Supported Quality Machine

Quality result of embroidery depend on many aspect, it can be a person who handle the machine ( machine dedicated operator ), software embroidery ( a puncher ), and qood quality machine.

Recently many types of machine improved to overcome the demand of market which region the machine will be dropped or delivered. as i know, qood quality machine has a smooth , accurate, the stitch type ( satin, tatami, chenille, motif fill, etc ) effect of embroidery.

how is your opinion?..

Cross stitch, counted embroidery patterns

Find out our grids and colored patterns for cross stitch designs.

Use these free patterns to create your own versions, your own collection of designs.


'Garden' cross stitch grids

Border :

Doll and waves cross stitch patterns


Easter cross stitch grids

Embroider and paint on the special 'goose'

Counted thread embroidery

Counted thread embroidery has come back into fashion with a vengeance!
With its simple patterns, counted thread embroidery lends itself to decorating walls but also objects, moslem wear, kid's blankets, towels, cloths, book covers, lamp shades and clothes, there's no shortage of possibilites.

Counted thread embroidery

Counted thread embroidery is a cross stitch technique used on a fabric without a visible motif. To reproduce the pattern, therefore, you have to count the threads.

Useful to know! Part of the counted thread family : Hardanger embroidery
Hardanger embroidery is a traditional Norwegian form of embroidery (from the Hardanger region), now becoming better known. It involves counted thread embroidery, cut out patterns, using white yarn on white linen or cotton. Beauty knowing no borders, we're seeing more and more of this technique using updated color patterns. The best fabric for Hardanger embroidery is evenweave.The patterns originate from a grid of square blocks and hem stitches and so naturally are very geometrical.

Cross stitch embroidery : what fabrics?

Cross stitch embroidery commonly uses Aida cloth. Different sizes of weft are available, the smaller the weft, the smaller the cross stitch and the more delicate the end result - but also the more difficult the embroidery...
For a little variety, you can use colored Aida cloth, or bleached or natural (beige) linen.
When choosing a cloth, your notions dealer will ask you what size you want. In fact, the size of the cross stitches that you will embroider depends itself on the kind of cloth you choose. The number of cad hole per inch (hpi) of the cloth determines the fineness of the cloth, the higher the number, the finer the fabric.
For Aida cloth

HPI
11 count	for beginner
14 count	for Enthusiast
18 count	for a finer embroidery
Higher counts	for experienced embroiderers

Etamine cloth is a good cloth for beginners and for pretty embroidering. Etamine one thread equals approximately 20 count or more (very fine). Etamine 2 threads is closer to 14 count.
Lugana is another very regular cloth,(14 count) ideal for starting off on embroidery.

Replace your fabric with that used by painters for their canvases : With its linen look and good woven texture, it will help you add variety to the background of your work. It's also cheaper, but it must be dry cleaned.

How to cross stitch embroider any fabric you want

In specialist stores you can find what is called 'waste canvas'. It comes in 6.5 to 16 mesh and is basted on the surface to be embroidered - a garment, cushion, lampshade. The 'grid' form of the fabric allows you to cross stitch the pattern of your choice. Once the embroidery is finished, you just have to pull out the threads one by one and the cross stitch pattern will be perfect!.

Embroidery Tips

How to prevent fabrics from moving in the hoop



1. You need a roll of hurt free tape for first aid, available at any pharmacy. This tape sticks to itself.


2. Roll the tape twice on each side of the top part of the hoop, “Sticky” side out. Don’t tape the corners, since those are already tight enough. It’s the side, and not the corners, where the fabric tends to shift most.



3. Complete all four sides of the top ( inside part ) of the hoop. Don’t place more than two layers of the roll but you can place more than one roll per side if the side is large enough.


4. Hoop your fabric as normally would. The fabric should be stretch to sound like a drum and the hoop tight enough to hold the fabric without hurting it. Never pull the fabric to one side or the other since that would distort it. You’re now ready to embroid without the fabric moving within the hoop. Your stitches will go in the right place now! This method is very helpful when you use large hoops.


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Embroidery Patterns

Embroidery patterns on various items have captured the attention of people the world over with their fascinating styles and vibrant designs. It includes the representation of a host of objects beautifully and innovatively sewn on the fabrics. What makes these patterns more attractive are the combination of colors used. The threads most frequently used include:

• Silk Threads
• Rayon Threads
• Polyester Threads
• Metallic Threads

Besides the variety of patterns range from religious and ceremonial layouts to floral and beaded designs. These styles may be inspired by ancient art forms, nature, various customs and traditions and painting as well. Every design is meticulously worked upon by artisans and craftsmen to confirm that each piece is an epitome of perfection in its own way.

With changing times and growing needs of the consumers , the requirement for mass production is catching great pace. Therefore, the concept of machine embroidery then came into emergence. Today embroidery through machines has completely revolutionized the demand for embroidered products in both domestic as well as international markets. It employs the use of most advanced techniques that renders applications like automatic digitizing, 3D effects, multiple sequencing etc. These softwares ensure fine finishes and baroque designs, thereby increasing the commercial value of embroidered products.

Many software has been offered to all over the world, the various styles of pattern include in those software, such as; DGML by pulse, Barudan test v 3, Wilcom 2006, Compucon, Siera, and many others.

Fashion style

This design is suitable for thin fabrics, with the same thread embroidery, short sleeves. This simple design will raise the price of your product, recent demand for this style of roots is higher than last year.

for young children is very appropriate and fashionable. can be used in casual or formal time.

Digitizing Methods

you build designs from basic shapes or 'embroidery objects'. These are like ordinary vector objects in that they have certain defining characteristics or 'properties' such as color, size, position, and so on. They also have properties unique to embroidery such as stitch type and density.

