Embroidery Designs Guide

We have for you today a very focused and niche area of machine embroidery designs - phrases embroidery designs. Check it out at Stitchbank.

Each of the designs have one particular saying or phrase and the theme revolves around this. Depending on the occasion or ones preferences, you can choose a particular design. The sayings could be simple and general like “The best day in my life is today” or specific like “You make my heart sing”. The image in the phrase should match the mood of the meaning of the saying. Innovation or creativity is the key and what is portrayed at Stitchbank is only a starter for us. It is for us to use our own phrases and make our embroidery designs.

The machine pattern next to this post has a height of 83.2 mm with width of 110.6 mm. It is made in 3 colors with a total of 15110 stitches.

Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday”) is also called “Shrove Tuesday”, the final day of Carnival (pronounced “CAR-nuh-vul” in English; “car-nee-VAHL” in most Romance languages – and in New Orleans, Lousiana, because of its French heritage). It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian liturgical season of Lent.

Check out this great resource for mardi gras embroidery embroidery designs at Studio 3 Designs…really a treasure trove. All designs are available in the following formats - ART, PES, HUS, CSD, EXP, SEW, PCS, DST, XXX & JEF and the information on machine embroidery designs would come in handy here. The resource contains patterns in two hoop sizes - 3.9 by 3.9 inches and the large size - 5 by 7 inches or the 6.9 by 5 inches. All patterns are done in the traditional cultural overflowing mask fashion and are a treat to embroider.

The mask over the eyes for all the embroidery designs are focused and stitched clearly. Effort has gone in to ensure consistency in the waves of patterns around the face which form the hallmark of mardi gras embroidery designs.

Check out this amazing collection of flip flop embroidery designs at Golden Stitch. Aren’t they a beauty. These are great appliques with a variety of categories varying from polka dots, hearts, swirls, checks and floral to name a few. Most of them are the small size appliques with width and height below 4 inches each.

These are available in most machine formats like Brother/Baby Lock (PES/PCS), Bernina (ART Version 1 Through 4), Viking Husqvarna (SHV/HUS), Janome (JEF/Sew), Compucon/Singer (XXX), Tajima (DST), Melco (EXP), Pfaff (PCS/VIP).

These applique embroidery designs can be used for kids wear, T-shirts, beach wear, beach bags.

What is metallic thread embroidery? This is a machine embroidery technique which uses fibers that reflect a metallic lustre and radiance. At first look, one might mistake it to be real metal but in reality, these are only fiber threads which look like metal. Surprisingly, these fibers are comparatively less strong and hence needs to be embroidered with great care.

Why is metallic thread embroidery becoming popular? The fascinating and spell binding color lustrous combinations that emerge from this style of embroidery makes it commercially viable to operate. These are popular for embroidering apparels, wrist bands, belts, lamp shades, bags and book covers.

Check out a sample at Stitchery Mall. Isnt it spell binding! The butterflies and the flowers come to life due to the metal threading. Also you could notice the fineness of the image. The size of this particular embroidery piece is 75mm by 95mm. This can be downloaded in the following machine embroidery formats - ARTv2, ARTv4, DST, HUS, JEF, PCS, PES, SEW, VIP.

The information on machine embroidery would come in handy here.

This is an oft repeated question and I have been getting a few requests to get some cute looking borders for the embroidery hoops. We have quite a few resources on the actual embroideries or appliques but very few which really give you choices for the variety of borders that you can treat your design to. Just like in artwork, the border can make or break the look and feel of an embroidery. Hence it is important to choose the right border for the right design.

How does one do this? The rules are quite simple. Invertendo is the key. If the design is really complex and eyecatching, simple or sometimes no borders would do. If the design is simple or small and you would really want to attract the viewer, a smart border which showcases the design would be apt. The embroidery border should always focus to highlight the design - in some manner or the other.

Check out this page at Madmumbler. This focuses on some of the borders that you can choose from - as starters. But innovation is the key. Elegant borders can be used for stunning designs like the appliscapes. They generally come with single color or multi color formats from which you can choose suitably. Borders like the Holly Corner (you see besides this post) is good for simple colorful designs which need to suitably accentuated. This comes in 3 sizes, 2 of them fit the 4X4 hoop, the third fits the 5X7 hoop. These designs are available in the .hus, .pes, and .dst formats and the information on machine embroidery would come in handy here. Some of the moon corner border embroideries you see in the site are really cute and can be used as a contrast to the parent design.

