How to Make a Heart Using Appliqué Embroidery on the Brother SE400 Sewing Machine
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2013
- Learn how to do Appliqué Embroidery on the Brother SE 400 Sewing Machine. Creating this heart is a simple, step-by-step process that I will walk you through, so that you can easily follow along, while embroidering your own appliqué at home.
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This is the first appliqué tutorial I've been able to understand fully. Think i,ll have to give this a go.
The cutter works great!Love it!
The dieline is actually intended to be stitched FIRST on your applique fabric. This allows you to cut the fabric exactly to fit. THEN you stitch the actual design file. Your process is backwards from the designers intentions (see embroidery library for more information). When placing a piece of fabric that is already embroidered, the pull probably won't allow it to fit. Also, you don't want to cut your satin stitches.
I see what you are referring to, and realize there are several ways to do applique. I agree that doing it the other way around would make it much easier to cut out the design, and I appreciate your information. Thanks for your comment. :)
Thanks for another great tutorial. I've still not done an applique yet.
The Brother SE-400 is the best sewing machine I've used yet (and I've used many). It has EVERYTHING a person would need. I like the needle threader (it's better than their regular sewing machines). It cuts the thread. It sews very well and quietly. And, it is also an embroidery machine.
I had one for about a month, but decided I needed a bigger stitch area and got a brother PE-770. I like it, too.
Thank you this was exactly what I needed to see!
Great video and easy to follow instructions
Nice
sooo pretty!!
excellent tutorials
This was so helpful in teaching me how to do appliques! When I first got my machine, I just assumed I would not be able to figure this out, but now I'm going to try with my greek letters! Looks so much easier than cutting them out and sewing them by hand!
Thanks Nicole. Everything has a learning curve, but this has worked well for me.
Good luck with your projects. :)
Very well done!!
Thank you! I will try to make one just like yours :)
very nice tutorial
Thank you.
Very helpful. I'm just starting to learnig machine embroidery and applique and this really helped. Thank you!
Good, because embroidering an applique can be quite fun!
There is no need to hoop the first fabric. Simply hoop your lower material with or without backing. Apply adhesive, spray or iron on, to the red (applique) fabric and center it on the base fabric. Stitch the outline, then trim the applique fabric close to the outline. Then continue applying the embroidery stitches to seal the edges. It reduces the likelihood of missing the applique fabric by misalignment. We do hundreds of applique's per year in the shop using this method.
Wow, that is really nice.
I'm sorry that some people are not very polite in their comments. You are wonderful and appreciated!
Thank you Vicky..your positive comments are also appreciated. We do our best to share helpful information, tips and techniques. Thanks for taking the time to visit us. :D
I have a new machine and can'twait to try this. thx
Thank you Pamela :) and thanks for visiting TLC Inspirations UA-cam Channel.
As with all things DIY and crafts, there are many ways to achieve the desired results. Your way will also work, so thank you for sharing. "Proper" is a matter of opinion. Thank you for visiting.
That's correct, it will only embroider within a 4x4 space. A large hoop would allow you to realign your design and connect it with another design or repeat a design. I have not tried this technique, but I guess it can be done. I just stick with my 4x4 hoop. :)
You can certainly try it that way. This is the only way I have done it, so I can't tell you if your way would work. The die line is for placement of your design. And if you are creating an applique out of one fabric and stitching it another you need to create the applique on your stabilizer, and the die line on the other fabric guides your placement. Let me know if you try it the other way and if works. Thanks for visiting us. :)
So basically mark the center of the heart design- put your needle there and then hit go and it will move the outline just like with embroidery. It seems you have to be pretty exact to the center of the design for the final stitching to get done in the outline shape.
