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Explore embroidery insights, tutorials, and more from our Hatch experts and real-world Hatchers!!

Manual Digitizing with Hatch Embroidery

Manual Digitizing with Hatch Embroidery

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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

Elastic Embossed Fills & Color Variations on a Theme

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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

Using Lettering for Quotes and Sayings with Hatch Embroidery, Plus Bonus FREE Designs

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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

Editing Your Lettering for a Personalized Gift

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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

How to Sequence Your Designs with Hatch Embroidery

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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

Digitizing the Patriotic Star Embroidery Design

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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

Cheers to Father’s Day

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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 »

The ’Bird’ Behind the Birds plus FREE Cockatoo Design

The ’Bird’ Behind the Birds plus FREE Cockatoo Design

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This week we bring you the inside ‘swoop‘ on Bernadett. She is responsible for all the incredibly rich content delivered each week on our Hatch Embroidery blog, and since everyone has been raving about the Australian bird life that she... more »

Embroidery Machine vs Sewing Machine

Embroidery Machine vs Sewing Machine

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While the same principal technology of two threads being looped together is used in both sewing machines and embroidery machines, there are some differences between them. At a glance the most obvious difference is that a sewing machine has a flat presser... more »

Sunglasses Case – FREE ITH Project by Caroline Critchfield

Sunglasses Case – FREE ITH Project by Caroline Critchfield

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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

Beginners Guide to Machine Embroidery

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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

Create Amazing Designs Quick and Easy with the Layout Tools

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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

The Wonderful World of Motif Fills

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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 »

The Best Embroidery Software

The Best Embroidery Software

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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. When you are looking for the best embroidery software, the most important... more »

Hatch Embroidery Lettering is the Best and We can Prove it!

Hatch Embroidery Lettering is the Best and We can Prove it!

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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 continuous technical development that Wilcom... more »

Choosing the Best Supplies for Your Machine Embroidery Projects

Choosing the Best Supplies for Your Machine Embroidery Projects

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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

Multi-Hooping Large Designs with Hatch Embroidery

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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 »

Christmas Presents from the Hatch Family

Christmas Presents from the Hatch Family

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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 great variety of designs and even an ITH project here,... more »

Hatch Embroidery Christmas Collection

Hatch Embroidery Christmas Collection

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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 someone special.  You will find... more »

Exporting Your Designs to SVG Files

Exporting Your Designs to SVG Files

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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 lettering objects as cutting lines or break them... more »

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