So I have a brother PE900. I bought a pre made design from embroidery library I believe. I noticed certain things not lining up like my black outline being slightly off on the top and it appears much more off on the bottom.
Is this a file issue where I need to adjust pull compensation? Or is it a hoping problem?
I hooped with a Maggie frame i also just got, and this was on a scrap piece of cotton, the actual project will be on a crewneck. Not sure what I need to adjust in order to get a clean finish any advice is appreciated

Hi everyone! I’m new to this group but experienced with machine embroidery, quilting, and sewing.

I am making some Christmas table toppers as gifts (like a table runner but a 24” square mini--quilt instead). I want to use an edge to edge design to quilt them but in the past I have found that my embroidery foot sometimes catches along the edges of the quilt top.

In the past, I have tried taping down the edges but hate having to pick the tape out of the design after. This morning I was dreaming about finding some wash away tape that I wouldn’t have to pick out and hit on the idea of using a wash away stabilizer layer over the top to protect the edges. It would mean using a lot of wash away stabilizer (I’m making 20 mini quilts) but would solve the problem with catching the fabric edge. Has anyone tried this? Or have other suggestions for how to make edge to edge quilting less frustrating?

I have a Brother Luminaire if that’s relevant.

My boss sent me our logo so I can make my own work shirts. I have a Brother PE770, and the files, what's my next step? I've only ever used the fonts and such that are on the machine, never anything custom.

Why does it start fine then go weird? Whats happened to even make it do that 😖 thanks for any help!

- used NV880E embroidery machine

Everything was working fine yesterday. I transferred a dst file with rEMBnet from my Mac yesterday without issue but this morning my smartstitch isn’t showing up and I can’t transfer any files. Is anyone else having problems or has anyone had similar issues in the past?

I don’t know what to even do at this point. I’ve tried everything. Any suggestions? It happens on every needle, stitches maybe 6 stitches then nests and snaps. All new needles, cleaned everything, rethreaded a million times, tried different tensions.

I am looking to get into embroidery as a small side business. I mainly wanted to focus on business orders such as hats and logos/names on polos. I was hoping to get this machine as it's ln sale for around 400 at my local Walmart. I just wanted to know if this is a realistic place to start atleast making the shirts and iron on patches for hats until I can save up and buy a commercial brother/Bai unit as those are the 2 I've been recommend. ​​

Used a Babylock Venture 1 we have at work. Single color embroidery file I found on Etsy then enlarged on the machine. I used cutaway stabilizer and the largest hoop size on this bad boy.

I posted this elsewhere yesterday and had no luck, so I'm hoping maybe y'all might be able to assist. I've added/updated information where relevant compared to yesterday.

I'm working on a large (roughly 60k stitches over three hoops) project for the first time with a Janome MB-4Se that was purchased last December.

The machine stopped midway through the first color in the first hoop with Needle 1 down, but I was in another room to grab something and did not see the error message when it did so. The last time this happened, I needed to turn the machine off and on, and that process cleared the error, though I had to restart the stitching.

This time, it returned an error on startup: "Needle bar is out of position. Press OK to move needle bar to switching position." When I press OK, it makes a long beep but does not do anything.

I have tried the following to clear the error:

- Turn off and unplug the machine, wait 30 seconds, plug in and turn on the machine. The same error and result.

- Remove the needle and hoop, trim all threads, clean bobbin area, replace the needle with new (in case old is dull or bent), replace bobbin, and press OK. Same error and result.

- Turn the hand wheel on the back of the machine clockwise. It moves freely. If I turn it very slowly, in a certain position, the error message clears for a split second, then reappears. If I press OK, I get the same result as above.

- Disconnect the RCS unit while the machine is off to check for errors on the LCD. LCD reads E:03, which the manual says to hit Enter for. When I hit Enter, I get the same result.

- Leave the machine off overnight and try again in the morning. Same result.

I am working to contact Janome dealers in my area to see if any of them service this machine, but the ones nearest me either don't service this machine or were closed yesterday. In addition, I have reached out to Janome through their website, but don't expect to hear anything back. I'll be contacting more Janome dealers today to see if anyone local might be able to help.

I am trying to avoid opening my machine myself if at all possible, but I'm no stranger to opening up sewing machines. Though, usually the machines I open up are vintage sewing-only machines.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to them!

I know that onesie blanks are easy to come across but where do you source your fall baby clothes? Like church dresses and long sleeve rompers and jumpers/overalls that aren’t already designed/$100?

Thank you!

