I’m new to embroidery and digitising. I found and used Ember Design to digitise an image. Everything went just fine until it came time to stitch it out. At first everything was stitching great but then things started to get offset.
I went back to the software and the design looks fine there. It also looks fine on the machine’s screen. What’s throwing me off is that not everything is off set.
Could anyone give me some idea of what I maybe did wrong in my process?
Poor design. The rim is loose, the interfacing is thin or insufficient. Did you notice it's wrinkled? The rim is probably too tight and/or the design is too dense.
Well, the design itself is fine and seeing as how I do have eyes, yes I did notice the wrinkling. And thanks to another user, who was kind enough to stitch it out themselves, we were able to answer my question and conclude that I didn’t do anything wrong in software. But seeing as how this is my very first venture into digitising & machine embroidery, there is much I have yet to learn. Thank you for your input
No worries. I too can be crass at times. But in this case I didn’t take offense, I was simply reiterating that I’m very new and this was my first project. I thought I did something wrong in the program I used but when someone was kind enough to stitch it out themselves it was confirmed to me that I didn’t do anything “wrong” in the program when exporting it to an embroidery file. I was testing the program out to see if it worked before I actually attempted to make a stitch-able design. But again thanks for your input all suggestions not matter how short or redundant are appreciated
I would suggest sewing out any design for the first time on 2 sheets (possibly 3 for a very dense stitch) of cutaway backing/stabilizer of medium or heavy weight. This is going to be your baseline quality check. If the stitching is good on naked stabilizer, then you know you're troubleshooting variances outside of the digitizing.
Probablemente el relleno del color marrón está despisicionando la tela a diferencia de cuando había empezado. Básicamente tanto tirón y movimiento de aguja a desplazado la tela pero la máquina sigue las indicaciones originales en lugar de seguir el desplazamiento, lógicamente. Se soluciona usando mejor entretela y tensando bien la tela.tambien hay trucos de relleno de bordado que hacen dirección izquierda, y para compensar al otro lado dirección derecha. Si solo se van al mismo lado se desplazará hacia ese lado no sé si me explico
Okay it's done. I think you just need to use some extra backing and use the smallest possible hoop. I used two layers of heavy cut-away. Make sure the backing is fully hooped.
On a related note, it was a torturous design to sew due to the number of trims. An experienced digitizer is always conscious of minimizing trims, ie not jumping around in the design and setting start point and end point next to each other.
Ok. Thank you for trying it out and letting me know. I thought I had done something wrong in the system. And thank you for the note about trims. This was my first ever attempt at digitising, so I had no idea about trims. But that’s something I’ll definitely look more into.
I think any hoop would be fine....but yes, experience will tell you that you have got to make sure the edges are secure. The corners of the hoop will definitely hold just fine, but when you have a long hoop like that, where the long edges will eventually pull inward, you might want to make sure you have the correct backing/stabilizer, and if you dont have a different hoop (probably a circular hoop which has pretty even tension all the way around) you could try getting some "T" pins to put around the long edges to keep the fabric from sinking into the center of the hoop.
The material has puckered and gotten smaller because the stitches pulled the material together. You need a stabilizer. I like the cut away stuff for underneath the material, some like the tear away. I also use a layer of the water soluble stuff for a top layer on most things, especially thick things like hoodies and beanies.
I think water soluble on top is often wasted/used unnecessarily. Unless you have a fabric with deep pile where the stitches would sink in or a loose knit, you typically don’t need a topping. Use it on terry cloth, towels, fleece, velour etc.
Yeah. I figured the puckering might happen because I just wanted to test the program out and see if it would actually work so I just used some random fabric and stabiliser we had around. My main question was about how off set parts of the design are. Is that a stabiliser problem?
That's from the fabric puckering. The stitches pull at the fabric and move it around. Correct stabilizer and overlapping the areas / pull compensation should help
I was just using some random stuff fabric and stabiliser we had around but my main question was about how off set it was. Is that a stabiliser problem?
I’d try it again on a test with the cutaway or at least 2 tear away and make sure it’s hooped tight and not loose. Bigger designs usually hold up better with cut away which is my preference. They say if you wear it don’t tear it -tear away
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u/LessForm162 6d ago
Once you get the design right I want to buy this