Embroidery 101

EMBROIDERY BASICS

• What does one need to learn to Digitize Embroidery Designs Proficiently?
• Stitch Types in Machine Embroidery and Digitizing: The Only Stitch
• Underlay – What Lies Beneath . . . Machine Embroidery
• Beginning Machine Embroidery Digitizing – 3 Truths to Save your Sanity

LEARN THE LINGO

• Machine Embroidery: Learn the Lingo: (MAKE)
• Glossary @ 123Digitizing
• Glossary @ amefird

THREAD TYPES

• TODO

THREAD TENSION

• Bobbin Tension

THE HOOP

• TODO

STABILIZERS

• Call it Stabilizer not Backing!

TROUBLESHOOTING

• Why Can’t I Make My Embroidery Machine Work? – 3 Ways to Stop Struggling and Start Stitching
• How do I keep the fabric from puckering?

BLOGS TO FOLLOW

• Ghost In The Embroidery Machine