I just got my embroidery machine off of facebook marketplace two weekends ago and I feel like I can finally tackle some projects thanks to your videos!! Thank you for being so detailed and explaining everything simply so that it is easy to follow along. :)
Thanks for this, I'm trying to do a more complex design and this is giving me a great start. I don't know if I'll be able to use this for what I want but I feel more confident trying!.
It's taken me forever to thank you for this video! THANK YOU! I've been able to use my larger hoop thanks to you 🥰 I've changed how I set up my frames, though. I made a frame and set it as a "basting step" (it's just slightly smaller than 4x4" and I actually stitch it out with very large stitches. I like to do this as an extra way to stabilize my material). I haven't had the need for super precision when combining the hoops, but it's close enough for what I need. Today I'm going to try multipositioning multihoops, the equivalent of 7 4x4 hoops 😳😳😳 Wish me luck! 🥰🥰🥰
@@LowTechLinux Thank you! It worked! Having the basting square works nicely to position the design, so there's no need to print in paper. I added a little dot to each layer and they checked (it was fun when the next hoop's dot stitched exactly on top the the previous'). Still might not be as precise as needed if I split an object in two hoops; I don't dare doing that yet. The biggest problem I had was when I had to re-hoop... that's very hard for me. It's probably best to float in this situation... Practice, practice, right? Well, this shows me my limited 4x4 can be extended quite a lot, with lots of patience. My next challenge is a huge project: 16 4x4 files (or 8 4x7 hoopings 😳) Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skills! Thank you :)
Hi, I want to use my multi hoop to make multiple patches. I don't have a printer. Trying to understand how you are using yours with a basting stitch. So if I make a basting stitchs, put in my image centered , I can duplicate that to fill my frame? Keeping in mind the center line for when I move the hoop?
Thank you so much for this video! I love the way you take your time and both show and explain everything very clearly. I just bought a 4x4 machine and plan to buy the extended hoop, and plan to use Inkstitch for splitting designs. I'm sure I will have more questions when I actually try to do it myself. One question that I have already is - can already digitized designs (purchased from a company) be opened and split in Inkstitch? I had done some embroidery in the past and then spent several years unable to embroider and plan to start up again (for personal use and gifts). I'm sure I have some larger than 4x4 designs that I will want to split.
Thank you very much. The short answer is no. The not short answer is, I don't think so. I will try something with pre designed embroidery file when I can and get back with you.
Actually never mind I went back an watched and stopped to tell you I take that back,your starting off saying,your gonna do the 4X4 as well.my apologies for not doin that in the first place before asking the question……….Please excuse me,I don’t like when people do that lol ….Have a great night gotta get back to the video!😊THANKS AGAIN!
Thanks so much for the video! I am doing a pattern that doesn't easily split between the median line, so I am doing it in three parts--left, center, and middle. I'm wondering what the dots do and why you line the needle up with them? When I load my .pes files in my machine, it doesn't orientate to the dots (of course, as it's not part of the .pes file). I'm wondering if I'm supposed to use the dots to help me align the printed copy on top of the fabric and make sure the needle shows it will be in the right place for the center of the design once I move the hoop? Hope this makes sense and would love any input!
Yes, you want to line the needle up with the dots on all three sections. You're basically splitting the design into three separate embroidery files. Your machine will automatically align to the center of each separate design. If you have a cabin on the left, and a water scene in the right, it will center the water scene half way up the side of the cabin. Centering it to the position needed will put it closer to where you need it to be.
Thank you so much. Your videos are always very helpful. Can you cross the center line as long as you don't go outside the box for the side you are working on?
Excellent video, I really appreciate the effort and the way you explain, for me that im starting in this hobbie, are the best videos. But I have a question, (I hope, I can explain it well), I want to make horizontal satin line along of the loop 4"X 6" without losing the union between de Left and Right design. Could it be done? Regards.
@@LowTechLinux Thanks for answering my question, im trying to do what I wrote above, but I can't make to match the satin line and a fill stitch I hope you can make a video explaining how to do it. Regards.
I am trying my best to follow along but nothing i’m doing is the same as you. mine doesn’t even use the border box that you put. even the center line won’t stay .
