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Making Your Own Machine Embroidery Pattern

December 16th, 2011
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When it comes to embroidery, most people either steer away from it completely or make fun of those who actually enjoy embroidering. However, most people don’t realize that embroidery involves more than hand-stitching a cute little wall-hanging-embroidery goes into clothes, tents, shoes, carpet, and numerous other things. It has a functional and well as a decorate purpose. The functional purpose actually is used more often. However, things have got to be sewn together somehow-you might as well make it attractive while you’re at it. Machine embroidery patterns can be made for basically all of your needs whether you need a new baseball hat or a new quilt-you name it, you’ve got it.

If you have your own machine embroidery machine, take advantage of it. Use it to add finishing touches to your wash towels, your clothes, and your bedding. If you aren’t a fan of swirls and curls, use embroidery to make your books and clothing stronger and longer-lasting. Machine embroidery patterns can be made for almost anything. It is a great way to save money when you have none to spare, especially during this time of economic upheaval. Use your imagination and you will be happy with the results.

However, most of us do not have embroidery machines available for our use. Fortunately though, everyone has the option of using and choosing machine embroidery patterns. These patterns are a great way to add finishing touches to anything that lacks creativity or seems too bland to be of much use. Choose machine embroidery patterns that fit your personality though, otherwise you may be unhappy with the finished product. Embroidery can be invisible if you want it to be, but it can also be the highlight of the piece you intend to finish. Most men, obviously, don’t want shirts or pants that are lined with flower petals and leaves, but many women would love to have clothes like that. The most beautiful part of most wedding dresses is the embroidery, whether it is hand-stitched or stitched by machine.

If you are in the process of choosing a machine embroidery pattern, make sure you have something to use it on first. The pattern for a hat will be very different from the pattern for a dress or for a pair of pants. If you want to use embroidery strictly for a decorative purpose, there are many options available. I once saw a wall hanging in the house of a vegetarian that was lined with corn, green beans, broccoli, carrots, and potatoes. It actually had a very appealing impact on the kitchen; it certainly made me want to eat a veggie stir-fry. The great thing about embroidery is that it allows you to express your personality. If you are a lover of sports, show it to those around you. If you are a musician, allow that love to be visualized in everything you have. Make life more interesting by implementing your personality into anything you can. It doesn’t have to jump out at every person who walks by; it can be subtle and gentle. Go with whatever works.

As previously mentioned, embroidery does not only have a decorative purpose. embroidery patterns are an excellent way of making the things you are attached to more durable and long-lasting. You may still not be convinced that embroidery is beneficial to you or anyone else who doesn’t enjoy crafts, but the fact is, it is everywhere you see. Using it to express your personality is not only fun, but economical and cheap. Go with whatever works for you.



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Machine Embroidery Patterns for the Craftless People

December 9th, 2011
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When it comes to embroidery, the general public either steer away from it completely or ridicule those that essentially enjoy embroidering. However [*COMMA] the general public don’t realize that embroidery involves more than hand-stitching a lovable little wall-hanging-embroidery goes into clothes, tents, shoes, carpet, and countless other things. It’s got a functional and well as a decorate purpose. The functional purpose actually is utilized more frequently. [**] things have got to be sewn together somehow-you might as well make it tasty while you are at it. Machine embroidery patterns can be made for basically all your desires whether you need a new baseball hat or a new quilt-you name it, you have it.

If you have got your own machine embroidery machine, take advantage of it. Use it to add finishing touches to your wash towels, your clothes, and your bedding. If you are not hot for swirls and curls, use embroidery to make your books and clothing stronger and longer-lasting. Machine embroidery patterns can be made for almost anything. It’s a neat way to save money when you have none to spare, particularly during this time of economic upheaval. Use your brains and you will be satisfied with the results .

