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Embroidering Free Standing Lace, plus FREE Dramatic Heart FSL Design
Decorative and versatile Free Standing Lace is very popular among home embroiderers. You can create a nice piece of jewelry, decorative pieces for your home, apparel decorations and much more – there are many options. Free Standing Lace designs are not... more »
Time is Ticking! Last ’Minute’ Embroidered Clock Christmas Gift
When time is running out, you need a quick project. I made this clock using the snowflake design that came with Hatch Embroidery, added lettering (numbers) and digitized a hole in the middle of the snowflake. I bought the quartz clock movement and the... more »
Thanksgiving DIY & Embroidery Inspirations with FREE Design
Thanksgiving is almost upon us again, and what better way to celebrate than by adding personal touches to your home in honor of the occasion? Creating your own DIY decoration can be a fun way of putting your own stamp on the season. Explore your creativity in... more »
Halloween Lettering Fun with Hatch Embroidery for Beginners
Does the D word freak you out? Got your software, but not sure where to start? Don’t fret. You can create something truly spooktacular with Hatch Embroidery Digitizer without actually digitizing a thing! It is loaded with amazing features,... more »
Cyril the Squirrel
I digitized this cute design to stitch on a blanket for my new nephew. The original drawing was created by Noel Payne and amazing graphic artist from the US. I love using Noel’s graphics (see previous seahorse, pineapple, turtle and chameleon... more »
Click to Create Beautiful Designs
One of the key features of Hatch Embroidery Software is Auto-Digitizing which enables you to turn bitmap or vector images into embroidery designs with just a few clicks. You can find the toolbox on the left side in your software. There are a... more »
Celebrating St Patrick’s Day with Great FREE Embroidery Designs
St Patrick’s Day is fast approaching and I wanted to create a nice new design to celebrate it. When I found the artwork, I thought it would be perfect to show you how you can digitize your own lettering using the fantastic Digitize Blocks tool.
Manual Digitizing with Hatch Embroidery
Before you can learn to master manual Digitizing with Hatch Embroidery, you need to learn what embroidery digitizing is. There is nothing more rewarding than creating your own embroidery designs and seeing your projects all the way through from design to... more »
Elastic Embossed Fills & Color Variations on a Theme
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 the stitch angle and it adjusts to the width of the embroidery object.... more »
Using Lettering for Quotes and Sayings with Hatch Embroidery, Plus Bonus FREE Designs
Embroidering inspirational or funny quotes and quirky sayings on cushion covers, tea towels, or tote bags is a fun way to start off your machine embroidery journey. Hatch Embroidery Digitizer comes with 124 fonts, Hatch Embroidery Composer with 72 fonts, and... more »
Editing Your Lettering for a Personalized Gift
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 lettering. You can also add special effects or... more »
How to Sequence Your Designs with Hatch Embroidery
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 pineapples, not just the fruit itself, but the... more »
Digitizing the Patriotic Star Embroidery 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 two main stars on the top of each other... more »
Cheers to Father’s Day
Laura, 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 Day gift. Cheers to Father’s Day... more »
Sunglasses Case – FREE ITH Project by Caroline Critchfield
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 practical gift, but a great way... more »
Beginners Guide to Machine Embroidery
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 the answers in one place and research can become a... more »
Create Amazing Designs Quick and Easy with the Layout Tools
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 object or design... more »
The Wonderful World of Motif Fills
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! Firstly it gave me a chance to talk... more »
Choosing the Best Supplies for Your Machine Embroidery Projects
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 give you some guidelines to which... more »
Multi-Hooping Large Designs with Hatch Embroidery
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 around until you get the... more »