Machine Embroidery Tips For Beginners

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Machine Embroidery Tips For Beginners
By Jeff Hernandez
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Introduction

• Machine embroidery is a process where sewing
  machine or embroidery machines are used to create
  patterns on clothes.
• People nowadays are very fond of embroidery
  designs.
• Some of the useful machine embroidery tips for
  beginners have been listed in slides below.

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Needle for Fabric

• The machine used for embroidery goes so fast that
  many times, needle breaks.
• So, one needs to check the stabilizer for fabric
  and the needle used for the fabric.

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Test Embroidery Pattern

• Use a scrap fabric to test the embroidery
  pattern.
• You can find a perfect match of stabilizer,
  needle, tension and fabric.

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Write the exact combo

• Once you find perfect combo of fabric,
  stabilizer, needle and tension, make a note of
  it.
• If you have to embroider that fabric again, you
  can save the time and efforts required for
  testing.

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Buy Embroidery Bobbin Thread

• Embroidery machines use certain type of threads
  just for bobbin.
• Purchase these threads and wind several bobbins
  for later use.
• It will prevent needle from breaking.

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Learn Machine Embroidery

• Machine Embroidery is not a load machine-push
  button process.
• Invest your time in learning Embroidery first.
• Dont be angry if it is not perfect for the first
  time.

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Turn off your machine if it makes sound

• If the machine sounds like a hammer, turn it off.
• If such thing happen, you have wrong stabilizer
  or loaded something incorrectly.

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Purchase Machine Embroidery Essentials

• Purchase a book to learn more about machine
  embroidery. The book named, Machine Embroidery
  Essentials by Jeanine Twigg is a great source for
  learners.
• This book gives a start on some of the common
  combos.

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Stock Up On Stabilizer

• You can patch a sticky stabilizer by cutting out
  a piece bigger than your hole placing the patch
  on top.
• Once your sticky stabilizer is pulled tight,
  throw it hoop a new piece.

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Conclusion

• This Presentation is created to help beginners
  know a few points about machine embroidery.
• Nowadays Embroidery Digitizing is very popular.
  It gives a good look to your embroidery.
• Machine Embroidery is being widely used and
  therefore, has increased the usage of Embroidery
  Digitizing as well.

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Thank You

• Thank You for investing your time to go through
  this presentation.
• I hope this might fulfill the purpose it has been
  created for and enlighten the minds of many more
  embroidery enthusiasts who wish to try their hand
  at machine embroidery.

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Related Links

• https//blog.fabric.com/2012/07/machine_embroidery
  _tips.html
• http//www.hometalk.com/8732515/seven-insane-but-t
  rue-things-about-embroidery-digitizing