I have done 3 projects all has failed. doing them on quilt blocks , hand towels and T-shirts
my upper thread keeps winding around my lower bobbin threads and my pattern gets ruin by the sewing machine eating a hole through my project what am I do wrong... the tension or what, I use stabilaizer on both front and back of project it takes me so long to get it out of the machine Using a brothers SE425 does the speed matter using between slow and medium
Omg you do beautiful work!!!. Will this process work on the PE-500 aswell? Pls anyone
Jackie Theron Stockstill I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work on your machine. Good luck! and thank you :)
Always have to use the pedal? I just gat my and I don’t know how to used!!
I have a Brother 900D machine. I think this may work well. I hope so.
Thank you for sharing. And showing the setting on the machine. Can you actually stick the first step and sew the appliqué directly to the garment then cut away the access material? I hope that make sense
Hi, can I use an octo hoop with the brother se400 ?
Just to do a bigger design.
Thank you. love your videos.
I have the SE-400 and I'm still learning how to use the embroidery. Can you tell me if I have to remove the hoop to change the bobbin when it states to change thread color?
Yes, you need to remove the hoop when changing thread colors in the bobbin, unless you are embroidering a design that uses the white embroidery thread in the bobbin. You only change the bobbin color when the design needs to be finished looking on both top and underside. For instance if you are embroidering a wall hanging, you would just use your white embroidery thread (it comes with the machine) If you are doing free standing lace you need to change the bobbin thread. I hope this is helpful. :)
Hi! I really enjoyed this tutorial! So far the only one that I understand! l do Have a few questions about the machine settings and the design files..
1. I have a Brother LB-6800, It doesn't seem to recognize different stages of the stitching… It doesn't stop stitching or anything.. Is this depending on where the purchased file is from and what is included??
2. Do you change the settings on your machine to "Applique" ?? My manual says to do this and gives instructions, but I can't find the "Applique" option!
Thank you again, and you have been a great help!! :)
My machine is a Brother SE 400, and it can read the embroidery files if there are stopping points in the file. I'm sorry but I'm not at all familiar with the machine that you are using, and unable to offer any advice. Maybe Brother Support could be of some help.
I have another question. Based on my practice run last night, the bobbin was white, the top pink. if I am doing a job that has multiple colors, how to I do that to be sure the top color comes out correctly? Does that make sence?
The stitching always starts in the middle of the hoop, unless you adjust to the left, right, up or down. You can mark where you want the design to be on your fabric and then line the fabric up in the hoop, using the grid that came with the machine. I hope this helps.
Im a noob to embriodery, havent even started it, but im wanting to do a layered fabric applique, is it basically the same technique?
Unfortunately, the way shown is not the only way to create an applique. You can see how I did a double layer flower, in our video titled "How to sew a simple flower applique." Also, if you purchase an embroidery applique design, usually they include instructions for stitching the designs. I hope this helps, and best wishes with your new embroidery ventures! :)
What size hoop are you using? I want to buy the pe500 or pe400 but both say they only use 4x4 hoops.
Jacqueline Wilson My machine, a Brother SE 400 also uses a 4x4 sewing area, so no matter what size hoop you use, it is only capable of sewing in that 4x4 area.
Where do you download the applique patterns?
if i use a 5 x7 hoop; will thedesign expand if necessary. can i do a design 4.25 x 4.25?
How do you best figure out that the needle will start stiching in the correct spot the appliqué onto the base fabric.
Why not hoop the background fabric and applique the heart - placing the red fabric down before the appllique stitch? Seems like a lot off needless steps.......
Linda Bolyard This has been addressed in previous comments. This video is the way I was taught, but I now realize there are other ways to do this. Thanks for your comment.
I am a novice and at first I wanted to buy the innovis 50 because it has more than a hundred stitches. But my main purpose is to do embroidered pillow cases or towels and other stuffs. When i learned about SE400, i am now having a 2nd thought of buying innovis 50.. what do you suggest?
It doesn't look like the Innovis 50 is an embroidery sewing machine. If you want to begin doing machine embroidery, the SE 400 is a great entry level embroidery sewing machine, and has a lot to offer at an affordable price.
how long since you bought your machine... have not you encountered any problems yet? I am from the Philippines and Brothers here doesn't offer SE 400 and won't cover the warranty as well. Is this something I need to worry about?
