Why is my bobbin thread showing on top?
It's Saturday morning at 11:37 and you decide to monogram a gift for a party that starts in 23 minutes. You got this, right? Hoop and score the stabilizer, thread…
Hoop burn: how to remove it and avoid it
Setting up your project on an embroidery machine can be challenging. Some items are tricky to hoop – like baby onesies where the space is super tight. So, when you…
Embroidery design won’t load on an embroidery machine
So you have purchased an embroidery design that you want to stitch out. Your project is on your hoop and ready to go. But then, when you go to select…
Why is my thread bird nesting underneath the embroidery?
Bird nests are cute, right? Well - not so much in the world of machine embroidery. A bird nest is a pain to clean up and can drive you insane…
Embroidery Machine Maintenance Tips
It’s a lesson that is taken taken me a long time to learn. When you take care of things - they last longer. I know it may seem obvious, but…
Why is the thread breaking on an embroidery machine?
Having the thread break over and over again on your embroidery machine can be a maddening experience. It can make a 5 minute project turn into a 45 minute ordeal…
How to fix embroidery mistakes
It happens to the best of us. Despite taking preventative measures to try to avoid messing up, we are human and we make mistakes sometimes on our machine embroidery projects.…
How to remove embroidery
We've already established the fact here that every machine embroidery enthusiast makes mistakes. And when the mistake is really bad, sometimes the best solution is to rip out your stitches…
10 Machine Embroidery Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
When you've spent over 10 years working with an embroidery machine, you're bound to make a few embroidery mistakes. This is certainly true for me. The funny thing is -…
Why are my needles breaking on my embroidery machine?
I sit there, mesmerized, watching my embroidery machine do its thing… happily humming along, then suddenly – POP – the needle breaks. After a brief moment of gratitude that the…
