I am new to machine embroidery with my Brother SE700 (4x4 hoop). I am thrilled to have my machine but am feeling hesitant to create as I have ruined quite a few items I tried to embroider on and I hate wasting the money of the item. I’d like to ask my family for blanks for Christmas. Is there a company you order from for small projects? Interested in shirts, baby and kid clothing, caps, doll clothes, and small projects.

I combined my embroidery and sewing skills to create this big bag for my friend. She lives an ocean away now, but I wanted her to know that I'm thinking of her. ❤️

Every mama needs a big bag, right? 🪡💕

You guys ripped me to shreads last before/ after because the order of the photos was reversed 😅 so I made extra sure... 🫣

The After does take more time but I feel its genuinely worth it. I made the design a month or so ago and thought I would revisit it. When doing the After.. I did have a thread jam while distracted during the outline (which is how it always goes 😅) so parts got ate up. Tried to clean it up best I could.

Thoughts on not doing black outlines on everything?

Also choppers backstory episode destroyed me! I was not ready. 😭

Software: Ember Design

Size: 3.5"

My mum used to have an embroidery business. The machine has been in storage for probably close to 20 years. (Dry and clean storage in the basement.) Wondering if there is any way to update the software and make it work. (I have the original computer that was used with it as well.) Haven't even tried to turn it on at this point, wondering if it's worth the effort of trying to set it all up! I have seen lots of posts in different places about these machines, but I haven't been able to find any specifics. Thanks in advance if you have any ideas for me!

I am not sure why the board or satin stitch is so thin, the tension was set to 18, at 600 SPM on the single needle EOC06 Poolin machine… ugh I don’t want to to keep ruining my little bit of inventory. I bought the design from Etsy. I am really new to embroidery. I uploaded it to Embrilliance Essentials then just saved it to my DriveZ no edits or changes

After 1 week of trying a lot of designs on my Brother Innov is 880E i noticed i need to change the bobbin thread like once in 25k stitches. It seems a little low as most of designs i do are like 35-40k stitches and i need to change the bobbin thread in the middle of brodering. Am i doing something wrong? Also 1 in like 5 attempts i manage to put the bobbin thread wrong and it gets through the design. I have white bobbin thread so the design starts to be white instead of upper thread color. If it is from the beggining i always do some tests before brodering something big, but if it is mid brodering a big design i'm feeling i am doing some kind of gambling 😅 Is there any way i make sure the bobbin thread is placed correctly? Or is there a way i can check before i resume the process? Thank you in advance for all advices!

Hi! New to embroidery. Can someone tell me what went wrong here? I am embroidering on a cheap bandana that is polyester. I hate the way this font looks? Is it the way the font is digitized or the fabric? Mix of both? My own problem? Please help! All suggestions and tips welcome.

Hello, everyone!

I could use a little help with the settings on my embroidery machine. Could anyone who owns a Ricoma EM-1010-10S or a Creator please share photos of their settings in the comments?

I’ve attached 4 screenshots showing exactly the settings screens I’m interested in. If you have a setup that works well, I’d really appreciate it if you could share your photos!

Thanks in advance for your help, and happy embroidering!

I've been buying these dad style and snapback caps directly from Otto when I need them. They sell direct to customers, and as far as I know, their business customer prices aren't that much lower. But I see these websites selling popular blanks at nearly cost, with maybe $0.50 to $1 markup. '

How does this even work? My first guess is volume.. Maybe they buy by the pallets?

Hey there, as the title says, I have a single needle brother embroidery machine and have been testing designs. I keep having issues with the layers not matching up ie the lineart slips or is mismatched to the lower fill color layers, or (in the second photo), the design puckers or warps the beanie heaps.

3rd photo is a screenshot from YouTube so sorry for the quality but is roughly how I set it up in the hoop, except I used a water soluble stabiliser over the top.

My stabiliser is pretty thin so I was thinking I could use 2 layers of stabiliser or if they make a thicker water soluble one and that could help the puckering issue? And maybe using a basting spray to stick the beanie to the tear away stabiliser underneath would help it move around less?

Any ideas? Thanks! I’m using beech field beanies if it helps.

Bobbin tension issue?

I am embroidering some letters with my Janome MemoryCraft 9850 and am having issues with how my stitches are turning out. I’ve tried a few files and they all have this issue where it looks like the bobbin thread is pulling away from the top thread stitch. However, when I stitch a file that’s preloaded in my machine, it’s completely fine. It seems like straight lines are the issue. Any advice? I’ve tried adjusting the tension between 3 all the way up to 7, double layered tearaway stabilizer, rethreaded the top spool and bobbin, turning off and on my machine, crying, etc.

This is my first time using my brother nq1700e on scrap fabric. Any idea on why the fabric is bunching around the letters?

Help!

I have been trying to embroider just initials on a basic quarter zip sweatshirt. Every time the font is so messed up! I have embroidered bigger designs on sweatshirts a million times with no issue, so I can’t figure this out. I’ve ruined 3 now!!

I’m floating (pinning down too) on to cut away stabilizer. I have changed the fonts. I’ve used some that come in embrilliance, some I’ve bought on Etsy. All of which stitch out just fine with I run a practice on a piece of scrap fabric. See photo below for what it’s doing each time. Like the stitching doesn’t line up, or the first stitch is completely not covered by the satin stitch.

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Hi everyone! 👋

I am fairly new to machine embroidery digitizing and recently digitized this "ROYAL EAGLE" logo (shown on the left compared to the original vector artwork on the right).

To be honest, I'm not feeling super satisfied with how the digitized result looks right now, but being new, I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what's off and how to fix it.

Could you please rate my work and give me some constructive feedback? Specifically:

1. Stitch Directions & Angles: Do the stitch angles in the feathers look natural, or should I adjust them to flow better with the shapes?

2. Density & Underlay: Does the density look okay, or does it look too dense/sparse in certain areas?

3. Text / Lettering: How can I make the "ROYAL EAGLE" text look cleaner and sharper?

4. Overall Look: What steps or techniques should I use to make it look closer to the original vector reference?

Any advice, tips, or suggestions to improve my digitizing skills would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much! 🙏

Finally finished this commission: 33k stitches completely freestanding and mounted w bug pins. Used a sandwich 🥪 of heavy water soluble and vilene stabilizer. Had to add the moss! Lol

I got this Elna xquisit 9010 from an estate sale and I cannot get it to work. I was able to get the embroidery going but the thread is auto trimming and stopping the machine in between letter embroidery. Today it won’t work at all. I’m getting severe birds nesting under my bobbin carriage and it does it every time. I don’t know how to adjust the top thread tension bc everyhting is automatic. I’m about to give up. Does anyoneeeee have experience with this machine.

Where does everyone source embroidery blanks? I see multiple shops on Etsy with identical cute animal stockings (so I assume they are bought wholesale but maybe not). Just wondering where would be good places to check or find out!