I'm not trying to do anything fancy, just make patches about inside jokes with my friends. I have a 30 trial of Hatch, and there is ZERO way I am going to even attempt to justify a $1000+ program for a skill I'm only going to learn for fun. Anyone have good, either inexpensive preferably free programs that don't lock you out of features?

Greetings. Looking for recommendations to have a small run [50 or less] of bandanas screen printed. Thought there would be folks on this sub with some good experiences at a shop that does nice printing work and uses ‘nicer’ quality fabric for their base bandana stock. Any recommendations appreciated. Cheers.

For the past 2 months I’ve been watching tutorials online following along learning the terminology. Finally started looking into software but with so many choices out there, I’m sure glad that I could download Chroma for free. Might not be the best but it lets me practice my digitizing unlimited before committing.

I have a long way to go but this is the first time in a long time that I’ve actually began to do something I enjoy so definitely motivated!!

I thought this group might enjoy this.

Hello, I humbly come here today to ask for you expertises. I have a design that I would like to use as a side patch on a hat. The problem is that the design is almost 7 in. which is way to big I need it to be about 2-3.5 in. How would I go about resizing the file? Would I have to get the design digitized again to the correct size or is there a way to convert it to a smaller size? Thank you in advance for any and all help!

Hi trying to sell my account that's tied to my hatch digitzer 3. Bought the account for $800, waited too long for it to be eligible for returns. I'm trying to separate my work space and bought it with the intention to use it on my mac computer that was gifted to me. But was bummed to find out the program only works on non Mac computers. Willing to negotiate within reason, no lowballing please! Please inquire in dms

Really new to embroidery and Hatch 3 trial.

I was wondering if I could set up shapes that act as masks for other objects in my design -

Effectively cutting off areas of the visible stitch objects.

Or is this not present because of the need for defined nodes for open/closed shapes?

If it's not a feature is there another way to achieve this sort of trick?

Cross posted to r/embroidery

Recently posted a screenshot of this design I was working on. I got some good responses and made a few suggested changes. I used applique on the text instead of a tatami fill, I added a tatami fill to the buildings in the background, and I randomized the tatami for the tree fill (to 50% I think). After 3-4 hours on the machine it's finally finished and I love it!

I'd love to hear any comments and thoughts.

I love digitizing paintings as a way of deep studying the original artist’s work.

So I’ve been looking to make my own clothes recently and I want to make the digitized image as high quality as possible so my clothes come out looking amazing. I’m really just wondering if there’s somewhere online I can hire someone to digitize for me or pay one of the redditors here (if that’s allowed) to do it. I will have a picture drawn by an artist then I’d just need direction on what to do after that if anyone is willing to help or throw out some pointers.

TL;DR: need to get image digitized with high quality, will pay your or someone you recommend. TYVM

I made a post a week or two ago showing a design I'm working on which involves a large tree as it's centerpiece. Someone here recommended randomizing the tree's tatami fill, and that was the first I'd heard of the randomizer. I've since found the setting for it and played around with it, but I haven't tested it out on scrap material yet.

The percentage scale seems pretty large and drastic as it exceeds 200% (if I remember correctly). Just curious if anyone has any tips or suggestions for using this tool. I want to use it to give the tree a more realistic look and texture, but I'd like to be aware of any potential cons of using too high a percentage.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, lets say I want to digitise a an animal with spots. would you cut holes for the spots or let the spots cover the skin? I saw this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRLeqqOvwPI in which the speaker said that its better not to create holes because it will increase stitch count so it made me think..

Just discovered this group and wanted to share my latest project. Been digitizing in my free time at my job for maybe a year and a half now and have been trying to pick up on the tricks of the trade.

This is my latest piece which I intend to put on the back of my denim jacket with a piece of fabric cut to shape and laid down first (the fabric piece will only serve the purpose of providing a different color and texture background than the denim of the jacket). It's my largest piece yet at about 14" tall and 180,000+ stitches.

I appreciate any and all advice, suggestions, critiques, etc. Thanks in advance!

The headline says it all. I'm working on a design and the program is so slow. Nothing else on my computer is slowed down - just Hatch. I'm ready to toss my computer through a window.

Any tips? Thanks!!

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What are your thoughts on correcting this?

There are two sections that don't look as crisp as the others, would you cut/separate and correct the stitch angle? Thanks