Sewing Direction; Sewing Order; Sewing Wide Areas- Page 69

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Tips and Techniques

Sewing Direction

In order to limit pulling or puckering, select a stitch direction perpendicular to the larger edge of the area.

Sewing Order

After creating an embroidery pattern made of several different parts, be sure to check the sewing order and 
correct it if necessary.

The default sewing order is the order in which the elements are drawn.

Be careful when changing the sewing order since overlapping areas may be incorrectly positioned.

Sewing Wide Areas

• For best sewing results, set 

Under sewing

 to 

On

 when sewing wide regions.

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For more details, refer to “Under sewing” on page 69.

• Changing the 

Sewing Direction

 setting prevents pulling-in or puckering of the stitching.

• When embroidering, use stabilizer material specifically for embroidering. Always use stabilizer material 

when embroidering lightweight or stretch fabrics, otherwise the needle may bend or break, the stitching may 
pull and pucker, or the pattern may become misaligned.

• When satin stitching is sewn in a wide area, the stitched area may shrink after sewing, depending on the 

material and the type of thread used. If this happens, switch to this alternate method: Select the fill stitch 
and use stabilizer material on the reverse side of the fabric.

This software allows you to create a wide variety of embroidery patterns and supports wider ranges for the 
setting of the sewing attributes (thread density, sewing pitch, etc.). However, the final result also depends 
on your particular embroidery machine model. We recommend that you make a trial sewing sample with 
your sewing data before sewing on the final material. Remember to sew your trial sample on the same 
type of fabric as your final material and to use the same needle and the same machine embroidery thread.

Pulling or puckering more likely to occur

Pulling or puckering less likely to occur

Pattern

After sewing

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