Machine Embroidery Tips For Beginners

By – Jeff Hernandez

Introduction• Machine embroidery is a process

where sewing machine or embroidery machines are used to create patterns on clothes.

• People nowadays are very fond of embroidery designs.

• Some of the useful machine embroidery tips for beginners have been listed in slides below.

Needle for Fabric

• The machine used for embroidery goes so fast that many times, needle breaks.

• So, one needs to check the stabilizer for fabric and the needle used for the fabric.

Test Embroidery Pattern

• Use a scrap fabric to test the embroidery pattern.

• You can find a perfect match of stabilizer, needle, tension and fabric.

Write the exact combo

• Once you find perfect combo of fabric, stabilizer, needle and tension, make a note of it.

• If you have to embroider that fabric again, you can save the time and efforts required for testing.

Buy Embroidery Bobbin Thread

• Embroidery machines use certain type of threads just for bobbin.

• Purchase these threads and wind several bobbins for later use.

• It will prevent needle from breaking.

Learn Machine Embroidery

• Machine Embroidery is not a load machine-push button process.

• Invest your time in learning Embroidery first.

• Don’t be angry if it is not perfect for the first time.

Turn off your machine if it makes sound

• If the machine sounds like a hammer, turn it off.

• If such thing happen, you have wrong stabilizer or loaded something incorrectly.

Purchase Machine Embroidery Essentials

• Purchase a book to learn more about machine embroidery. The book named, Machine Embroidery Essentials by Jeanine Twigg is a great source for learners.

• This book gives a start on some of the common combos.

Stock Up On Stabilizer

• You can patch a sticky stabilizer by cutting out a piece bigger than your hole & placing the patch on top.

• Once your sticky stabilizer is pulled tight, throw it & hoop a new piece.

Conclusion

• This Presentation is created to help beginners know a few points about machine embroidery.

• Nowadays Embroidery Digitizing is very popular. It gives a good look to your embroidery.

• Machine Embroidery is being widely used and therefore, has increased the usage of Embroidery Digitizing as well.

Thank You

• Thank You for investing your time to go through this presentation.

• I hope this might fulfill the purpose it has been created for and enlighten the minds of many more embroidery enthusiasts who wish to try their hand at machine embroidery.

Related Links

• https://blog.fabric.com/2012/07/machine_embroidery_tips.html

• http://www.hometalk.com/8732515/seven-insane-but-true-things-about-embroidery-digitizing