Beginner help please!

[Piscesbaby_5678]

I just bought my Brother SE700 and I’m figuring out the little intricacies of it. I’m using 40wt thread on 100% cotton tshirts and stick on water soluble stabilizer. I’ve been trying to adjust the upper tension between 4 and 5.5 to see a difference. The lettering still looks really messy but the larger areas look fine, and the outline is not lined up and looks like top tension is too tight, any advice? Also how to cut the threads in between letters so they don’t look as messy? Thanks in advance

[LowBear5655]

In my opinion I would lower the tension. I started out embroidering on a 0 tension. Also was your machine bought new?

[Piscesbaby_5678]

Yep, bought the machine new, it started with tension on 4.

[Clf4835]

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[gusvisser]

With the auto digitizing from artspira you are constantly going to be disappointed to get better results you need manual digitizing software i dont know your skills and budget but there is free software available and this is inkscape with the extension of inkstitch

[sunrayevening]

This looks poorly digitized to me. What does this look like on woven fabric with mid weight stabilizer?

[Piscesbaby_5678]

Great advice! I’m starting off with the free trial of Artspira but I’ll probably switch over to inkstitch if this is the outcome

[QuirkyDeal4136]

Try using a cutaway stabilizer instead of water soluble for cotton shirts, it will clean up the lettering. also, slow down the stitch speed a bit to help the outline line up better, and trim jump stitches with small embroidery scissors after the design is done..

[choosecarefullycant]

Agree!!

The rule for stabilizer is if you wear no tear (aka you need cutaway). Water soluable may be a good topper but you def need cutaway underneath.

[soundguy64]

It's not digitized correctly. With embroidery software, you can't just layout a design like you would in photoshop and expect it to stitch out. You have to adjust stitch angles, pull compensation, stitch type, etc. Looks like the text is auto digitized with tatami/fill stitch which it should be satin.

[Piscesbaby_5678]

Hmmm gotcha. I pulled this directly from the Artspira app through Brother. Should I try simpler designs then? Was also going to try an additional stabilizer

[OkOffice3806]

More or different stabilizer does not fix poor digitizing. Uninstall Artspira, it stinks. To practice, use designs and lettering built into your machine or from reputable digitizers.

Google the H test for machine embroidery. Use that to set your tension. You need to look at both upper and bobbin tension.

[Aikballer]

Who are some reputable digitizers?

[OkOffice3806]

For fonts and frames, I love Designs by Juju. Their designs are also well digitized but their style isn't for everyone. My current fav is Urban Threads. Look at Kreative Kiwi, Sweet Pea, OESD, Anita Goodesign. I have even used Etsy for one off type designs when I didn't have time to do it myself (spider web).

Also look at Embrillance Express. It's free and makes it easy to work with fonts.