What Is a DST Embroidery File?
A DST file is the commercial embroidery format used by industrial machines. It carries stitches but no colors. Here is what that means and when you need one.
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PES Files Explained: What They Are and How to Use Them
A PES file is a machine embroidery design saved for Brother, Babylock and Bernina machines. Here is what is inside one, why some will not open, and how to use it.
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Where to Find Free Machine Embroidery Designs (and How to Find Them Again)
Where real free machine embroidery designs come from, why a recognizable character is never one of them, what free actually allows you to do, and how to find your designs again six months later.
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What Embroidery File Format Does My Brother Machine Use?
Brother embroidery machines use PES files. Here is how to tell which file you need, why a PES sometimes will not load, and how to get it onto the machine.
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Knockdown Stitch vs Pile Tamer: What They Are and When You Need One
Short answer: a knockdown stitch is a light grid of stitching sewn first, underneath your design, to press the pile
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Embrilliance vs. Unzip2Stitch: Your Fonts. Your Choice.
I have used Embrilliance for years and still recommend it. Here is what each program is actually for, from someone who uses both.
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Perfect T-Shirt Placement — No Marks
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Why Your Embroidery Puckers — and How to Actually Fix It
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Stop Selling Yourself Broke
The stitch-count formula is answering the wrong question. Where embroidery profit really comes from – with the numbers from a 25-shirt order worked all the way through.
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Why your embroidery disappears into towels (and the one-click fix)
Designs sinking into terry cloth or fleece? A light grid stitched underneath flattens the pile first. Here is what it does, when you need it, and the one-click fix.
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