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Understanding Thread Tension
Don't let your threads play tug-of-war! As an embroiderer, you aspire to create stunning end results, whether you're pursuing it as a hobby, semi-professionally, or professionally. Numerous factors play into the outcome of your embroidery when it emerges... more »
Free-Standing Lace Wall Art Project
Tutorial and video by guest blogger, Caroline Critchfield Burlap with lace has become a very popular wedding theme in recent years. This beautiful free-standing lace wall art project by our guest blogger, Caroline Critchfield, is the perfect decoration piece... more »
The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift – FREE Embroidery Design
Circle of Flowers digitizing series with tutorial videos Surprise Mom with a beautiful Circle of Flowers embroidery, the perfect gift this Mother’s Day! To help you learn whilst creating her special gift, we have made a video series demonstrating how... more »
Easter Egg Embroidery Inspirations
Tutorial video with Kim Easter’s nearly upon us, but there is still time for some last minute embroidery! In this week’s blog article we provide a few Easter egg embroidery ideas and a tutorial video that shows you the features we used to... more »
Embroidery Digitizing Class with Kim
Useful Tips and Bonus FREE Easter Egg Design The closer it comes to Easter, the more egg and bunny themed embroidery designs we see popping up everywhere. Everybody is busy getting ready for the holidays! Well, we caught the the Easter egg & bunny... more »
FREE as a Bird
How to Embroider on Hessian and Access the FREE Bird DesignsThere are many FREE designs included in Hatch Embroidery software which are available to you during the FREE 30-Day Free Trial. We picked these three beautiful folk birds for a little project... more »
Choosing the Right Fabric for Your Embroidery
Guidelines to fabrics that are the easiest or best to embroider for great results When you start out in machine embroidery there are so many different supplies you need to be looking at, it can easily get overwhelming. In this blog post we shed light on the... more »
Choosing the Right Needles for Your Machine Embroidery Projects
All the basics you need to know about machine embroidery needles It goes without saying that needles are an absolutely pivotal aspect of machine embroidery. Choosing the right needle out of a seemingly endless amount of choice and confusing information... more »
Choosing the Right Threads for Your Machine Embroidery Projects
The right thread will ensure your design is the best it can be! When it comes to machine embroidery, the types of threads you want to reach for are a little different to those used for hand embroidery. Machine embroidery threads come in many different... more »
10 Best Embroidery Projects for a “New You” in 2017
Inspirations for a New You in the New Year Forgot to make your New Year’s resolutions? 2017 can still be your greatest year yet! We collected 10 fun and easy embroidery projects that will help motivate you to become the very best version of yourself.... more »
Adding Va Va Voom To Your Machine Embroidery Projects
Hand embellishment dos and don'ts Nothing says lovin’ like embroidered gifts. What you choose as your project says something about how you see the receiver. What you choose to embroider on the gift says something about you. If you really want your... more »
Personalized Christmas Tags & Ornaments with FREE Instructions & Embroidery Designs – Part 2
Embroidered Christmas ornaments make decorating the tree more special - project by Kristie J Smith Embroidered Christmas ornaments are really easy to create with Hatch Embroidery software and can be personalized by adding some lettering or monograms, so... more »
Personalized Christmas Tags & Ornaments with FREE Instructions & Embroidery Designs – Part 1
The perfect finishing touch for memorable gifts - project by Kristie J Smith Embroidered gift tags that double as Christmas ornaments are a great way to add an extra touch to a special gift. They can be personalized with names or simply sewn for... more »
10 Paw-fect Embroidered Christmas Gifts For Your Furry Friends
Don’t let your pets miss out on celebrating Santa-Paws! Hatch Embroidery Software together with your embroidery machine, will let you produce unique and colorful pieces for yourself or your furry friends. Embroidery can be functional, beautiful and... more »
Spooktacular Designs Using Hatch Embroidery – FREE Halloween Designs
Special features and stitch effects that will take your embroidery to the next level It is so easy to take a simple design and make it “Boo-tiful” with Hatch Embroidery! This week we are giving you two designs that we have taken from simple to... more »
PINKing of You – FREE Embroidery Design & Video
Supporting the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign by the American Breast Cancer Foundation We continue to find ways to help you promote Breast Cancer Awareness month. Last week we gave you several pink ribbon designs to stitch out in embroidery. This week we... more »
Halloween Ornaments Project with FREE Instructions & Embroidery Designs
Embroidery digitizing in Hatch is not scary at all! This Halloween Ornaments project by Kristie J. Smith is a simple tutorial to help you practice digitizing objects in the software. This project is fast, fun, and an easy way to create décor for the... more »
’Hatching’ a Quilt – Part 6 – Perfectly Pieced Block & Assembling Your Quilt
Fun quilting tutorial series with Kristie J Smith - FREE tutorials and embroidery designs It’s the last installment of the Hatching a Quilt tutorial series, ’Hatching’ a Quilt – Part 6 – Perfectly Pieced Block &... more »
’Hatching’ a Quilt – Part 5 – Trapunto Block
Fun quilting tutorial series with Kristie J Smith - FREE tutorials and embroidery designs This week we’ll explore trapunto with ’Hatching’ a Quilt – Part 5 – Trapunto Block. Trapunto traditionally means to quilt with... more »
’Hatching’ a Quilt – Part 4 – Continuous Quilting Block
Fun quilting tutorial series with Kristie J Smith - FREE tutorials and embroidery designs Wow, we are already on week 4 with ’Hatching’ a Quilt – Part 4 – Continuous Quilting Block. As a quilter, I love continuous quilting... more »