Machine Embroidery Blogs

Tim’s Tech Tip of the Week How to avoid having issues when using your embroidery software to open embroidery files. While embroidery software packa...

Welcome to Sweet Pea’s April Sew-a-long 3 weeks…5th to 26nd April (Australian time) To join this, sew-a-long we ask that you agree to stitch out the design Abstract Flowers Table Runner. ( or your version – see rules of eligibility below) within the 3-week time frame, and post a photo of your Abstract Flowers in the Sweet Pea April Sew-a-long group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/449801038718589/.

For those of us that see and use advanced sewing and embroidery machines on a regular basis, it’s easy to forget the humble beginnings from which the craft began. Here at Sweet Pea we spend a considerable amount of time on our computers digitizing complex designs, before using our embroidery machines to complete these designs. I think it is important however to know the history of any subject you’re passionate about, and therefore to know how modern machine embroidery has become what it is.

When creating or editing designs in machine embroidery it is important to remember that what we are engaging in an artistic process. Even those of you that embroider as an occasional hobby can benefit from thinking about your designs as a whole and not just the thread or applique that is going on your project. This is where the concept of positive and negative space come into your design, with positive space being the subject and negative space being the area that surrounds.

As you continue to delve deeper and deeper into your machine embroidery hobby (or obsession) the more you may encounter one particular issue gettin...

Welcome to Sweet Pea’s March Sew-a-long 3 weeks…1st to 22nd March (Australian time) To join this, sew-a-long we ask that you agree to stitch out the design Easter Flag or Table Runner ( or your version – see rules of eligibility below) within the 3-week time frame, and post a photo of your Easter Flag in the Sweet Pea February Sew-a-long group

When tackling a new machine embroidery project it is always important to have the right equipment and material on hand. We have already discussed t...

Learn how Sweet Pea uses these steps to insert a zipper in the hoop.