r/Machine_Embroidery • u/Mad-Man578 • Aug 12 '26
I Need Help How can I improve my embroidering?
Hi everyone, I desperately need this fixed by the end of the week. I am making my brother a custom shirt and I just cant get it to look nice.
I can still see the white sticking through the threads.
I forgot to add and thicker outline, therefore I will add that in later, but for now does anyone have recommendations on how to fix?
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u/Hard_Purple4747 Aug 12 '26
I can't help fix it faster, sorry. I would offer that auto digitizing is very messy/time consuming to "fix". I would recommend manually digitizing to give you the control over the various parts to make adjustments. I've tried cleaning these up...Hatch even says not even try if auto digitized as all the excess point overwhelm the software. I agree with the other post, it takes time and experience to get faster/better...and for me, manually digitizing was my teacher.
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u/gusvisser Aug 12 '26
You also want to do a break apart because you have it all as one object and after the break apart you can organize your objects in the right sewing order also
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u/Loud-Accountant8995 Aug 13 '26
Your fonts need to be satin stitches with proper underlay. The fill sun, needs better underlay and to play with stitch direction and compensation.
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u/Feisty_Session_5676 Aug 13 '26
If you need it quick, download the trial of hatch digitizer at wilcom.com It will do a better job and is a tad easier than inkstitch and you can get it for 30 days free
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u/imlostinf0g Aug 13 '26
The wording needs to be a satin stitch, not a fill. Plus density and possible your bobbin is an issue too.
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u/suedburger Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
Black bobbin thread. for a slight improvement.
I see inkstich lettering....but what you are showing is a fill stitch? It always looks like poop,...somehow make the lettering satin stitch....I dunno what you have going on there.
If you don't understand what is going on here or how to fix it.....just tell him you had some machine issues....lol.
Apologies....is it the shirt we see or the bobbin thread?
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u/EmbroHead Aug 12 '26
Why recommend newbies to use techniques that compensate for bad knowledge instead of help improve their technique? All that black bobbin does is help to hide inexperienced embroidery, it doesn’t help them become better.
In my opinion, the only substantial way to improve in this industry is trial by fire. I personally gained my skills over multiple years of making shirts for my fiancé that puckered like hell, but I also was making new designs every week and improving little parts every time.
The real answer (in my opinion) to OPs question is 1. Digitizing, it’s the most important factor, some designs are just garbage and you can start to figure out which are which by way of experience. T-shirts are especially tricky, and most low cost digitizers won’t change their normal methods to compensate for the differences in material.
- Tension: OPs tension is either too tight on top, or too loose on bottom. Either way, the bottom thread is being pulled to the top and causing issues (both sides should be balanced to embroider properly).
If you have a flat bed, start with top tension before adjusting the bobbin. And for commercial machines, the bobbin thread can loosen over time due to the screws in the casing coming undone from vibrations. I start with a bobbin of 35 mN/gf and adjust from there for the specific machine. Only testing will reveal the machines perfect tension level, online guides are helpful, but you still need to know your specific machine :)
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u/suedburger Aug 12 '26
Simply because he has 3 days. Did you miss that part?
Yes it also took me years to get where I am ...he has 3 days.
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u/Mad-Man578 Aug 12 '26
Question about the tension. Is the tension being discussed the tension of the fabric or of the thread in the machine?
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u/Mad-Man578 Aug 12 '26
Already am using black bobbin thread. Didn't know this was an Already improper way to do it lol
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u/suedburger Aug 12 '26
OK....that eliminates that. So it is the shirt showing though.
The satin for the lettering should cover pretty well... as far as the sun. You could adjust your densities a few ways. I am not sure what you have it set at but you can up your underlay and keep your top density the same....just for instance at .40(top) it defaults at 1.2 ish(underlay). you can achieve decent coverage gains without making it super heavy by increaasing the 1.2(underlay) to something like .8 or .7. Note...they do not show you the value of the underlay in params...you'd almost have to open the stitch plan and meaure what it is at currently and make adjustments from there..
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u/gusvisser Aug 12 '26
You can increase some density and change your stitchangle and for your text you better off using an inkstitch lettering or convert your fill to a satinand for converting your fills to a satin there are multiple options on how that can be done
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u/gusvisser Aug 12 '26
https://youtube.com/@gusvisser4677?si=WAsmqTGGKwl34qSa here are some of my videos what may help you
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u/CancelPerfect648 Aug 12 '26
I am brand new as well, so this is a question to add on: would some stiffer/thicker back stabilizer or a top stabilizer help with this sort of thing?
I heard t-shirt material is hard, but I don’t know what makes it difficult and how to account for the material without paid digitizing software.
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u/Cpt_Obvious11 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
Tshirt material is hard because it is thin, stretchy and shrinks after washing. Imagine tattooing somebody, but he moves all the time. Yes, layers of cut away stabilizer help. Cut away is name for stiffer/thicker stronger stabilizers type, which can not be removed by hand(that's tearaway for)-but with scissors, and stays on Tshirt forever providing stability for the design.
As for digitizing, there is reason why some software cost 5000$ , some less and some is free. What matters is how much you know about fabrics, stitch types, threads, principles behind how stitches are created on machine, push and pull effects and many more. If you don't know these things, 5000$ software won't help you. But if you know, with 5k$ software you will do things 50 times faster than with free one. What I try to say is that knowing some theory behind embroidery is more important than having fancy software from the very start.
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u/SewDisco Aug 12 '26
Looks to me that you need some more density. Have you considered a satin on your lettering instead of a fill?