What to Get for Embroidery: Essential Tools and Supplies for Beginners

Embroidery Essentials: A Complete Guide to Getting Started

Apr 14 2025

Embroidery Essentials: A Complete Guide to Getting Started

Finishing the project

Once you have finished your embroidery, you’ll want to show it off right away! If you aren’t using it in a garment or quilty project, you might consider displaying it in the very hoop you stitched the design in! I have written a very handy tutorial that shows you how you finish an embroidery hoop for wall hanging.

Your finished embroidery design can look amazing featured on the wall with other embroideries. I’m planning a whole hoop wall!

You might like this Tea Time Posy Stitchery. It’s perfect for beginners.

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I really hope you’ve found this beginners tutorial useful. Please get in touch if you have any questions, or if you’d like to share some suggestions or your favourite techniques, notions and supplies. I’d love to share them with my readers.

Happy stitching, Lauren x

This post was written by Lauren Wright and appeared first on Molly and Mama https://www.MollyandMama.com.au

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Embroidery For Beginners – What Supplies Will You Need?

Have you always wanted to try embroidery, but you weren’t sure where to start? Welcome to the first of five posts in my Embroidery for Beginners series. I’m here to share all of the basics with you, so you know what resources you need and then how to get started.

Floss

So you’ve chosen a design and the fabric to stitch it on. Now it’s time to choose your sewing floss or thread. Most hand embroidery is stitched with 6 stranded cotton floss; a thicker thread that is made up of six individual strands. Brands like DMC which come in a huge range of colours, are sold as skeins.

I love to use Aurifil floss which comes on a wooden spool (shown below).

To stitch, cut a length about 18 inches long. You may choose to sew with all six strands. This will give you a thicker stitch. However, most embroidery is traditionally sewn with two or three strands. So you would peel away the number of strands you would need to sew with, and set the remainder aside until needed.

Another common thread option for embroidery is perle thread which is a thicker twisted cotton. You cannot divide the strands but it does help you achieve a more dimensional look to your stitching. You could also try tapestry wool, broder, crewel yarn, silk, rayon, shashiko thread or even ribbon. It really depends on the finished look you are wanting to achieve.

The next thing to consider is thread colour. Will you stitch your design in just one shade, use a collection of a few colours, or will you mix together a huge selection of colours? I usually try and select a palette that complements the fabrics I will be using or that suits the intended use of the project.

Why Best Design For Embroidery Machine Is Important?

It is very important to select the best design for embroidery machine. After you select the best design for machine, you embroidery quality will be perfect and accurate. So, always try to use the best embroidery designs for your machine embroidery and customized embroidery works.

We provide the best designs for machines that can help you to create nice embroidery logo and monograms. Get in touch with us for more information about personalized embroidery digitizing services.

Package 1 is the Standard Package:

  • Small files $5+ per piece.
  • Medium standard files $10+ per piece
  • Big complex files $30+ or according to the complexity.

“(This package is available for all clients)”

Package 2 Average Package:

  • $7+ per piece any files averagely (stitch less than 30000)
  • $10+ per piece any files averagely (stitch more than 30000)

“(This package is only for the clients who have regular orders)”

Package 3 Per Thousand Package:

  • Embroidery Digitizing Services & Custom Embroidery Design That Digi Offers

    Our embroidery digitizing services use the latest software and tools to ensure accuracy, precision, and efficiency. At Digi Embroidery, we understand the importance of quick turnaround times and exceptional customer service, which is why we provide fast delivery times without sacrificing quality.

    With our custom embroidery designs, we can help you create unique and personalized logos, monograms, and other designs to help you stand out from the crowd. Our designs are perfect for businesses, organizations, and individuals looking to create one-of-a-kind products that truly reflect their brand or personal style.

    Digitizing Embroidery Formats That We Provide For Design For Embroidery Machine

    Digi Embroidery provides almost all kinds of embroidery digitizing. All formats for machines. Also, we provide the source file as well with our digitizing. Only if the client wants. So, for whatever formats you need, just let us know if we can provide it for you. We use various embroidery digitizing software. But mainly we use Wilcom. Because it’s the most advanced software. Here are some available formats that we provide.

