Selecting the Correct Embroidery Backing
Choosing the correct backing is a vital part of the embroidery process. Unfortunately, it can also create a fair amount of anxiety and confusion for embroiderers.
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Embroidery: Process + Techniques
Stahls’ TV Offers Video On Increasing Appliqué Profits
A recent video from Stahls’ TV, Sterling Heights, Mich., explores how to create sew files for the appliqué process using Twill Stitch Pro PLUS software.
Part 1 of the two-part series focuses on the step-by-step process of using the appliqué-specific design program to create sew files from vector images.
Stahls’ TV educator Courtney Kubitza provides an overview of the software and a demonstration of its tools and features in action. She also discusses how images created in Adobe Illustrator, CadworxLIVE and CorelDRAW — as well as pre-digitized art — can be imported and combined for namedrops and personalization among others.
The video also shows how to set thread types and colors, and adjust thread angles and densities, stitch widths, placement lines and holes, to avoid overlaps and minimize stops for seamless workflow. There also is a quick tutorial on preparing art for Rip-Away Applique. — M.Q.
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Remove, Replace and Recycle Your Emblems
Whether it has been sewn on or heat sealed, it is both cost effective and makes all the sense in the world to remove an old emblem and replace or adhere it to another article of clothing.
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Embroidery Basics for Hooping Caps
Embroidering caps on commercial embroidery machines can cause struggles and stress. Most cap styles are unique in their shape and the way they are made. Here, let’s consider different cap styles and ways to hoop them, as well as different types of cap frames that are available.
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