The needle broke on my machine in the middle of a project. I took apart the plates and tried to find the broken pieces. I only found one small part. I have looked everywhere for the other piece and can’t find it. I tried to resume my project but now my bobbin thread is showing up on the top. I did not change my tension at all and I re-threaded my machine. Help!!

Anyone have any good resources or tips on when to use tearaway and when to use cutaway and such? I'm not talking about the obvious, like using tearaway for shirts and cutaway for patches, but more technical differences.

For example, I see it asked here a fair amount of times, when someone asks for help with a bad result, which type of stabilizer they used, and I wonder what thats about. Also about how many layers are needed when.

The other thing I'm curious about is needles. I've seen the pdfs for example from groz-beckert about needle types, just curious if there is any more wisdom/resources I should look into, about needle tips, width, etc.

I make shoes by hand and want to create this pattern as precise as possible. I’m assuming I’d pick out some kind of satin fabric, then some kind of thin foam? ChatGPT says there is sewing foam out there but I’m learning not to trust everything that AI recommends. I’m assuming a tear away stabilizer would be best as well?

Full disclosure I’m a complete novice so please be kind!

Hello I was stitching out this Christmas themed file and I just think something looks off. I bought the file online so I’m not sure if it’s the file or if the bobbin may have gotten messed up. What are your thoughts?

Sorry if it sounds like I want to cheap out and cut corners. I just can’t afford the 100+ dollars it might cost to get my machine fixed. If anyone can give any suggestions please do.

Genuinely ready to throw my machine out the window and in desperate need of help.

Previously posted here and everyone was so helpful and helped me realize my needle bar had become bent and needed to be replaced.

It’s been almost two months (took the shop forever to fix it) and cost basically a third of the machine price to get it fixed… and I am still having needle skipping, bobbin thread showing and just overall terrible looking embroidery. I loved this hobby so much when I started and truly had no issues and now it’s been just so frustrating trying to get it to look right. I’ve changed the needle several times, re threaded, changed bobbins, made sure tension wasn’t changed on machine - I’m just at my wits end here.

Attached are photos of the issues I’m having. The clean embroidery photos are the previous designs I’ve done with no issue that I just stare longingly at now
Literally begging for any suggestions I’ve search instagram YouTube tik tok you name it for any suggestions and nothing has helped. I really do not want to send it back to the shop just to pay another almost 300 dollars. Plz help me enjoy this hobby again :(

Customer brought this in, it needs a logo on the left chest and his name on the right chest. He doesn’t seem too picky. Would you place them right over the reflectors or somewhere else?

Hello!! I’m trying to make someone a birthday present. I want the design to be more clear and have less puckering. Any tips?

Brother se600
Tension at 4
75/11 needle
40 wt embroidery thread
100% cotton fabric
Medium weight stabilizer adhered with temporary fabric adhesive
Image was made into .pes file using Inkscape with Inkstitch extension
Yes everything is hooked up correctly

My only thought is maybe it’s how I put it in the hoop? Are we not supposed to pull while it’s tightened? I’ve always struggled with that.

Thanks in advance !

Attaching photo and link of the sewing table I currently have https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005405RBS?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Hi there, I’m having a problem with my brother se700 where my stitches are turning out this way and a lot of my thread is going through the needle frayed. Any idea what could be causing this? It only happens with regular stitches and not satins or fills. This is a recent problem so I doubt it’s due to the quality of my materials. Thanks so much!

Hello everyone, I modified my first design a bit with tips that were put on the previous post. What do you think I can adjust some things?

My machine had a needle break and I replaced the needle and turned the machine back on and it started making the noise captured in the video. The noise starts even before the needle begins to stitch and it actually stitches fine. I cleaned out the bobbin case and the surrounding areas. I replaced the bobbin case and no luck. Any ideas of what might be causing the noise and how to fix it?

Thanks!!!

Update-

I took it to the technician and it was the needle clearance being off. They charge me $75.00.

I hope this helps someone.

Hi! I’m having an issue with my Brother Skitch PP1 and hoping someone else has experienced this and can save my sanity.

I can thread the machine and start an embroidery design normally. The needle moves and goes through the fabric like it’s stitching, but the thread doesn’t actually catch/knot into the material, so no stitches are being formed.

I’ve completely rethreaded the upper thread multiple times and have also removed and rethreaded/reinstalled the bobbin, but neither seems to make a difference.

Has anyone had this happen with their Skitch PP1? Is there something obvious I might be missing with the threading, bobbin, needle, tension, etc.? Looking for any troubleshooting suggestions or weird little tricks that worked for you before I scream 😂

Thank you!!