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How to Perfectly Place Machine Embroidery

7/3/2019

 
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Lining up Multiple Embroidery Designs for a project can be frustrating. When I first began doing machine embroidery, I wasn't sure how to accomplish it and my designs didn't always come out the way I planned. Now I still have boo boos; but if I follow these tips, I seem to have better results.
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The first thing I do is print my designs at a one to one scale.  If you are using embroidery Software, you should be able to print directly from your designs.  All of our designs include a Design sheet which should print the size of the completed stitch out. There will be grid lines at the middle to help you line everything up. Here you can see we used some tape to put the designs together.
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I always press my fabric. Sometimes I will also starch it depending on what type I am using and the design.  For this demonstration I picked one of the hardest types to show you the process. This is T Shirt Knit material. It is stretchy and rolls quite a bit.
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Instead of trying to lay my stabilizer down over the hoop and then the fabric, I sprayed some adhesive right on the stabilizer.  Then I smoothed the fabric directly to it. This makes it more like one piece  and will be much easier to get in the hoop. It also keeps the knit from stretching out.
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I use rulers and chalk markers to find the vertical placement middle
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Then I do the same for the horizontal.
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You can see here that the printed designs have lines through the middle that you can carry out to the edges. This makes it easy to know exactly where you want to put the hoop.
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Once you have your lines drawn, you can use the hoop itself to make sure you have the fabric straight.
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I usually start stitching my designs in the middle position and then move to each side.  You can see here that everything lined up exactly where I wanted it to by using those grid lines.
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I finished up my designs by making a standard pillowcase. If you take your time, you should have no trouble lining everything up. As you can see, even this very stretchy knit fabric came out really nice.  I have a Youtube video you can watch below showing more detail. If you are interested in the designs, you can check them out on our patriotic store area here. I hope you have enjoyed this post, share what you learn and are generous with what you create. Someone will appreciate your hard work!

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