    Files We Need To Convert To Embroidery File

    You can send us any flat image format. Even source file of the image. Because we can change image formats accordingly. So, no worry about your file formats. Just send us whatever you have to digitize. Even if it is just a drawing. We can digitize it for you. Here are some formats that we can handle to digitize.

    Also, other available formats you can send to us. Because use Photoshop. Illustrator. and Corel Draw to correct them accordingly.

    Affordable Embroidery Digitizing Service that is the best in USA

    Embroidery Digital service takes hand-made embroidery. And sewing stitches to convert it to a digital format. We are the best at this task as we have experts who are trained to do flawless work. Also, we offer the most affordable digitizing service in the market. What we do is transform tangible work into stitch files. So, embroidery machines can read the files easily. The work involves mapping or stitching. Extensive stitching ensures that all the digital version of the embroidery. Our Affordable Embroidery Digitizing Service is always done on time. So, we do not just give your precious work as we know how priceless it is to you. Because the finest professionals with years of experience handling embroidery digitizing.

    .80+ Per Thousand stitches (from 1 to 10000)
  • What is Custom Embroidery Digitizing Meaning?

    Embroidery digitizing is a method of changing your artwork into a stitch file. Examples of such artwork include logos and emblems. The stitch file that is created is for embroidery machines to sew on clothing. Embroidery digitization is always done before the tangible swing. The whole process is an art but also a precise science too. Also, there are a few meanings of it. Converting. Changing. Transforming. Redrawing. stitching etc.

    Custom Embroidery digitizing is the process of converting existing artwork like a company logo into a stitch file that an embroidery machine can sew. So, before any design can be embroidered, it must be digitized. Digitizing is a complex process that is done manually with embroidery softwares.

    Back in the day, old technology made embroidery digitizing expensive. Also, it was a process that took a lot of manual labor and huge lengths of time. However, those days are over. Now, technology has come to a point. Where affordable embroidery is not a dream anymore. So, it’s possible to produce high-quality work in short periods. Also, Customization is not a problem anymore. There are many digitizing services online. However, you should not just go to anybody for your work. Other places rush it and make noticeable flaws. Not only that, if you approach them regarding flaws in the design, they will ask for more money. But we will never do that to you. We will do a perfect job and if you don’t like it, we will keep doing it till you are 100% satisfied.

    How to Get Your Design Digitized For Embroidery?

          • You can give us your logo or other designs such as patterns.
          • Also, pictures or even photos to digitize.
          • We can work with whatever you provide for a sample.
                • So, to into an outstanding work of art. Furthermore, you won’t believe how accurate we can do the job.
                • Digi embroidery designers are not just skilled labor, moreover, they are skilled concept artists and art directors.
                      • Meaning they can make creative decisions too.
                      • If you are unsure about your logo, just give us an idea of your vision.
                      • We will nurture that vision and turn it into something that everyone loves to look at.
                      • Also, Digi Embroidery professionals can add patterns and designs from pictures or photos that you provide and add it to your logo just as instructed.
                      • We promise perfection and innovation.
                      .70+ Per Thousand (from 10000 to 30000)
                    • Free Machine Embroidery Design Files

                      We also provide free embroidery designs. Besides doing embroidery digitizing. You can get free designs as well. Because sometimes people search for free design to us. So, we have a page where our clients can download. Some embroidery designs are free. Also, we offer those free designs in various formats. But we don’t modify them for free. Only you can download them for free. If you want to change them. Then you need to order to customize it.

                      Digi Embroidery Specilities

                      These are the service we provide. We ave also have other offers. But digitizing is really complicated work. So, need a lot of patience on it. Better you find professionals for this. It’s very unique creativity. Why need unlimited revision? Well, there are several reasons behind this. I will explain to you only a few. So, you can learn the factors. Sometimes clients are worried. Because of the new digitizing company. So, go make more trust we do this. And this really helps to improve their trust.

                      .50+ Per Thousand (more than 30000 stitches)

                    “(This package is only for the clients who have regular orders)”