However many of us don’t have embroidery machines available for our use. Fortunately though, everybody has the option of using and choosing machine embroidery patterns. These patterns are a good way to add finishing touches to anything that lacks creativity or seems too bland to be of much use. Choose machine embroidery patterns that fit your personality though, or you could be disenchanted with the finished product. Embroidery can be invisible if you want it to be, but it could also be the highlight of the piece you intend to finish . Most men, clearly, don’t need shirts or pants that are covered with flower petals and leaves, but many ladies would adore to have clothes like that. The loveliest part of most wedding dresses is the embroidery, if it is hand-embroidered or stitched by machine.

if you are in the midst of choosing a machine embroidery pattern, ensure you have something to use it on first. The pattern for a hat will be very different to the pattern for a dress or for 2 pants. If you need to use embroidery strictly for an ornamental purpose, there are plenty of options available. I once saw a wall hanging in the house of a vegan that was lined with corn, green beans, broccoli, carrots, and potatoes. It actually had a particularly appealing impact on the kitchen ; it actually made me need to eat a vegan stir-fry. The great thing about embroidery is that it allows you to express your personality. If you are a lover of sports, show it to those around you. If you are a musician, allow that like to be visualised in everything you have. Make life more interesting by implementing your personality into anything you can. It doesn’t have to jump out at each person who walks by ; it can be sophisticated and delicate. Go with whatever works.

As formerly mentioned, embroidery does not only have an ornamental purpose. Machine patterns of embroidery are a brilliant way of making the things you are attached to more durable and enduring. You may still not be persuaded that embroidery is beneficial to you or anyone else who doesn’t enjoy crafts, but the reality is, it is everywhere you see. Using it to express your personality is not just fun, but cheap and cheap. Go with whatever works for you. Next year.



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Machine Embroidery Designs and Polyester Embroidery Thread

January 2nd, 2009
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Embroidery stabilizers can be logically divided into two main types: “backings” and “toppings.”

A “backing” is a piece of special material (usually nonwoven) that is placed UNDER the main fabric on which you intend to embroider, to make this fabric more stable.

Embroidery backings prevent fabric puckering, fabric stretching and deformation of embroideries after laundry.

“Topping,” as you may already have guessed, is placed OVER the fabric on which you want to embroider.

Embroidery topping is a special material that is designed to stop embroidery stitches from “sinking” into stitches-absorbing types of fabric. For example – if you embroider on fleece, jersey, terry cloth, velvet, corduroy, artificial fur and so on – using embroidery topping is simply a must. If you neglect to do this, your precious project will be hopelessly ruined. A topping is also great to use, if you want your design to “stand out” a little, even on regular fabric.

Embroidery toppings usually remind nylon film. But don’t be fooled – they shouldn’t be made out of nylon.

Most often, embroidery toppings are made out of gelatin-based water soluble substance, and easily get dissolved in warm water once your embroidery is finished. These water-soluble toppings are also called “wash-away”, because they are washed away.

Another type of embroidery topping is heat-away, and they are removed with a hot iron. These ones are tricky. If you get a quality heat-away topping, it will be a blessing. A bad type, however, may leave you VERY angry and disappointed. Why? You’ll discover below, once we explain when it’s best to use each topping type.

Easy Rules for Stabilizing – When, How, and Why?

1. If you embroider on towels, velvet, fleece or other stitches-absorbing types of fabric, be sure to use topping film, to prevent stitches from sinking into the fabric. This is VERY important – without topping, such projects may be ruined.

There are two different types of embroidery toppings available – ones that are washed away with water, and ones that are removed with hot iron. 1.1 When to use heat-away topping:

The beauty of heat-away topping is that you remove it without wetting your project. Naturally, this is the only option when you’re dealing with project that can’t be washed. Using heat-away topping is convenient and fast, so you may want to use it whenever your fabric can stand a relatively hot iron. (Unless you just love to use wash-away everywhere you can).

The heat-away topping that we carry requires iron temperature of 260F (120C) (or higher). So, if your fabric can stand this temperature – you may use heat-away.

You hoop your fabric the regular way, place a piece of topping above the fabric, and embroider your design. Once the embroidery is finished, remove the hoop, cut away the large pieces of topping, put a piece of regular paper over the embroidery and iron it through that piece of paper.

The topping will remain on the paper, your embroidery will look great, smell great, and your iron will remain clean this way. You may shop for Heat-Away Topping here….

Heat-away topping tips:

1. If you’re not sure whether your fabric supports 260F (120C) iron temperature – take a tiny test-piece of it, and try to iron, through a piece of paper. You’ll know at once.
2. If a low quality heat-away backing is used, it may leave stains and unpleasant smell. So be careful to shop for good stuff.
3. NEVER use steam iron with heat-away topping.

