Machine Embroidery help and Information

I run many blogs, a hand full of them are similar to this one and orientated around machine embroidery.

My most popular blog is designs4free.blogspot.com. The blog is an embroidery designs resource, it offers project ideas and runs a frequent free embroidery designs poll. Readers of the blog vote for which designs they want and i then give them to you.

I thought i would share the free Easter designs with you.

Please feel free to add your email address to the embroidery designs blog also.

Not only will you be getting great embroidery help from this blog, but now you can also get free embroidery designs too.

Digitizing is making a design suitable to machine embroider. It can be a complex task to do, but the possibilities are endless.

Imagine being able to embroider any design. If you are a business embroider then this would increase your selling power, you would be able to offer custom log services.

How to Digitize
For all you complete beginners let us start with lettering.
Here is a tutorial that will help you digitize lettering with a program called design shop pro.

The tutorial is the basic of all tutorials and starts with the most simpliest task. There will shortly also be more tutorials added:

How to Digitize any design with designs shop pro

How to Digitize any design with wilcom

Add your email address to the box at the top of this blog, you will be amiled when the tutorials are added.

Hello...
I have received a question from a reader and i would like to try and help her out with her problem. If you have another solution to the problem please feel free to use any of the comment links to add your solution.

machine will not pick up bobbin thread. Have cleaned shuttle have
changed bobbin have changed needle have re threaded machine. Have
changed thread. Still will not pick up bobbin thread. What do I do????

Answer:
There could be numerous reasons why your machine is not picking up the bobbin thread. Good news is it wont be an expensive job, unfortunately though its a process of elimination.

You have already checked the obvious, here are a few other possible causes:

Under bobbin casing may need changing, deburgh can be a problem, as it will catch and not spin properly. Try replacing the under bobbin increasing.

Thread tension can be another factor when thread is not being picked up.

Service A service can be done yourself, basically it is taking the case off and lightly spraying wd40 on the movable parts. Making sure there is no fluff or thread.

Embroidery machines are temperamental and it is usually a simple problem that creates havoc. I recommend a regular clean and as you get to know your machine you will be able to spot and wear and tear.

If you still cannot get the bobbin thread to pick up, please reply with your machine make and i will look into it further for you.

New Year New Look
Do you like the new embroidery blog layout?
I thought i would start the new year with a new look. The old blog was looking very basic. I kept it very simple for two reasons:

(1) Having learnt seo (search engine optimization)it was best to keep a blog simple and with a basic layout. Google does not favour websites that are flashy and full of graphics.

(2) I wanted to create a blog that embroidery beginners would find easy to navigate around, to be able to find what they were looking for.

So why change?
Well the world is forever moving and so is the world wide web. It is now possible to combine both quality and quantity without damaging your position with google. I have decided to create a blog that my readers will enjoy visiting and i have decided to consider less about how far up the rankings i can get this blog. So i hope you like it.

What will this blog be offering in 2009?
As always i will continue to keep you updated with various Embroidery help articles and resources. Being a free newsletter subscriber will also give you first know how about free embroidery designs that have been released. So if you have not already added your email address to the box at the top of this page what are you waiting for? I will never spam or pass your email address to thirD parties. The only emails you will receive are when i post an article on this blog.

Happy New Year to all my readers