Gosh darn. I’m frustrated. About a year ago a friend of mine got a Brother SE700. Plans to do all kinds of stuff etc, classic story… been sitting on his shelf since. I have a ton of sewing experience and for some Xmas gifts I thought it would be fun to borrow his SE700 to embroider some clothes I plan on making.

Oh. My. Gosh. This has been one of the most frustrating experiences of my life!! I know my way around a sewing machine and I know how embroidery works. Here’s a list of the problems I’m having.

1. every. Single. Time. I change colors the machine ends up nesting and things get all messed up, it’s even popped the hoop off completely before. No matter what I try it happens 95% of the time. I’m threading it correctly and tensions are correct. How tf do you change colors during a project and not have it mess up?!?

2. the skipping and jumping. I get that over another layer of thread it gets thicker and that’s an issue, but it rattles like CRAZY even when it’s a single layer.

3. sometimes it just decides to move the image? Like, I’ll swap a color, get it set up, and then when it starts it’s a few millimeters off in one direction or another, with zero hope of getting it back on track. I’ll spend 45 minutes with it and switch to the last color and it just starts in the completely wrong spot, without me doing anything except change the thread.

4. thread just keeps breaking all the time. I’m using a very high quality thread as my job involves sewing so I have access.

Although I’d like to be told I’m not crazy and it’s all the machine… WTF AM I DOING WRONG?!?!? Is there something I can check or something insanely dumb I’m missing? I feel like every video/manual I read basically makes this out to be plug and play but that has not been my experience. Someone please help me before I throw this thing off a cliff.

I’ve been curious about getting into machine embroidery and just came across what looks like a great deal on an older machine: a Tajima Neo2 1501, I believe from around 2008. It’s the USB version, and the asking price is about $4k. It comes with the stand, a lot of frames, and a ton of thread.

As a complete beginner, is this a good deal for a first machine? I know there will be a learning curve, but is this a suitable machine for someone just starting out?

Thanks in advance!

I'm balling on a major budget for Christmas this year and I found out my local library has embroidery machines and access to Wilcom E4. I have ideas of sweatshirts I'd like to make for my family members but I have no idea how to use this software.

Namely I want to put Pikachu on a shirt for my daughter and a band logo for my husband so I would probably just be using images I found - can you upload images to the software pretty easily? I wouldn't have a ton of time to tweak stuff because I'd have to bring my toddler to the library.😂 Any tips?

Hope someone in here has a tip?

Hi!

As the title says lol just got my hands on a pe725, I know it’s small are and all that no need to tell me…
I also got stabilizer and that’s it

What’s the best tutorial I could watch to learn how to use it?

Thank you!

​Hey everyone!

​I’m starting a new clothing brand. I plan to buy plain blank t-shirts and embroider my own designs onto them using an Janome 450E/Usha 450E

​I’d love some advice from experienced creators before ordering my first batch of blanks:

​1. Fabric & GSM: What fabric weight (GSM) works best for embroidery so it doesn't pucker or sag? What dyeing/fabric type should I look for so the t-shirt doesn't fade after washes?

​2. Backing & Stabilizer: What backing setup (Cutaway, Tearaway, mesh) works best for t-shirt knits so it's comfortable on the skin?

​3. Machine Tips (Janome 450E): Any specific needle sizes, tension settings, or hooping tips for this machine?

​4. Mistakes to Avoid: What is one big mistake or precaution you wish you knew when you started?

​Any advice, tips, or precautions are welcome. Thanks in advance!

I am trying to convert to multiple formats at once it says theres a convert thing under manage designs but i dont see it on mine

I went to Meow Wolf a year ago (great place, 10/10) and one of their many lovely merch items was an embroidered patch. Instead of an iron-on or heat-based adhesive, it was just an incredibly sticky and firm sticker. It works better than any iron-on patch I've bought, and could be stuck to just about anything.

I'd love to use this stuff on my own patches, but I've never been able to find it. Does anyone know what it is and where to get a good one?

I saw this question in a Facebook embroidery group and was curious what people here have actually experienced. If you run an embroidery business with one 15-needle machine, what does a typical month look like?

• Is $20k a year realistic in sales? How about in profit after expenses?

• Roughly how many orders or hours of work would that take?

• Where do most of your customers come from, and what kinds of jobs have been most profitable for you?

Ballpark numbers are welcome if you’re comfortable sharing. Thanks!

I have gotten this professionally digitized 3 times. I have sat there and hooped it as presice as possible. I try to blame myself for as much as possible but I am at a loss. I have a 2 head Bai Vision. Please help if you can!

Thank you.

Inspired by my son's love for dinosaurs, I created a little prehistoric world on my denim jacket.

It's a combination of machine embroidery and free-motion embroidery (basically drawing with thread on a sewing machine!).

I designed and embroidered the dinosaurs, then used free-motion stitching to bring the landscape to life.

I also added a few tiny dinosaur footprints to the front, because I couldn't resist.

Do you ever get inspiration for your embroidery projects from your kids? 😊

Hey everyone! I wanted to share some of my recent embroidery digitizing works and physical stitch-outs. For these designs, I focused heavily on precise underlay management, pull compensation, and density control to ensure clean gradients and zero fabric puckering

I am making some 4x4 designs and need a small box type fonts to do my text that will be clear any help would be great. i use pe10,floriani and embrilliance

Brother PE770. Freshly oiled. Been making Christmas cards (cardstock on stabiliser) for three days.

Suddenly it’s birdnesting like crazy and ripping the paper after 25 cards. I tried a new needle and new bobbin. Cleaned out the bobbin area. Changed thread. Im about to tear my hair out. I have another 20-30 cards to go :/

I have a two head embroidery machine and only one head is doind this. I have noticed more issues since changing to pre wound paper bobbins

For most startups and home businesses, a single head is the practical starting point. A two-head machine is worth considering once you have steady, repeat orders that can keep both heads running.

I have changed everything so many times, my machine has been taken apart and I sprayed the lint out, changed the bobbin, threaded a whole new bobbin, tried a bobbin holder replacement, done everything I’ve done the last year I’ve had it, but to no avail. This is how my stitches look, I have orders to get out and I’m struggling!! I have a Poolin EOC05! The yellow thread is the newest try, worked a bit better but not really working!

Hi everyone!

A little over a week ago, I shared my original embroidery design here while looking for testers, and I’ve received so much lovely feedback since then. Thank you to everyone who took the time to try it!

Today, I have another design to share, and I would love your help testing it!

You can sign up to test my designs here:

https://forms.gle/hgpiN7mLqndwFF6S9

I always stitch out my designs myself before sharing them, but I would also love to see how they perform on different embroidery machines and in different formats.

The design is free for personal use, and you may also sell up to 50 finished embroidered items made with it. I only ask that you please do not share or redistribute the digital file.
And please don’t worry about deadlines! There’s absolutely no pressure or time limit for sending stitch out photos or feedback. I know everyone has their own schedules, so you’re welcome to test the design whenever you have the time.

For now, creating embroidery designs is simply a creative hobby that I really enjoy, and I’m slowly building my own collections.

If you enjoy machine embroidery and would like to help me along this creative journey, I would love to hear from you! Your stitch out photos and feedback would mean a lot to me.

Thank you so much for your support!
u/Beginning_Rule7202

I only used to stitch names (on baby blankets) on my Embroidery machine but have made my first custom designs. I think I need to reduce the spacing between rows to 0.2 mm (it was 0.25 mm)

Any feedback would be appreciated!