One of the
aspects of machine embroidery that a lot of people find difficult is to accurately
transfer the marking for centre of their design to their fabric from templates especially
if they multi hooping. We can all transfer the centre marks on our the outer points of out templates to our fabric
to be embroidered but it is that very centre point where we want the needle to drop when we
place the hoop on the machine that is crucial to success. If we have that we can use the jog stitches
on our machines to accurately ensure we drop the needle in the centre of the design before pushing
the button to start embroidering.
You can use
an awl specifically for sewing or there are tools in the hardware shop you can
use, in fact a sharp knitting needle or shish kebab stick will do the job. Whatever
you choose it must make hole large enough for a marking pen to go through
Cut around the template if you ned to line it up accurately against another design etc. Using the awl
put a hole in the very centre of the template you have printed out as well as
each one the four points of the compass.
Using your
wash away or fade away fabric marker mark all five points through the holes
Connect up
the points if you wish to. Now you have a perfect placement hole to line up
your needle with.
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