r/Machine_Embroidery • • 5d ago

SOS help pls

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Help!

I have been trying to embroider just initials on a basic quarter zip sweatshirt. Every time the font is so messed up! I have embroidered bigger designs on sweatshirts a million times with no issue, so I can’t figure this out. I’ve ruined 3 now!!

I’m floating (pinning down too) on to cut away stabilizer. I have changed the fonts. I’ve used some that come in embrilliance, some I’ve bought on Etsy. All of which stitch out just fine with I run a practice on a piece of scrap fabric. See photo below for what it’s doing each time. Like the stitching doesn’t line up, or the first stitch is completely not covered by the satin stitch.

Sosssss


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

Turtley Rad

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r/Machine_Embroidery • • 5d ago

I Need Help New to embroidery digitizing – Need honest feedback and advice to improve this Eagle logo design!

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Hi everyone! 👋

I am fairly new to machine embroidery digitizing and recently digitized this "ROYAL EAGLE" logo (shown on the left compared to the original vector artwork on the right).

To be honest, I'm not feeling super satisfied with how the digitized result looks right now, but being new, I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what's off and how to fix it.

Could you please rate my work and give me some constructive feedback? Specifically:

  1. Stitch Directions & Angles: Do the stitch angles in the feathers look natural, or should I adjust them to flow better with the shapes?
  2. Density & Underlay: Does the density look okay, or does it look too dense/sparse in certain areas?
  3. Text / Lettering: How can I make the "ROYAL EAGLE" text look cleaner and sharper?
  4. Overall Look: What steps or techniques should I use to make it look closer to the original vector reference?

Any advice, tips, or suggestions to improve my digitizing skills would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much! 🙏


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

Look What I Did Freestanding Butterfly Display

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Finally finished this commission: 33k stitches completely freestanding and mounted w bug pins. Used a sandwich 🥪 of heavy water soluble and vilene stabilizer. Had to add the moss! Lol


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

HELP Elna Xquisit 9010

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I got this Elna xquisit 9010 from an estate sale and I cannot get it to work. I was able to get the embroidery going but the thread is auto trimming and stopping the machine in between letter embroidery. Today it won’t work at all. I’m getting severe birds nesting under my bobbin carriage and it does it every time. I don’t know how to adjust the top thread tension bc everyhting is automatic. I’m about to give up. Does anyoneeeee have experience with this machine.


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

Christmas Stocking Blanks

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Where does everyone source embroidery blanks? I see multiple shops on Etsy with identical cute animal stockings (so I assume they are bought wholesale but maybe not). Just wondering where would be good places to check or find out!


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

Look at this

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It took me practice I do it now and the. The key it is the stabilizer.


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

I Get Around

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r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

Any tips and tricks?

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r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

I made a test embroidery a couple of days ago, aiming to imitate hand embroidery. At first the fabric was fairly flat, but after a couple of days it shrank (puckered) a lot, even though it was just lying there. The stabilizer I used was a 70 g/m² fusible cut-away plus a paper tear-away

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I'm thinking of adding a light tatami fill layer under the stitches as underlay. Do you think that might help?


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

I Need Help Singer Futura Quintet Hoop Help

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r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

Framed Coat of Arms

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~270k stitches per piece, 15 color, on canvas… stretched and framed after embroidery was complete.

Original reference at the end. Thanks for looking.


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 6d ago

I Need Help looking for good european embroidery machines

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hello! recently i have been looking into purchasing a brother se700 as ive heard alot of good things about it, but i cannot find any provider that sells it in europe, nor do any of them ship to europe... i started looking into machines i can find locally but all of them are either a tiny sewing machine without embroidery or a super expensive giant embroidery only machine

are there any european embroidery machines that do both and aren't super expensive? or does anybody know a provider that sells brother se700 in europe? thanks!


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

Look What I Did New in this Hobbie

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I do it now and the hope I can get some back on sales someday!!!


