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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 »
The Best Embroidery Software
Find the embroidery software that suits your needs best The Best Embroidery Software No matter if you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned machine embroidery veteran looking for a new embroidery software, the right product is out there waiting for you.... more »
Hatch Embroidery Lettering is the Best and We can Prove it!
Technical insight and competitor comparison Like with everything in life, no two software are the same, and your machine embroidery results can vary greatly depending on which one you use. Hatch Embroidery lettering is based on the great qualities and... 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 »
Christmas Presents from the Hatch Family
FREE Designs from your favorite embroidery designers If you are stuck for decoration, cards or handy last-minute gifts, these beautiful Christmas machine embroidery designs that our Hatch family members kindly provided, will help you out. There is a... more »
Hatch Embroidery Christmas Collection
FREE Designs & Easy Projects December has finally arrived, so we collated our favorite Winter themed machine embroidery projects. These will warm up your creativity during the cold season and offer you the perfect time to make that Christmas gift for... 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 »
Wayne’s Embroidery World
Meet the unsuspected embroiderer and see his beautiful designs I really wanted to share the story of an unexpected embroiderer and thread junky named Wayne from Arizona, USA.It all started with an embroidery design that Wayne created and posted on... more »
Inspirational Story of Sarah Sypher, Assistance Dogs’ Best Friend
FREE Christmas Koala design Who is the person behind Avasa Embroidery? I have spent most of my life in South Australia, and my husband Tharrow, grew up in the USA. Around 2 years ago we became gray’ish’ nomads travelling between South... 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 »
Summer Machine Embroidery at its Best
Six Summer Favorites with Tutorials and FREE Designs Summer is colorful and fun and so are these articles we collated for you. They provide a good mix of tutorials on digitizing techniques and come with tutorials and downloadable free designs. There is... 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 »
Celebrating 4th of July with Machine Embroidery
FREE 'Stars & Stripes' Heart Design What better way to celebrate a holiday that is all about freedom than with a great FREE design? The artwork for this beautiful ‘Stars & Stripes’ Heart design was hand drawn by our lovely graphic... 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 »