We have some embroidered angels arriving for you here! Aren’t they stunning? Check out this resource at Sew Dragon Designs. Divinely inspired hoop embroideries in the 4 X 4 size. These designs are available in pes, art, hus, xxx, sew and dst formats and the information on machine embroidery would come in handy here! The designs can be used as cute appliques on girls frocks, napkins, handkerchiefs.

All designs have been done with an eye for detail. Check the hoop besides this post. The expression of the angel child as she sits on the cloud represents one of serenity and happiness. All the angelic  embroidery designs reflect innocence and purity.

These are available as instant downloads.

Here is a great resource on some pretty embroidery fonts - The Embroidery Font Shop. All of them would make great appliques. Each font category has unique characteristics and should be used appropriately for the right person and dress. For example, the Aristocrat font denotes classiness while the Funky font is more casual. The Flirty font is best for teens, whilst the Monster font is the kids favourite. There are some good wedding fonts like Silverbell, Charming or Edwardian which you could use for special invites.
All fonts come in small, medium and large sizes with 26 letters. If the font style is such that the size varies depending on whether it is at the center or right/left position, then you would have both the size options. The embroidery fonts come in Jef, art, pcs, pcd, xxx, exp, csd, pec, pes, sew, hus, dst, vip formats (the information on machine embroidery would come in handy here).

Some of them are quite unique like Tinkertoy, Antique, Skittles. A good auto digitizing software for embroidery fonts is Singer Hyper Font - Font Auto Digitizing Software. The hyper font software easily converts any Windows True Type (R) font into embroidery embellishments.

Happy Embroidery Fonting!

Check out the decorative bells available for you through the cutwork art of embroidery. This is available for view at Secrets Of. You can navigate your way by choosing “Everything for Embroidery” clicking through “A Stitch and A Half” and selecting “Decorative Bells Embroidery Designs”. Aren’t they a beauty? These are shaped in the form of bells and could be used as table centerpieces or as part of your festive decorations. Some of them are available as appliques and the information on applique embroidery designs would come in handy here. All of the embroideries come in hoops in sizes of 4X4, 5X7 or 6X10.

Check out the 5X7 table centerpiece. The stitch count is 9614, height at 3.8 inches and width 6.6 inches. These are available in all machine embroidery formats namely ART, HUS, PES, PCS, SEW, VIP, DST JEF and the information on pc-machine embroidery would certainly help you understand the various formats. Have a great time livening up your decorations.

Introducing the ‘Miles O Smiles‘ colorful applique embroidery designs. Aren’t they a treat to watch? The best part is that you could purchase your own custom set and download immediately. All the designs are available in dst, hus, pes, art, vip, jef, csd, exp formats and are available in sets of 8 applique designs costing 30 dollars. The information given in machine embroidery designs would come in handy here.

I found these designs strikingly similar to the iron-on appliques that we had posted in the month of May. Apart from the two hand impressions which were really cute, I took a fancy to the pattern you see next to this post. What I liked best is that all the 6 items which includes the tree, cloud, sun, chair, sea and umbrella were well fitted into one small applique in a beautiful manner.

These embroideries could be stitched or used as iron-on’s on frocks, handbags or T-shirts.

Here is a splendid lively resource for free machine embroidery designs. This is Deb’s Windstar Embroidery. The website has some unique categories like ‘Cute-N-Lovely’, ‘Celestials’, ‘Sayings and Phrases’ embroidery designs. There is also an ‘All Awareness’ appliques ribbon embroidery design set perfect for fund raising and charities.

I draw particular attention to the free machine embroidery designs section, which have some good designs available to you on free sign up. These designs are available in the pes, hus, jef or other formats of your choice and the same can be downloaded in a zipped file. Apart from this, the pdf-formatted design information file or color chart would give you all other details. The information on machine embroidery designs would come in handy here.
Check out the Peppermint Teddies Set (marching with Candy Canes). It is sized at 3.42″ by 3.78″ with a stitch count of 11,293. It contains 6 colors and is perfect for 4″ by 4″ hoop.