Machine Embroidery Part 2

10th March 2008

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After creating the designs for the t-shirts, I had to download them and then use the d-card I pictured two posts down to tell my sewing machine which design to embroider. I do this simply by placing the d-card in the side of my machine. Instead of a d-card, some sewing machines use a USB memory stick, or some use a floppy disk (older machines). I would personally love to upgrade my machine to the USB, but it’s cost is several thousand more dollars than I all ready have invested, so don’t think that will be happening any time soon!

Before placing the fabric (t-shirt) in the sewing machine, I have to place stabilizer in the hoop. In the case of a t-shirt, because it’s a stretchy fabric, I use a sticky stabilizer. The stabilizer goes into the hoop and the fabric gets laid on top and “stuck” in place. The hoop then gets attached to the embroidery arm which has all ready been attached to the sewing machine.

This first picture is the fabric or t-shirt as it’s been placed on the hoop. The hoop can’t be seen because of the excess t-shirt fabric and the wet look is the moisture coming through the fabric from the dampened stabilizer. The second photo is after the hoop has been attached to the sewing machine.

Tags: machine embroidery, sewing

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1 On March 10th, 2008, corrin said:

ohhh…fancy. i’d be embroidering everything!

corrin’s last blog post..ATTENTION!

posted on March 10th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

2 On March 10th, 2008, lynne said:

Corrin - I do love the embroidery machine! Once I get going, I tend to look for ways to embroider whatever I can!

posted on March 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

3 On March 10th, 2008, Ellen said:

Someday I hope to buy an embroidery machine and a much better sewing machine. But until then, I just sew on my basic machine. When I have embroidery needs I usually take mine to a lady at Joanns Fabrics and she does it for me.

Ellen’s last blog post..Update on Kristen’s Wedding Accessoreis

posted on March 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pm

4 On March 10th, 2008, lynne said:

Ellen - Summer before last I went in and bought a very basic sewing machine. I like it because of it’s decorative stitches. The first time I used it the bobbin casing broke apart. I traded it in for an upgraded model. This 2nd machine did small embroideries as well and I fell in love with doing that. So, I bit the money bullet and traded in for the machine I now have. I’ve had it for over a year and really enjoy it. The next model up is several thousand dollars more, so I think I’ll be sticking with what I’ve got unless I win the lottery!

posted on March 10th, 2008 at 9:21 pm