Guides
- Monogram fonts: styles, letter order and what stitches well
Letter order for one, two, three and four initials, the styles shops use, and which shapes hold a satin stitch on a machine. - Brother embroidery designs: the file the machine reads
Brother help pages list .pes for home embroidery machines, and the same answers also list .dst and .phc. Unzip the file, then send it by USB, Artspira, or cable. - Christmas machine embroidery ideas
Christmas gifts to machine embroider, what each one needs, and how hoop fit follows the file's stitch width. - Embroidery design fonts for a name you can read
How embroidery design fonts stay readable: satin stitch, letter height, and the split between a desktop font, a BX font, and letter stitch files. - Embroidery Designs for Shirts: Stabilizer, Placement, and Hooping
How to machine-embroider a T-shirt, sweatshirt, or denim shirt: which cut-away to use, how to hoop a knit, and where a left-chest or center design goes. - How to Add Fonts to Embrilliance
Install a BX font in Embrilliance, or merge separate letter stitch files and line them up. Edition limits come from Embrilliance's own help. - How to embroider on towels
Stitches sink into towel loops unless a water-soluble topping holds the pile down. Add a backing, place a template, then hoop the stack or float a thick towel. - How to make embroidery designs for a machine
Digitizing turns a drawing into a stitch file. Brother, Hatch, Embrilliance, and Ink/Stitch each state what their tools do with a JPEG, then a trial sew comes before the project fabric. - Simple applique designs, step by step
A simple machine applique runs placement, fabric, tackdown, trim, then a satin cover stitch. Quilt cotton pairs with tearaway; a knit shirt needs cutaway.