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Elastic Embossed Fills & Color Variations on a Theme
Splash the Turtle is Making Waves - FREE Designs Elastic Embossed Fills Hatch Embroidery Digitizer comes with 105 different Embossed fills and they can be used to create Elastic Embossed Fills. It is a beautiful decorative effect where the pattern follows... more »
Using Lettering for Quotes and Sayings with Hatch Embroidery, Plus Bonus FREE Designs
How to create interesting typography embroidery designs Embroidering inspirational or funny quotes and quirky sayings on cushion covers, tea towels or tote bags are a fun way to start off your machine embroidery journey. Hatch Embroidery Digitizer comes... more »
Editing Your Lettering for a Personalized Gift
A beginner's class with video tutorial Did you know you can very easily edit the fonts that are included in your Hatch Embroidery software for customized embroidery lettering? You can change the size, color, shape, fill type and spacing of your... more »
How to Sequence Your Designs with Hatch Embroidery
Various ways of sequencing plus FREE Pineapple Design In the Northern Hemisphere it is the height of summer, while in the Southern Hemisphere people are dreaming of tropical holidays, trying to stick winter out by eating imported fruit.:) I absolutely love... more »
Digitizing the Patriotic Star Embroidery Design
Step-by-Step Video Tutorials & FREE Design This was probably one of my fastest embroidery designs ever. An idea popped in my head in one of our planning meetings, and I knew almost exactly how I wanted the 4th of July Patriotic Star design to look with the... more »
Cheers to Father’s Day
FREE design and lettering tutorialLaura, our beautiful graphic designer is a Scottish lass. True to her home country, and the drink that is so popular over there, she drew and digitized this whisky glass embroidery design for a cheerful Father’s... more »
Sunglasses Case – FREE ITH Project by Caroline Critchfield
Beautiful and practical gift idea Our regular blog contributor Caroline Critchfield from SewCanShe.com came up with a wonderful Mother’s Day gift idea, an in-the-hoop sunglasses case design, and we were thrilled. It is not only a fabulous and... more »
Beginners Guide to Machine Embroidery
A comprehensive guide on supplies with technical tips As a beginner who is just starting out or thinking about getting into machine embroidery, you will have a lot of questions buzzing in your head right now. It is often hard for beginners to find all... more »
Create Amazing Designs Quick and Easy with the Layout Tools
Video tutorials Layout tools are available with Hatch Embroidery Digitizer and Hatch Embroidery Composer. They provide endless possibilities to create truly amazing designs. They also save you so much time when you need to place duplicates of the same... more »
The Wonderful World of Motif Fills
Bonus FREE Design by Nicola Elliott I was so excited to be collaborating with the beautiful Nicola Elliott again! Nicola offered to draw and digitize something special just for us for Mother’s Day and I grabbed the opportunity with both hands!... more »
Choosing the Best Supplies for Your Machine Embroidery Projects
A compilation of articles Fabric When you start out in machine embroidery, there are so many different supplies you need to be looking at, it can easily get overwhelming. We wanted to shed light on the different types of fabrics you can use. We also... more »
Multi-Hooping Large Designs with Hatch Embroidery
Tutorial video and overview If your embroidery is too large or contains a number of designs spaced around an article, you can use the great tools in the Multi-Hooping toolbox to split it into multiple hoopings. The aim is to add hoops and move them... more »
Exporting Your Designs to SVG Files
Creating cutting files has never been this easy Do you love appliqué? The new ‘Export Cutting’ tool lets you export appliqué and/or embroidery shapes to SVG file format. The tool also works with fonts. You can export entire... more »
Machine Embroidery Hooping
All the essentials for great embroidery results When you are new to machine embroidery, the amount different things you need to learn can get a little daunting. I put together this quick run down on hooping, so you get a good understanding of why it is... more »
How to use the Mirror-Copy Tool for Perfectly Symmetrical Embroidery Designs
Tutorial video & FREE Hippy Campervan design Using the Mirror-Copy tool in the Layout toolbox, you can save many hours of digitizing and create the perfect symmetrical design. Copy and flip selected objects horizontally or vertically with ease. Simply... more »
Color Blending is Really Easy with Hatch Embroidery!
Tequila Sunrise Cocktail FREE Design & Downloadable Tutorial What is nicer on a hot summer day than a refreshing and colorful cocktail? I digitized this Tequila Sunrise design to demonstrate how easy it is to create something really striking using... more »
Add Texture to your Embroidery with Embossed Fills
How to make the most of these wonderful fills Embossed fills are used to fill wide and large areas with patterned decorative stitching while keeping the appearance of a solid field. The pattern is repeated along a grid. You can change the grid settings... more »
ITH Jar Cover using Appliqué by Lindee Goodall
Video Tutorial and downloadable FREE Project The wonderful Lindee Goodall is back to show you how you can create something amazing in Hatch Embroidery without any artwork whatsoever! Her clever tutorial will show you how you can create a cute jar cover... more »
How to Digitize for 3D Puffy Foam Machine Embroidery
FREE 3D Puffy Foam Tulip design Puffy foam is commonly used to achieve 3D like raised embroidery. It is very popular for logos on caps and backpacks commercially, but as you can see in the tulip design I created for this article, you can also use it in... more »
How to preview your embroidery placement in Hatch Embroidery
You will find a button at the end of this article. Click it to be redirected to the Resource Center where you can access this great 3D Father’s Day FREE design. There is an often overlooked, but very useful visualizer feature in Hatch... more »