The most important property for an embroidery object is in fact its stitch type. Different stitch types are suited to different shapes. See also Fill and Outline Stitches.

The process of creating embroidery objects on-screen is called 'digitizing'. Like the creation of designs in graphics applications, this involves the use of input or 'digitizing' tools. These are similar to drawing tools except that the end result is an embroidery rather than vector object. Different tools are suited to creating different shapes or design elements. There are specific tools for digitizing larger complex shapes, asymmetrical columns of turning stitches, columns of varying width, columns of fixed width, lines, and even individual stitches.

Vector objects themselves can be converted directly to embroidery objects using the Point & Stitch tools. See Digitizing shapes with Point & Stitch for details.

This section describes how to digitize shapes manually with the available digitizing tools. It also explains how to adjust input settings to obtain the best results.

Painting in Thread

Embroidery may very well be the oldest form of clothing decoration in the world, dating back to the prehistoric era with dyed porcupine quill embroidery embellished leather tunics.

The world of embroidery takes all of the stops off of your creativity by offering easy conversion of any design or painting you can think of. In addition, today's embroidery threads come in every shade of a huge rainbow, ensuring the results you get match your vision perfectly.

Editing Schiffli Designs

Schiffli designs created in ES Designer can be edited freely. You can insert or delete parts of the design and move or rotate objects as you can for Multihead designs. Logical functions preserve their correct positions. Offsets are also handled independently. For example, rotating an object with borer functions will not affect the frame offset. After encoding, it will still stay vertical. Of course you would need to consider if such rotation is feasible from the Schiffli design point of view as in most cases such a move would require a different stitching sequence as well. For details on object-based design creation and editing, refer to the Wilcom ES User Manual or pulse digitizer programe.

Like stitches, many logical machine functions are inserted automatically whenever you select commands or specify object properties. They are stored with the embroidery object in the native Wilcom EMB design file and updated whenever the object is modified. You can edit individual stitches as required. ES Designer also lets you manually insert machine functions and modify them. This flexibility allows you to adapt designs to almost any machine requirement. For details about stitch and machine function editing, refer also to the Wilcom ES User Manual or pulse digitizer programe.

This section deals with selecting and editing stitches, and converting selected stitches to objects. It also includes instructions for inserting, checking, editing and clearing manually-inserted functions.

six basic stitches used for simple embroidery

1.stem/outline stitch

Work from left to right, taking regular, slightly
slanting stitches along the line of the design.

2. cross-stitch

Bring the needle thru on the lower right line of the
cross and insert at the top of the same line, taking a
stitch thru the fabric to lower left line. Continue to
the end of the row. Complete the other half of the
cross in the same manner, with all stitches going in
the same direction.

3. straight stitch

Work stitches in either regular or irregular manner, as
often stitches are of varying size. Stitches should not
be too long nor too loose (between 1/8" and 1/2").

4. satin stitch

Take care to keep within the lines of the design for a
clean edge. Work straight stitches across the shape to
fill it in. Don't make the stitches too long or they may
pull up and won't hold their shape.

5. lazy daisy

Bring thread out at top of line; hold it down with left
thumb. Insert the needle where it last emerged and
bring the point out as indicated. Pull thread thru,
keeping the working thread under the point of the
needle. Fasten each loop at the center with
a small stitch.
6. French knot

Bring thread out where you want to place your knot.
Hold thread down with left thumb and wind the thread
2-3 times around the needle. Hold onto the thread,
twist needle back to the starting point and insert it close
to where the thread first emerged. Pull thread thru to
the back and secure, or bring needle up again to make
additonal knots.

Working with Design Objects

ES Designer provides various ways to select the objects in an embroidery design. Modify the design as a whole or select individual objects for more precise modification. The Color-Object List provides an easy way to select objects and colors in designs and access their properties. Use it to group and ungroup, lock and unlock, and show and hide objects as well.

In ES Designer vector objects and embroidery objects are in fact inter-convertible since they share many of the same characteristics. See also Digitizing with Vector Images.

This section describes how to select objects using the selection tools and keyboard. It also shows how to select while traveling through designs or by using the Color-Object List.

embroidery on crewel

No Rules in Crewel Embroidery

Of all the embroidery methods, crewel is the most versatile and has the biggest library of stitches. Crewelwork does not involve counting or require evenweave fabric, so you are free to create the most realistic curves. This makes it popular for tapestry work.

This decorative embroidery was most famously used on the Bayeux tapestry. It first became popular among the housewives during the Jacobean period, the 17th century rule of King James I, when it was used on chair cushions, drapery and bed curtains to stitch fancy flowers and animals. There was a revival during the late 19th century Arts and Crafts Movement, and there has been recent popularity for hand embroidery on purses and clothes. I have seen girls doing it on their jeans!

I made my first embroidery in the 7th grade. It was a butterfly, of all things! You may have noticed I like butterflies. :)

This embroidery style was traditionally worked in wool or linen but you can use anything now. That 7th grade butterfly was made with DMC embroidery floss on muslin.

Embroidery Design

Object-based Embroidery

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Designs created in ES Designer are composed of 'embroidery objects'. They are called 'objects' because they are discrete entities which can be manipulated independently of each other. Each object has certain defining characteristics or 'properties' such as color, size, position, and so on. The most important property of an embroidery object is its stitch type.

Basic procedures

This section describes how to start ES Designer, how to open designs, start new ones and use the basic commands. It also explains how to turn on and off the grid and measure distances on-screen. You will also find out how to select machine formats for different output as well as how to save designs. The section also explains the procedure for entering security codes.

Viewing designs

This section explains the design viewing modes available in ES Designer as well as the various design viewing settings. It also describes how to view designs by 'traveling' through the stitching sequence. Design colorways are explained, as well as how to obtain and modify design information.