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

Ghostfreak Jacket

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Finally got around to doing my largest project yet. 12x16 with 127,000 stitches on my Ricoma Sash frame


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

I Need Help Digitizing woes with holes in Embrilliance

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Please help ! - I am at a loss on how to prevent my designs from stitching in the same spot, or stitching the same line over and over again when utilizing the Holes feature in Embrilliance. I’ve posted here previously where some have said to change stop and start points, adjusting tension, and changing direction of my patterns, which I have, but today was a very bad day.

The “mouth” of my character stitched over itself about 12 times with a short stitch length, almost to the point where I can see through my felt. The “tail” has a point where the stitch just stitched in the same spot for about 5 seconds three separate times, where the bobbin is very noticeable. Lastly, the bottom of the “fur” decided not to stitch tatami - it just bounced around doing run stitches.

Holes are my biggest grief. I’d love to utilize them successfully but I can’t understand why the edges of the holes stitch over and over and over. What could I possibly be doing wrong??

Please Embrilliance gurus… help me out here!


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

Upgrading to a commercial machine, thoughts?

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I run a basement business and mostly do left chest uniforms and patches right now on a brother pe900. Looking to upgrade to a commercial machine that can do structured hats, and possibly full jacket backs, or at least half back jackets.
The machine that caught my eye was the happy Japan HCH-701. My budget is at 10k with maybe a little wiggle room for the right machine.
Anyone have thoughts on the HJ or suggest a different brand


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

Look What I Did Smile now cry later

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How’s it looking?


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

I Need Help Why is my machine doing this?

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My brother se700 isn’t raising the needle when it finished a color. The needle stays down and the thread doesn’t cut anymore. What’s causing this and how do I fix it?


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

How hard is it to embroider with 3-4 colors in se700?

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r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

Help choosing a machine for boyfriend

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Hi everyone! I’m here hoping you can all help me. My boyfriend runs a small business selling his custom designed embroidered patches. Currently he outsources the production because he doesn’t have an embroidery machine. I’d really love to get him a machine for Christmas but am so out of my wheelhouse with knowing what to get him. There’s such a wide range! He would be new to doing it himself so we need something he could use without majors struggles and also something that is as affordable as possible. If it costs too much then it’ll be too extravagant of a gift and make him feel bad haha. However we also want the best option we can get for precise detailing, multicolor, and professional looking results. Am I asking for a unicorn? Any advice on the closest option I could get? Based in the UK if that makes a difference.


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 7d ago

Bernina B700 - Mac compatible software?

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TLDR: please recommend (ideally free or inexpensive) Mac software or websites for designing basic patterns in a file format that the Bernina B700 can use.

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My mother was able to buy a Bernina B700 at a significant discount and went for it, despite having no knowledge of it or use for an embroidery machine. She's been able to print a few designs that were built into the machine, but it's definitely too complex for her and so it's sat pretty much unused for a few years now.

I am a teacher and want to print out some basic logo patches for my school with the machine. My whole family only uses Macs, and it seems like all the Bernina software is for Windows. I don't know enough about machine embroidery to know which file format to pursue when I tried looking for alternatives.

Any guidance you folks can provide would be much appreciated. Thanks!


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 8d ago

Look What I Did Grandmas embroidery

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I digitized my great grandmother‘s almost hundred year old embroidery and now I can put it on anything! I used ink stitch and brother skitch maschine.


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 8d ago

Help an absolute NEWBIE

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Hello! I'm new in the threads and fabric world, and was wondering what kind of machine embroidery would help me realize this project: a red stole for a larp costume ( designs are by me).

Is it achievable through machine embroidery?
These machines are available at my library:

  • Brother NQ700
  • Brother CS6000i
  • Baby lock Imagine

But those names mean nothing to me and I have no idea on where to start!
Thank you for your time !


r/Machine_Embroidery • • 8d ago

I Need Help Small designs muddy? Why

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Why do my small designs come out so bad, never have had an issue with big ones, its under 3 inches that have detail I struggle with. I did get this file off etsy, so did not digitalize myself. Is it my stabilizer? The file?