In this Small Lettering Embroidery Video Training series, I am teaching you how to create Small Lettering that will sew out great on almost any type of fabric. I discuss the Underlay and Pull comp settings for the different types of fabrics. Knowing how to set up and embroider small lettering is extremely important in today’s world. Many corporate logos have tiny lettering incorporated into them and if you do not know how to make your lettering sew out great it will ruin the look of the entire design.
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Part 1 – This will teach you the basics of Small Lettering and how to correct the issues that arise when you are trying to create small lettering. Here is a Blueprint for Setting Up Small Lettering. Download and print it out.
Setting Up Basics For Lettering
Cheat Sheet for Basic Settings
Article: Small Lettering-Written Documentation
In this Small Lettering Embroidery Training series, I have included the written documentation I used to create the program. There are a lot of tips that you will want to use as you are creating your small lettering. Print it out and place it in your Embroidery Binder. I have also included the note sheets so you can take notes as you are following along.
Link to Article: How-to-Create-Small-Lettering-Part1
Video: Common Issues With Small Lettering
In this first video of the Small Lettering Embroidery Training series, I am going to talk about all of the Common Issues that you have as you are creating your small lettering. You must know what type of fabric you are working with before you start to create your design. Each different type of fabric has its own characteristics and the design must be created to accommodate the fabric you will be working with.
Video: Basic Rules Of Small Lettering
In this Small Lettering Embroidery Training series video, I am going over the Basic Rules of Small Lettering. Not all small lettering is created equal. Many times we need to educate our customers as to what will look best and how their own logo will work better if they change the style of their lettering.
Video: Underlay Stitching and Pull Compensation Basics
In this video, I go over the basics of Embroidery Underlay Stitching and Pull Compensation. You need to learn how to grasp the importance of underlay stitching and pull compensation in all of your designs. Starting with lettering and understanding that well is the beginning.
Video: Samples of Basic Rules in Software
In this video, I go over some of the issues and show you in the software what I am talking about, such as lettering too close together, too many stitches in parts of the design and selecting the right type of font with serifs.
Video: Small Lettering Questions & Answers
In this video, I answer questions from the embroiderers that attended the class live.
Part 2 – In this module, I show you how to create basic lettering and editing it so that it will sew out great. I use the Pulse DGML embroidery software and the Wilcom embroidery software. The same techniques will work in almost all embroidery software.
Video: Creating Basic Lettering in Pulse
In this video I show you how to create basic lettering using the Pulse DGML Embroidery Software.
Video: Editing The Basic Lettering To Sew Out Great
In in this I show you how to do some editing on the basic lettering to make the design sew out for production easily. e beginnin I talk about adding locks at the beginning of a word and the end of the word. I also measure the inside of the letters.
Video: Adding Lines Under And On Top Of Letters
In this video I show you how to adjust the letters when you are down to 5 mm.in size and add lines under and over the letters to size them up for the push and pull compensation. I also show you how to adjust the inside of the opening of the letters when they are too small.
Video: Part 2 Questions & Answers
In this video I answer many questions that were asked about creating small lettering.
Video: Creating Basic Lettering in the Wilcom Software
In this video I go through the basics of creating basic lettering in the Wilcom Software. The principals are the same in all embroidery software programs that have editing capabilities.
Video: Editing Basic Lettering in Wilcom Software
In this video I show you how to add the lines under and over the letters to get them lines up for the Push and Pull Compensation.
Part 3 – In part 3 I am showing you some more advanced features that you can do with your small lettering. I am showing you how to create them using the Pulse Software and I will also be adding a Wilcom software version of the same files as well. I will be adding the videos as I have them completed.
- Match a corporate logo
- Adding a fill background to work on fleece or terry
- Create 2 color lettering for small letters
- Create 2 color lettering for larger letters
Video: Creating a Corporate Logo
In this video I am showing you how to create a corporate logo using a simple embroidery font and editing it to match the company logo.
Video: Adding a Background To Corporate Logo
In this video I am showing you how to take the same design and add a background to it so that it will work great on fleece or heavy terry. This method will work on any design regardless of the size.