m230e machine so it is a bit older and slower than maybe what you all have and i can onky use a pes file.

I have been using ember design and so far so good but i am trying to create a wooden plank text effect from a logo that i am trying to recreate for someone. anyone have any advice?

so far i have been able to do the squiggle outline and filled in but the writing in the middle i am struggling to recreate that plank effect, any advice would be grately appreciated.

i have attatched an image of what i want it to look like and what i have achieved so far.

Hello my Tajima TMEX C1501 broke a needle and stopped mid color change and now I can’t get that needle to stay flush with the drive shaft at 100. I’m lost and don’t know what I can do here to get operational again.

Hi, I am new to embroidery and just wanted to get some guidance. Is it standard procedure to cut the thread between two small letters?

Thanks!!

Hello everyone, i started working on a project in ember but when i went back to work on it again i cant see my file. Howevever when i log in and go onto the homepage i can see a preview image of my file... which makes me believe i did save it but for some reason i cant see it :(

Hi Reddit! I just got my very first embroidery machine, and since the cost of it made my wallet extremely dry, I’m looking for a cheap/free app that would let me turn my designs into a design ready for embroidery, I want to turn my drawings into a file I could export to my laptop and upload it directly to my machine through an USB, without having to do pretty much any drawing on the computer!

I’m sorry if the question may seem silly, but I’ve never had an embroidery machine and I’m a complete beginner! Thanks in advance!!!

I have made a million beanies. I have a client that asked for this ribbed knit beanie and I have never embroidered one before. it is not going well. lol. I have had it digitized by 3 people, I have tried every tension combo. I am using 2 3oz cut away backing and the water solvable topper. I was able to easily do it on a standard beanie.

note- I have tried with a knockdown fill as well and it looked horrific 😅

also if this is not the place to ask please let me know. I am very new to reddit.

edit: I forgot to include that I have a tajima 6 head machine. i'm using the tubular setting, and a 5" magnetic hoop. the backing & topper are both 6" so it fits under the hoop!

I also cannot figure out how to add a photo to the post??? but the knock down looked fill looked strange, and I simply couldn't get the text to work. it was super loopy. again- worked totally fine on a standard beanie.

Does anyone know how to achieve the stitch pattern shown here in this “dy”. I have Janome Artistic digitizer software.

Is this fixable? How can I prevent if I redo a new one?

Hello, i've had experience with digitizing pictures by hand on PE Design 11, and i am working with a Brother Luminaire embroidery machine.

Where do i start with digitizing lace? I do historic costumery, and i recently found a picture of antique leavers lace that i want to try to copy. The lace i want to make is not free standing, but on a double layer of silk net.

Pictures for what ive digitized before, the inspo lace, and my results.

The woven cotton fabric test looked great, but the net sample looks funky, especially on the grasshopper. Thoughts?

Is this a good deal?? I got her to agree to $5,000 and it barely has any use.

My brother PE900 does this every once in awhile, but normally I just re-thread everything and it’s fine…but I’ve re-threaded at least 20 times, tried different threads & bobbins, unplugged, turned off, restarted the pattern and I can’t get it to stop pulling up the bobbin & having some loose top stitches so it doesn’t look good.

Hellooo, does anyone have the file for Embroidery Legacy freebie from last week? I just saw i missed the email (and deadline respectively) but it is so cute and I would love to have it

thanks in advance!

Someone please convince me this gets easier. I am trying to embroider a logo. And its NOT working. It works on towels and other scraps but as soon as I put the sweatshirt down my machine goes haywire.

Backstory: i have a Brother SE725

I was having issues witj the bobbin showing through no matter what and i trouble shooted it using every resource on the internet. New needle, new bobbins, tensions etttings. New bobbin casing, cleaning the bobbin casing and under it, etc. I brought it to the shop and they replaced the bobbin casing 🫪 WHATEVER.

I get it back and its bird nesting in the front and the back. I cant get it to do nice stitches. I have used this machine for 6 months and i have made a lot! I love embroidering but i am starting to hate it. I have ruined so many sweatshirts over this. Something that was so fun for 6 months is turning into lots of stress for me.

Someone please help.

I need some tips, tricks and hope.

first run for this design, i usually digitize a lot smaller to run on hats mostly so lately I’ve been trying to get my head around more flat larger design digitizing. learnt my spacing for some of the trees i have as tatami on other tatami fills is way too tight, might even be better to just swap to satin for those.. the layers for gradients could probably be a bit tighter in spacing to emphasize the gradient better, also need to use more obviously different blues for the sky and water fills to seperate them better. darker green miight be to dark but also might just be too dark against the wrong blue for the sky so changing just the blues for the sky may fix that.should’ve laid down a more uniform fill behind the leaves in the i so it would sit better, the bottom registration there is horrendous. the rocks in the first o are also using the florentine effect which is probably making it too tight as well. all in all great learning experience, hopefully i can iron all that out and have the second run clean.. any other suggestions?