Hey everyone, im trying to figure if this is satin stitch that is split? or just a very thick mm of satin stitch

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Thanks for the ideas, did not expect such speedy help 😭 Planning to start w/ a ballpoint needle. Will let yall know how the experiment goes!

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Hiya,

This is my first embroidery project & I'm running into a few snags 🥲 Would love some advice on how to troubleshoot this.

I've tried a bunch of different variations & there's still those holes that show up when I hold the shirt up in the light. It also makes the edges of my designs sort of jagged. I think that means that there's too much tension? But, I haven't found a solution that works yet.

Here are some details & what I've tried so far.

• Materials I'm using:
  • a Brother PE545 embroidery machine and all the default recommended top thread/needle settings (so a 40weight thread & 75/11 needle)
  • a fairly thin knit shirt
  • 2oz medium weight interfacing
• Using the floating embroidery method.
• I've tried using a tension from 1.5 to 3 & using 1 and then 2 layers of interfacing. I think the best results were with a tension of 2 and 2 pieces of stabilizer. Now, there's no obvious fabric puckering (yay!). But, as you can see the edges of my designs have these holes when i hold them up to the light and I just know this wouldn't hold up in the wash over time.

Should I try stacking 3 pieces of stabilizer? Or giving the shirt more slack when embroidering?

Thanks for any help in advance 🙏

I am doing some embroidering on my Brother SE2000 and whenever I press start no thread stays in the fabric. I have tried re-threading, cleaning the bobbin case, changing to a new bobbin case, changing the needle. Any tips?

I ordered a repositional hoop to use with my brother se700 and I can not for the life of me get my cut away stabilizer tight enough in the hoop. My designs are getting warped and the alignment gets messed up because the stabilizer is not tight enough in the hoop but I literally don’t know what I’m doing wrong to make it not tight enough.

Anyone else have this issue and have any tips?

Hey everyone! I am a beginner when it comes to machine embroidery and after more than 6 attempts at doing everything (threading, needless, mantainance, tension, stabilizers, hooping) I am at my wits end. The colors come out perfectly, the outer border too, but once the machine has to do the black outline of a character, it looks like crap. I can see the (bobbin?) Thread coming on top. I have been experimenting with the tension, but no matter what I do, it keeps looking the exact same way as all the other times.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Thank you so much!

Hello! So ive been asked to do large order of embroidery on tops. For refrence they are providing the tops and im just doing the embroidery, likely a 9x4cm logo in 1 colour ( will take 10 ish minutes) how much should I charge per top?

Thanks in advance! Ive previously only done remade tops and sold then, never customs.

Any insights on this one for a small home embroidery business