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Design registration problems
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Why do my design borders not match up with fills?
This is one of the most common problems encountered by those using embroidery equipment. Poor design registration can have one or more causes:
incorrect choice of backing material (thickness and/or type)
fabric not tensioned adequately in the hoop
design has not been digitised well / with correct push/pull compensation
design being run was not digitised for the fabric/item which you are running it on
excessive play in embroidery machine's hoop attachment
excessive free movement/play in machine's frame drive mechanism
thread tension is too high
needle is too thick for the fabric
inferior design/construction of the machine
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Ho do I find out what is causing my problem
Well, you have to start with a process of elimination:
If you're new to the embroidery business then you may have a new machine and you're certainly still learning about running an embroidery business and the whole process of producing embroidery. If this is the case then your problem could be the result of any one or more of the above.
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Single head machine
Hoop up some woven fabric and tension it very well.
Use a good quality, medium weight, cut-away backing
Make sure that the backing is caught in the hoop with the fabric.
Place the hoop into the machine and check for any noticeable free movement of the hoop in either direction
Make sure you're not using a needle that is too thick - try a size 10 (9 for thin thread)
Run the machine at low speed
if there is no improvement then the problem is either with the design or with the machine. If the design looks better when run at low speed then run the machine again at high speed. If the design looks worse at high speed then the machine is suspect but if the design still looks good at high speed then we must look towards either the design digitising and/or the backing and fabric tension
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Multi-head machine
If you're having design registration problems on a multi-head machine then it should be a little easier to find out what is causing the problem. More heads - easier? How can that be?
Well, consider this. . .
If you run the design on a 6 head machine and you get 4 good embroideries and 2 which are out of registration then it cannot be the design which is at fault. A poorly digitised design will always produce a poor quality embroidery - no matter how many heads and no matter how many times you run it.
If the result is good under some heads and poor under others then it is most likely that the problem on those heads is either:
Inedequate fabric tension
Improper placement and/or tension of backing fabric
Loose fitting or incorrectly adjusted hoops
Severe thread tension adjustment problems
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Summary
Eliminate as many variables as possible starting with the best case scenario.
Use good quality, medium weight, cut away backing
Make sure that the backing is fastened in the hoop with the fabric - (not slipped underneath the hooped garment).
Run a sample on woven fabric first as this is the easiest fabric to embroidery because it does not stretch and can be hooped with high tension.
Try a design that you have used before and that you know has run well. If it still runs well then you know the machine is OK.
Once you have everything running well with good, repeatable results then you can start to work back, trying different backings, fabrics and designs until you know where the weak link is.
IMPORTANT
A poorly digitised design will often look much better when run on a quality made embroidery machine whereas even a well digitsed design can suffer in quality when run on a poor quality machine. Designs which have small lettering, large areas of fill and narrow satin or run stitch borders usually prove the most difficult.
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