I have a Brother PE500 that I use to make embroidery patches. When I look at the design, it looks fine, but when I cut it out and look at it on the backside, it looks like the design has shifted and is warped. Instead of a perfect circle, the patch is slightly shifted towards the right making it an oval shape.
I am not sure if it's the stabilizer I'm using (medium tear away), something I'm doing wrong in digitizing the design, or if it is a problem with hooping. I tried placing the design dead center instead of adjusting the placement, but the design still shifts towards the right.
Any ideas what it could be? Thanks!
By Alice
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I have a Brother SE270D & a Brother SE750D. I have been a proud owner of the 270D since it came out & the 750D since 2007 or 2008 (I believe) & I love them to death. I've been sewing for over 40 years & embroidered by hand until I couldn't see to thread the needle or where to put the needle for the next titch.
The problem you are having sounds to me like when you place your fabric in the hoop you aren't putting it in straight & are pulling one side tighter than the other or at an angle. This is basically the same as when you lay out a regular sewing pattern for a garment - follow arrows to set your pattern on the material with the weave straight so that the garment will hang straight when you wear it. You definitely don't want to pull it too tight. Look at the weave... it will show you.
I found out the hard way when I 1st started machine embroidery that you have to be very careful even when you are embroidering something as simple as a patch. My solution to some of the problem is that I use different weights of sticky backed stabilizer on everything! - well, except for the most fragile of fabrics.
This is mainly because sometimes your hoop & or fabric does slip when it is fabric alone with a non-sticky, lightweight stabilizer. It looks okay in the hoop because it is stretched out but once it is out of the hoop then it looks warped. Using a sticky stabilizer & laying the fabric down straight usually solves the problem because you don't have to pull the fabric.
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