It's definitely on my to-do list. Busiest time of the year at work, our greenhouse, and our farmers market about to start up. Work is going to start slowing down soon and I hope to be able to do more videos in the near future
@@LowTechLinux yes please! ive seen another account post how they split the image/whatever it is with a double brazier line, but I can't seem to figure it out. Your videos are much more helpful lol Edit: just saw this was only posted 1 day ago- please take your time! and good luck at the farmers market!!
Hey again ,So I watched to the end and I’m confused a lil on the saving and telling the machine it’s a 4x4.struggling with this ! Please help.IS there ANY easier way to do this or do you have any more videos?I will be following and then I get lost.I
There is theoretically an easier way. Sometimes I get a little too technical in my explanations. I don't need the multihoop now that we have industrial machines but it's on my to do list. It should be just split your design in half, and find the center. Line up on the centers when you go to stitch it out.
When I was watching, I was guessing the way you were going to align the multihoop was using the frames. As the max size of the sub hoops, then just stop the embroidery before the color change to the frame. This way, you don't have to align with the dot.
Yes. That will work too. Honestly that was my initial thought process too. In the end I realized the frames were more of a visual aid and aren't absolute necessary. Once you understand how the multi position hoop works by way of the visual aid of the frames, you could accomplish the same thing without the frames and only use the center line indicator and the alignment dot.. The video basically shows three possible ways to accomplish the same goal. Use the frames and the dot, or just the frames, or just the center line + dot. The most important part is to find the center of the design on each side so I was trying to emphasize that part.
Well, that's embarrassing LOL, I thought I had fixed those after the server move but I think I forgot to in the end. It should now be fixed. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. lowtechlinux.com/2022/02/06/multi-position-hoop-templates/
@@LowTechLinux All that shows up in the link is the image of the hoop sizes, the actual inkscape.svg file isn't there. I'm new at this and really hopefully rely on proven methods/examples of other people like yourself chose to share with those who just haven't caught on. Hope you can fix this so we all can download the files and just not the image....Thank you....btw, you are a very good teacher of inkscape / inkstitch...Thank you.
Sorry about that. I fully understand your frustration with broken links. WordPress really doesn’t like SVG files. I will have to make it a downloadable zip file that will unzip to the appropriate SVG file. I am a truck driver during the day and will fix it as soon as I get home. I will send you an email when it’s ready. Thank you for letting me know it isn’t working and for having patience with an old truck driver 😊
So, I guess we're never too old to learn new things. After using wordpress for 20+ years and having to relearn the new way they do things, I finally figured out how to make a download button LOL. So, I now have a download button for each svg file, as well as a download button for the zip file option. Please let me know of it's working for you now. Thank you lowtechlinux.com/2022/02/06/multi-position-hoop-templates/
@@LowTechLinux thanks for posting. One thing you didn’t mention in the video is “why” the red dots are important. I’m sure a lot of people wonder why we can’t simply use your template and just stitch out both designs move the hoop and have everything align. Can you explain why that won’t work or if theres a workflow that will work without the red registration dots?
@@joeynuggetz When you move the hoop and load the other side of the embroidery file your machine doesn't know it's stitching two haves of one piece. You need a way to align the two sides to each other that is independent of the other side. For example. On the left side you have a house and a field of grass at the bottom of the house. On the right side you only have the grass on the bottom of the frame, in line with the grass on the left side. If you let the machine have it's way it will center the house and grass side, and it will center the grass only side. So the grass on the right side will line up with about the center of the house on the left side. By telling the machine where you want it to center each side (by way of the red mark) you're telling it to stitch the grass on the right side centered relative to the left side (but also independent of the left side).
@@LowTechLinux Is there a way to basically force each side to be "centered" so that simply stitching each side lines up? I was thinking of maybe a really loose basting stitch being placed just inside the extents of each "4x4". Would something like that work?
@@joeynuggetz Hmm, I'm not sure. I am sure there's more than one way to take on this sort of thing. I'd say experiment and see what happens. That's how I figure out a lot of what I figure out too.
