Course Outline
Join us at the "Embroidery Made Easy" Seminar! This seminar met with great success all around the United States and Australia, with attendees learning valuable information on needles, thread, stabilizer and the truth about embroidery. Learn the facts about creating great embroidery designs and stitch outs. Attendees also enjoy a "sneak peek" of exciting new products, an overview of digitizing basics and insight to digitizing theory and techniques. Be sure to check out the detailed class outline below to see how every embroiderer will benefit from this unique and comprehensive course! This is an interactive seminar, so bring in your questions for our experts!
One of the biggest questions embroiderers have is… “How come the embroidery design stitches out differently on my machine than what I see on the picture of the brochure or what’s on my design screen?” There are many variables in embroidery that we work with but don’t quite know what the right combination is. The first part of the seminar, we talk about these variables, why things go wrong, and how they can affect our embroidery.
Fabric – Is it the root of all our problems? Why is the design great on one fabric and not on another? Knowing the correct variables to use with fabric types opens up the door in understanding a good embroidery recipe.
Stabilizer Choices – There are so many choices out there for stabilizer – how do we know which one to use? Here we discuss the correct stabilizer choices for different fabrics available and how they affect our fabric. We also discuss the construction of the stabilizer and why there are different types for different applications.
Hooping Technique – How tight should our hoop be? What about hooping with or without stabilizer? What about patterned fabric? Hooping technique can be detrimental to your fabric, especially the way it can alter the design outcome.
Needles – How often should we change the needle? What about all the different needles available? Needles can affect the outcome of the embroidery design in many ways. It can cause missed stitches, thread breakage, looping, thread shredding, and much more. Here we discuss what needles are available (sizes & types) and how such a tiny thing can be such a huge variable.
Tension – How can tension affect our embroidery design? Knowing how to balance the tensions between upper and lower thread (top and bobbin) can determine the success of the embroidery design.
Thread – Thread can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer - from the quality to the type (polyester vs. rayon) to the weight and much more. In this section, we discuss different thread attributes, what they are, why and how thread can change the final embroidery design.
Construction of an Embroidery Design – This is a very important section of the seminar in that we discuss how an embroidery design is constructed. Our presenters incorporate how the elements of the variable factors intertwine with digitizing technique and theory. Many of the main points include discussion on how a design is built – the layers involved starting with the underlay (the foundation of a design), optimal stitching in regards to the ordering of the design elements, push and pull theory, and much, much more.
Have you ever wanted to create your own embroidery designs? Our seminar also includes an in-depth presentation of the best-kept secret of creating your own designs – Generations Plus Embroidery Design Software. Our guest presenter will show you how to maximize your creative talent while keeping in check with proper digitizing. Generations Plus is the premier software to create your own embroidery designs with full editing capability. Generations Embroidery Digitizing Software is your answer to Creative Freedom!
Bring your questions for our presenters and creative energy to share in the classroom and you’ll be sure to have a great time!!!
Embroidery Seminar Entrance Fee....................................$40
Promotion Code Discount**................................................($20)
**Promotion Code must be entered for discount pricing.