Your Design Needs an Underlayment
If your embroidery is puckering, shifting, or looks uneven after sewing, your design needs an underlayment. Underlayment is the hidden foundation stitched beneath every embroidery design and skipping it or setting it incorrectly is one of the most common embroidery digitizing mistakes made by beginners and even experienced digitizers. This guide explains what underlayment is, […]
Please Include the Knockdown / Tackdown Stitch
The knockdown tackdown stitch embroidery technique is one of the most requested fixes from embroidery shops and one of the most commonly skipped. If you have ever run a design on fleece, terry cloth, or 3D puff foam and watched the stitches sink into the fabric or lose their shape, a missing knockdown stitch in […]
Too Many Tiny Stitches Causing Machine Thread Issues
If you have ever noticed tiny stitches causing thread issues on your embroidery machine, you are not alone. Your machine is running fine, then the thread snaps your re-thread, hit start, and it breaks again in the exact same spot. In most cases the problem is not your tension, your thread brand, or your needle. […]