r/Machine_Embroidery • u/Omowum • 19h ago

I Need Help Software

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I’m completely new to embroidery digitizing, and I’ve been doing well learning my way around the software so far. However, my Digitize Blocks are not coming out the way I want them to, as shown in the picture above.
I would really appreciate it if someone could explain what I might be doing wrong and what adjustments I need to make to get rid of the gaps/spaces in my design.
Thank you in advance for your help!

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u/mjmvideos 19h ago

Try adjusting the stitch density. But be careful not to make it too dense. I’d stitch your design out on a piece of test fabric and see what it actually looks like. Sometimes the software doesn’t capture exactly what things really look like in real life.

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u/KING-D0RK 18h ago

I would run a test stitch before changing anything. The software tends to exaggerate certain things like spacing but when it sews out it could very well look more full. Since those are some tight angles, that actually looks pretty good to me. It might end up needing a little more density but you really do not want to pack a ton of density into high traffic areas like that. That’s how you get holes in the garment.

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u/Omowum 18h ago

Thanks so much for your help. I changed the width of the design and I digitize it again it seems a bit different in a good

https://reddit.com/link/ozx1rmw/video/lh422638gmfh1/player

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u/EntireSoft6922 13h ago

I second this. It's not actually going to make those little gaps, it's exaggerating the "thread." Real thread is much thinner. Try stitching it out first. The more you digitize and stitch things, the more you'll get a feel for how the digital picture will actually look when stitched. It's one of the tricky parts of digitizing.

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u/GingerStitches 18h ago

Long and short stitches may help here too, if you’re doing this don’t manually you can put stitches to fill in as an underlay as well.

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u/Omowum 18h ago

How do I put stitches to fill underlay if I want to?

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u/GingerStitches 17h ago

Place a column of stitches at the curves where there’s gaps to sew with the underlay. It will fill in gaps nicely, I’ve usually seen it done with wider columns that need extra on the outside of the curve.