What's New in
Hatch Embroidery 4
Designed to help you get more from every idea, Hatch Embroidery 4 brings together a more capable, intuitive embroidery experience for creating designs with confidence, from first concept through to final stitch-out.
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A closer look at what's changed.
Five standout additions that make Hatch Embroidery 4 a genuinely different experience to any previous version.
Multi Blend
The new Multi Blend tool lets you create smooth color transitions, gradients, and shading effects entirely within a single, editable object. No workarounds, no extra layers. Design with the kind of depth and dimension that makes embroideries stand out.
Whether you're creating realistic florals, photographic effects, or simply want more visual interest, Multi Blend gives you a new level of creative control that wasn't possible in Hatch 3.
Multi Blend is a brand new Wilcom innovation that you won't experience anywhere else.
Advanced Appliqué
Advanced Appliqué removes the restriction of closed shapes only. Convert existing designs with open or closed shapes in just a few clicks, apply fabric, merge patches, and return to the original design if needed.
Combined with improved pattern printing that supports mirroring and precise placement templates, your entire appliqué workflow is smoother from concept to stitch-out.
Continue Digitizing
Continue Digitizing lets you pick up where you left off on an existing object, adding new points and extending the stitch path seamlessly. For anyone who regularly edits and refines complex designs, this feature alone saves hours of rework every week.
Come back to an object at any time and keep adding. Great for continuous paths, redwork, swirls, and complex outlines.
AI Answers
The new AI Answers Docker puts an AI-powered knowledge assistant right inside Hatch Embroidery. Ask it anything about tools, techniques, or specific design challenges and get instant, contextual guidance without leaving the software.
For beginners, it dramatically reduces the learning curve. For experienced users, it keeps the creative flow going with fast answers to technical questions.
Wireless Transfer
Hatch 4 includes native wireless connection for compatible Brother machines. Design, refine, and send directly to your machine over Wi-Fi, no USB, no memory stick, no interruption to your creative flow.
For production embroiderers and home studio users alike, this is a genuine quality-of-life upgrade that fits the way modern workflows actually run.
What makes Digitizer the ultimate flagship.
Digitizer includes everything in Organizer, Personalizer, and Composer, plus the full professional toolset and all the newest Hatch Embroidery 4 features.
- New in Hatch 4
- Key Features
Multi Blend
Blend colors smoothly across your design, from subtle shading to rich gradients, all in one editable object.
Advanced Appliqué
Convert existing designs into appliqué in a few clicks. Works with open and closed shapes.
Continue Digitizing
Add to existing objects without starting over, resequencing, or creating new ones.
Rounded Rectangles
Quickly create polished shapes for logos, name patches, and structured layouts.
DXF Support
Import vector artwork natively without needing CorelDRAW®.
Knife Tool
A dedicated keyboard shortcut makes cutting and separating shapes faster for power users.
Stitch Shortening
Automatic stitch shortening now reduces bunching on sharp corners, with the option to turn it off per object.
Automatic Connectors & Trims
Cleaner stitch paths with improved automatic connector and trim behavior.
Stop Function
Insert stops anywhere to pause the machine without a color change or trim.
AI Answers
Built-in AI assistant for instant embroidery guidance without leaving the software.
Grids, Guides & Snap
Faster alignment and precision placement with smarter snap options.
Control Point Display
See exactly which reshape nodes, stitch angles, and entry/exit points you're editing with the new Reshape Views toolbar.
Warning Controls
Turn distracting warning messages off, with the option to switch them back on whenever you like.
Trim & Connector Display
Connector and trim symbols now default to a clearer red display, so you can check your design before stitching.
Display Colors
Adjust display colors for stitches, needle points, shapes, and grids so nothing gets lost against your colorway.
Gradient Fill Profiles
Gradient Fill profile naming has been refined for smoother, more intuitive shading.
Wireless Transfer
Send designs directly to compatible Brother machines via Wi-Fi. No USB required.
Appliqué Pattern Printing
Print mirrored or as-digitized templates for perfect placement every time.
Exports Docker
Track background conversions and monitor export status in real time.
Manual Digitizing
Create embroidery from scratch with precise control over shapes, stitches, and structure.
Auto-Digitizing
Turn bitmap and vector artwork into embroidery in one click, then refine colors, shapes, and stitch sequencing with ease.
World-Class Lettering
130 professionally hand-digitized fonts created by our Wilcom experts for the very best quality embroidery lettering available today.
Monogramming
Create polished monograms fast with over 90 built-in templates, 400 ornaments, 375 motifs, and 100 embossed fills.
Multi Blend NEW
Blend colors smoothly across your design, from subtle shading to rich gradients, all in one editable object. No manual stitch setup required.
Continue Digitizing NEW
Add to existing objects without starting over, resequencing, or creating new ones. Spend less time fixing and more time creating.
Advanced Appliqué NEW
Convert existing designs into appliqué in a few clicks. Works with open and closed shapes, so you spend less time rebuilding and more time creating.
Stop Function NEW
Insert stops anywhere in your design to pause the machine without a color change or trim. Fewer steps, fewer interruptions.
Appliqué
Simple or advanced appliqué, including 1-click closed object to appliqué conversions, ready to be exported directly to SVG for your cutting machine.
Embroidery Editing
Resizing, recoloring, changing stitch types and angles, weld, knife, break-apart, removing overlaps, color blending, branching, Redwork and more.
Color PhotoStitch
Transform your precious photographs into enduring artworks.
Reef PhotoStitch
Recreate the beauty of coral! Magically transform your photo or art into a striking embroidery design using a low stitch-count with no overlaps and minimal trims and jumps.
Hand Stitch
Apply hand stitch effect to your design objects for a creative organic look.
Keyboard Design Collection
Map decorative letters and other embroidery artwork to your keyboard for super-fast access.
Laydown Stitch
Automatically create a flat mesh backing on bulky or textured fabrics so that your embroidery design stands out.
Center All Tool
Instantly center your design and hoop in one click for faster setup and cleaner positioning.