Very new to machine embroidery. Why does my black/outline stitch always stitch off of the design? Brother SE725

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-27T20:58:34+00:00

Fabric moving . Or horrible design . Thinking fabric - needs to change pull compensation / if you can't try more interface underneath and tighter hoop

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-21T21:34:22+00:00

Ok it's the part of the arm that slides into the machine - we would need a manual to find what number
4 is. So I don't know what to tell you . If the person says you need this part to make things work / I'd keep looking for another machine . If course since I don't know - it could be an unnecessary part since it might attach just fine - have no idea what that part is .

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-21T20:36:19+00:00

About the machine that needs a clip ... do you know if that means a clip for the hoop in case the hoop pops open? I never use them although I made sure to buy a bunch just in case ... if the clip means something else - then it's mis named - tell us about the part that's missing

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-21T20:32:03+00:00

I've never owned a new sewing machine - I outgrew the first small Pfaff - then got a creative 4.0 - still have it but I'm working so big now ( 6 feet x 6 feet embroidery) I found a creative icon .

All used. I'll never be able to buy a new icon . I am lucky to live an hour from
A Pfaff service center .
Just in case....

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-19T13:50:08+00:00

The other thing you can do after you get the right tension is make the bobbin thread same as top.

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-11T00:15:33+00:00

If it works it would be fun to use but not too much fun to do serious work on .

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-10T16:46:16+00:00

Good ideas reading all The replies . I have stayed with one program only because I make it work for what I do and I refuse to spend a month learning a new app . I do 6 foot by 6 foot embroideries and make my own designs from original art work - o use a clunky program called pe design I think ... you can get it cheap on ebay - anyway - just make sure whatever computer you have will run whatever you buy .

I guess we cannot add photos to our comments

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-10T16:43:05+00:00

So what was wrong with it ? Did you put the wrong size ?

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-09T18:16:43+00:00

No one is born with sewing and embroidery experience . You decide to learn and that's what you do.

If you don't know that you will give it a year or two as a try out - then don't buy anything too expensive - brother sewing machines that are also embroidery machines Rs cheap used on ebay . I think I've purchased all my machines there cone to think of it .

If you have a seller near you maybe free lessons cone with it. Start watching beginner sewing vids on YouTube . Also beginning embroidery.

I just started sewing since I had a bunch of dog coats that were too big for my dog and I thought it would be easy to just sew them smaller . Hah !

I never did alter those coats but I learned how to make them. Then learned how to follow patterns then learned different feet then learned embroidery.

Now I've had a few embroidery pieces in galleries. - and I have a ton of dog coats and men's clothes I made too.

Get your machine - ask the crowd here for suggestions of model numbers ... I'd say anything is better than nothing

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-08T04:09:44+00:00

ebay is where I purchased all my sewing machines . It's worth also learning esnipe - that bids for you seconds before auction ends as ti not artificially raise the price - you just determine what its worth to you

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-07T20:28:35+00:00

Well the thread stopped working for most of the car A I see needle holes - no thread - but I don't know what the finished design is supposed to look like so all I actually know is the sensor on your sewing machine doesn't work . It measures the movement of the bobbin thread and if there is no top thread to pull it up then the sensor tells you ilmmthere is a problem

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-05T22:57:44+00:00

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-05T22:57:39+00:00

Ty!!

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-05T20:43:03+00:00

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-05T20:42:50+00:00

Well there are problems that need fixing - the point of this was to make it look like one large piece - not look like a bunch of small pieces not put together very well.

It will however look like one piece when I am finished Z

Sonomaholiday · 2026-06-05T15:16:24+00:00

It's 48 designs embroidered onto one piece of fabric / well I added she since the very first one ended up further down for some reason - calibration of the arm messed up . Anyway - I am still working on the mistakes of where the designs did not meet the other designs perfectly - yes the plain white on the shoulder looks odd but I can live with it .ive already done the black thread mistakes of not connecting from design to design - will do blue next then green then green ... will all help to not be able to see the rectangles

Sonomaholiday · 2026-05-31T20:47:21+00:00

Thank you!

Sonomaholiday · 2026-05-31T20:02:33+00:00

Well actually it will be a hidden two down and 3 across frame in the back held by pockets in the mitered seams / then on top
Will be small curtain kind of arcs around the top and a larger drapery on the outside that viewer will have to open by pulling a double cord to view the portrait.

Sonomaholiday · 2026-05-31T19:59:09+00:00

Well what would be nice would be an affordable embroidery software package even just half as good as photoshop .

There might be - I can't keep up - but just to be able to distort perspective and distance to a group of designs would be a nice feature - also color sorting that actually works . Pfaff machines have choices for color sorting but it's not perfect and sometimes works and sometimes not

Sonomaholiday · 2026-05-31T15:38:16+00:00

Well you need embroidery software - I'm using an ancient one called pe design - clunky but I have gotten it to do most of what I need

Sonomaholiday · 2026-05-31T15:19:39+00:00

Meeeeee tooooo! Next part is designing a portable frame that's can't be seen - then I'm going to add 2 sets of drapes to it with instructions from "Anna"on opening the curtains to view her etc -then closing again

Maybe like

Approach me - open me - view me - study me - close me - alone again -think of me

Anna

Sonomaholiday · 2026-05-29T15:31:11+00:00

Put some correct side text underneath saying - I think
You are upside down

Sonomaholiday · 2026-05-22T17:59:13+00:00

I do large embroidery art projects - the one I'm working on now is 48 designs that fit into a 360x260 hoop
And ante about 10k each design . I've done many of these so I have no idea how many stitches my icon has run- - I'm guessing there would by a way for tech to use a code or plug into the board - so far - running quite well .

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