DIME Machine Embroidery in 6 Easy Lessons

Machine Embroider in 6 Easy Lessons Includes:

Chapter 1. Beginning Basics You don't need to spend a fortune on a top-of-the-line machine; instead, look for a machine with the basic seven functions to start your machine embroidery journey.

Chapter 2. Embroidery Designs Understanding the basic elements of every embroidery design will allow you to make wise choices when selecting stabilizers and fabrics. 

Chapter 3. Placement Spending time testing embroidery designs and selecting the appropriate threads and stabilizer is all for naught if the embroidery is positioned incorrectly. But don't fret—there are industry standards and handy tools to help you achieve professional placement. 

Chapter 4. Hooping Your goal when hooping your fabric is to hold the fabric in one stationary location while the hoop moves to lay the stitches down on the fabric. Learn the easy way to achieve this goal. 

Chapter 5. Stitching Now that you've marked the placement of the design on the fabric, added stabilizer, and selected a method of hooping, it's time to stitch! Learn some simple steps fine-tuning steps to insure beautiful embroidery. 

Chapter 6. Finishing Now that the design is complete, remove the hoop from the machine, but don't take it out of the hoop just yet. Learn why! 

Bonus! The book also includes 4 Helpful Embroidery Tools to make embroidery placement and easy! 

• The Angle Finder: Find design rotation measurement quickly and easily. This ensures you'll never have crooked embroidery again! 
• Centering Ruler: Measure designs and distances between designs easily. 
• Target Ruler: Locate the center of any area in the hoop! 
• Target Stickers: The professional method for planning embroidery layout on a project. Plus there's no risk of permanent ink stains on your project with pens!

Appendix

• Embroiderer's 12-Point Checklist 
• 10 Favorite Time-Saving Habits 
• Choosing the Right Hoop 
• Exercises 
• Resources