1.2 When to use thin wash-away topping:

Use thin wash-away topping every time when your fabric is not suitable for use with heat-away topping, and wetting your project is not an issue. Visit this page to shop for thin Water-Soluble Topping.

1.3 When to use thick wash-away topping:

Use thick wash-away toping with really high-pile fabrics, where you would normally use two layers of thin water-soluble film. Visit this page to get some thick Water-Soluble Topping.

If your fabric can support either water soluble of heat away topping – use the type you like more. It may certainly be a matter of personal preferences.
Here’s a link to Water Soluble Topping film we use and highly recommend.

2. The heavier your fabric is, the heavier the weight of embroidery stabilizer that should be used; the lighter the fabric, the lighter the recommended machine embroidery stabilizer.

3. The denser your embroidery design, the heavier the weight of stabilizer you should use; the less dense the design, the lighter he recommended backing.

4. If you’re using metallic thread, avoid 100% polyester embroidery stabilizer. Try to use embroidery stabilizers with some natural component (cotton or poly-viscose). Natural machine embroidery stabilizers are usually softer, create less friction with embroidery needle and thread, and therefore you embroider with less thread breaks. This is correct for any thread, but is especially noticeable with metallics.

5. Stretchy and unstable fabrics work best with cut-away stabilizers, because this type of backing can be removed by cutting it away without stretching the embroidered fabric in process. If you embroider on some kind of light cloth (like a T-shirt), be sure to use thin, translucent Now-Show Mesh Cutaway Embroidery Stabilizer.

And here can be purchased Cutaway Embroidery Stabilizer – Medium Weight.

6. Stable woven fabrics usually work well with tear-away embroidery stabilizer because, when you tear away the excess stabilizer, the fabric that is stable won’t stretch or become deformed. And it is nice to use tearaway embroidery stabilizer when possible, because when it is removed, the back side of the embroidery looks better than after using cutaway (less backing edges can be seen).

Here are shortcuts to purchase two most popular types of tearaway that we carry. One is 100% Cotton Tear-Away Embroidery Stabilizer and can be ironed on to fabric – quilters just love it. It becomes VERY soft and pleasant after laundry.

The second one is more universal Poly-Viscoze Tear-Away Embroidery Stabilizer, a little more stable than the above cotton embroidery stabilizer.

7. If, for some reason, you need the stabilizer to be removed completely (for example, if you embroider on organza, or create cut-work or stand-alone lace), use strong Water-Soluble Stabilizer as backing.

Usually we prefer to use fabric-type Water Soluble Stabilizer, because it practically doesn’t stretch, “sits” great in hoop and behaves like regular nonwoven fabric until you wash it away. Fabric type water-soluble stabilizer also doesn’t stiffen at all, and can be stored for many years without losing it’s good qualities.

8. If one of the following situations apply, use fusible (heat-away) backing that can be removed from the embroidered item by using a hot iron: 8.1 Your fabric and design need embroidery stabilizer to remain under the stitches, but you can’t use tear-away or cut-away (the design and/or fabric may be too delicate for tear-away and/or too sheer for cut-away).

8.2 Your project is NOT WASHABLE, too delicate for tear-away and/or too sheer for cutaway.

8.3 You’re working with some special technique, like making lace at an edge, and water soluble stabilizer isn’t enough.

8.4 You want to create stand-alone embroidery from a design thatisn’t digitized as stand-alone (you can just embroider on fusible embroidery stabilizer, cut the excess, then heat away the edges).

You may wonder why water-soluble embroidery stabilizer is more frequently used for correctly digitized lace designs. The reason is that it’s much easier to remove water-soluble stabilizer.

CAUTION: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use a STEAM iron with fusible stabilizer. The stabilizer will melt and ruin your fabric.

Here may be purchased Fusible Heat-Away Embroidery Stabilizer.

How To Store?

Many machine embroidery stabilizers look alike and are available in different weights, so it may be a good idea to keep them in the original packaging or in clearly marked bags. The identifying information you might need includes:

1. Name and type of stabilizer
2. Weight of stabilizer
3. Its use
4. Brand ( to make sure you restock only the best ones )

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