What’s the first thing you notice about embroidery on an item? Placement!
What’s the second thing you notice about embroidery on an item? That it’s smooth, wrinkle and ripple free, and that it has good registration (no gaps).
See how to assemble your Echidna Hooping Station. Everything you need except a Philips head screw driver is in the box!
How to improve your hooping efficiency and accuracy using the Echidna Hooping Station, which works with virtually any flat machine embroidery hoop.
Proper hooping is vital to a professional result. You want the item smoothly hooped in the right hoop in the right place with the right tension – and you don’t want to waste any time doing it. Learn professional hooping techniques in this video!
Learn tips and tricks for stitching free-standing lace in this full-length class with Lindee Goodall from Lindee G Embroidery. Discover the best stabilizers, threads, and needs to use plus tips for getting a clean result along with troubleshooting and avoiding common problems. BONUS: Use the coupon code mentioned in the video to get half on […]
I’m constantly asked the following questions about embroidery software:
What software do you use?
What software do I need?
Do I even have to have software?
Ask most any novice embroiderer and they’ll tell you they love color sorting. Bernina thought it was so wonderful that they built it into one of their machines as a “feature” for when you combine multiple designs. Ask any embroidery software developer and they’ll sing it’s praises too. Me? It makes me want to sing […]
Many of us are under the illusion that embroidery is just the stitching that happens at the machine and I think that impression comes from that first demo at the dealership.
I often see posts on Facebook where users are raking various digitizers over the coals because of “too many jump stitches.
Just this week I had 3 people email me about how to deal with “thick” designs or what is commonly known in the industry as “bullet proof embroidery.
In this video I’ll show you how to unzip embroidery designs or any file for that matter using Windows Explorer. I’m demonstrating in Windows 10 and this works in Windows 7 & 8. If you’re still using XP, choose “Explore” after right-clicking the zip file. If you’re using a Mac, Safari will automatically extract files […]
It’s easy to get overly excited when you start embroidering. You’re anxious to get started and get your project done.