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New! Quick Projects for Digitizers
If you have some basic experience with Generations and just want to learn some specific techniques, then these new Quick Projects are just the thing!
These projects are designed to teach you new ways of using your digitizing software to create a specific embroidery technique or learn how to use specific tools in Generations™. You can [...]
Learn to Digitize Unit 2: ABCs of Keyboard Lettering in Generations
Whew! It’s been a lot of work and now the second unit in the Learn to Digitize series is now shipping! While the title is ABC’s of Keyboard Lettering, this module covers more than just typing letters into the Insert Text box.
Learn to Digitize Course Overview
I’ve taught digitizing theory for years but never tied it to a program except in house when working with the Cactus Punch digitizers and our program of choice. Why? Because to get really good at a program, you have to use it on a regular basis. Pair that with the fact that “I’m a Mac” [...]
Tags: digitizing, education, Generations, training
Learn to Digitize with Generations
If you want to really learn to digitize embroidery with your digitizing software, you need to learn from an experienced professional digitizer with years of real world experience.
Tags: classes, digitizing, education, training
Hemingworth Thread Chart
There a lots of things to love about Hemingworth thread:
Vibrant, lustrous shades in tri-lobal polyester
The unique thread cap that protects the thread from dust, oils from your fingers, and bruising
The label that tells you the thread color, thread name, and even the thread sequence number (that little number to the right of the bar code)
The [...]
New Pattern: Southwest Wall Hanging Quilt
This vibrant southwest quilt showcases 5 machine embroidered appliqué designs digitized by Lindee Goodall for Dalco Home Sew. The quilt was designed, pieced and embroidered by Lindee and quilted by Barbara Angerhoffer. The central piecing is framed with a turquoise 1″ border surrounded by a dark 3″ border of mini Kokopelli black on brown print [...]
How to Remove Machine Embroidery from a Garment
At some point in an embroiderer’s life something happens that requires you to remove embroidery stitches from a garment or other item:
A birdnest messed up the embroidery and you want to start over
The design isn’t in the right spot
You started sewing the wrong design
You forgot to mirror or rotate the design
You used the wrong color
The [...]
Why Are My Outlines Off on My Embroidery Design
Running stitch outlines, especially around large fill objects, can be hard to control perfectly. If there are gaps between the outline and the stitches, discover the 6 most common reasons to determine if they are a design (digitizer) problem or an embroidery problem.
Tags: compensation, embroidery basics, machine embroidery, tensions, troubleshooting
Does Machine Embroidery Shrink Fabric?
I was recently asked this curious question and so I thought this would be a good place to answer it. Technically, embroidery itself won’t “shrink” fabric. However, sewing distortions occur during the embroidery process that can pull the fabric and thus result in the appearance of “shrinkage.”
Distortions occur as a result of push and [...]
Tags: compensation, embroidery basics, tensions, troubleshooting
How to Analyze an Embroidery Design
Are you an embroiderer?
Do you want better embroidery results?
Would you like to be able to just look at a design and tell if it’s worth sewing
Dear Embroidery Enthusiast,
Chances are when you bought your embroidery machine you were shown how easy, fun, and quick it was to create beautiful embroidery. Hoop up a piece of fabric, [...]
Tags: ebook, education, embroidery basics, machine embroidery, training
What is Digitizing?
As it relates to embroidery, digitizing is the process of turning artwork into a digital embroidery file suitable for use on a computerized embroidery machine.
Tags: digitizing, embroidery basics
5 Common Causes of Birdnests
In the previous post, What are Birdnests? we looked at what a birdnest is and the potential damage it can cause. In this sequel we’ll look at five common causes of birdnests so we know the signs and can avoid them. Also, I’ll cover some tips on how to repair minor damage. As with many [...]
Tags: birdnests, embroidery, tensions, thread, troubleshooting
How To Select Thread for Machine Embroidery for Beginners
You’ve just spent a fortune on your very first embroidery machine and now the sales person is showing you threads. You can see from the vast array of colors, fibers, weights, and types that you could easily spend another small fortune just on thread. What should you get? How much do you need? Why type [...]
Tags: embroidery basics, embroidery thread, getting started, machine embroidery, metallic thread, polyester embroidery thread, rayon embroidery thread
What are Birdnests?
Birdnests are not only annoying, they reduce productivity and can potentially ruin the entire project. What are birdnests? How do you prevent them? How do you recover from them? Find out here!
Tags: birdnests, embroidery, tensions, thread, troubleshooting
Getting Started with Machine Embroidery
Where do you start with a new embroidery machine? It looked so easy at the dealer… now you feel overwhelmed. Here’s what to do next.
Tags: embroidery basics, getting started, machine embroidery