Hi do you have to purchase a program to do applique? If so which program?
You don't need a program to applique, but if you are doing applique on an embroidery machine, in the hoop, you would need an embroidery applique design.
Is the machine limited to a 4x4 design or is it the hoop that comes with the machine? I purchased the SE 400 and also ordered a larger hoop that says it fits the SE400. If I understand you correctly, even if I had the larger hoop attached, the SE400 will not do designs larger than 4x4?
How can I find a DL PES file? I have my applique files all as PES, I can't find anywhere to convert to DL PES, will the se 400 automatically have that option once I load the PES file? I loved your video and how you explained it but can't figure out the file part. Thank you for your time !
In the hoop designs for applique, usually come with 2 files. One is the PES stitch out design, and the other is the DL or dieline for applique placement. The machine will not alter or change file formats.
After watching and reading the comments I am as lost as I started. I am a novice and don't get me wrong I appreciate anyone taking the time to do these videos but I would not know what is being done right or wrong so I probably have learned some things wrong or just more difficult because I don't know better. But with that said, it is not nice to criticize the person that at least took the time to make the video, you know who you are (read Below) and maybe suggest your way and give us all new ways of learning, make your own videos and if you know so much why are you watching this one?? TLC you continue doing what you are doing, thanks!
Thank you for your comment, we appreciate it. :) We just try to share what we have learned.
Hi do you have a video on how to embroider a baseball cap or make an applique for a baseball cap and apply it.using the SE-400?
No, and you can't embroidery a baseball cap with the brother SE400, as far as I know. It takes a special type of embroidery hoop, but you can probably research that a little more online yourself. I'm sure there are people doing it on other machines.
***** I did see a hoop for a baseball cap and I think it was on web site that sells sewing machines and it was for the S-400.
does the bobbin thread need to be the same color as the top thread? I got a new PRW machine yesterday and it came with a ton of white bobbins.
Rae Flores A machine embroidery design usually uses a thinner white bobbin thread, and then your colored thread on the top. When doing your applique border stitching I would use color in both bottom and top.
Thank you. I did a practice run with white Bobbin and color thread on top. My entire word was white!!
Rae Flores ok, I have another question. Based on my practice run last night, the bobbin was white, the top pink. if I am doing a job that has multiple colors, how to I do that to be sure the top color comes out correctly? Does that make sence?
thanks, your videos are great, I just saw your free standing lace!! I'm in love!!
Did you or anyone experience problems with the bobbin, it keeps jamming on me as in twisting itself up...
So if you are using heavy fabrics, like fleece, you would use a lighter stabilizer? What if you are making a blanket, how do you do it then, all the tutorials I see are on small pieces of fabric
Mona, I have not tried this on a blanket, but I would think that you would just do the applique wherever you wanted it on the blanket, and just hoop that section. Also, as far as the stabilizer, you would still use the stabilizer to create the applique, but not necessarily on the blanket fabric that you are going to apply the applique to, if it is a heavier fabric. Does that make sense? I hope this helps, and thanks for visiting us.
From what I understand about the Octi Hoops is that they are meant to be used for free motion embroidery, and sewing without a presser foot, so I don't see any reason why you couldn't use it on the Brother SE 400. I personally have not had any experience with the Octo Hoop. Thanks for visiting TLC Inspirations UA-cam Channel.
I am wanting an SE-400. Can you tell me how the auto thread cutter works?
You just push a button and the top and bobbin threads are cut for you. :)
My brand new S-400 was delivered yesterday and I'm so excited to try it. This is my first new sewing machine and I'm 77 and just starting to try to sew. I want to embroider on things but kind of nervous. Thanks for the tutorial.
***** Well I still have not set it up, I'm still checking to make sure everything is there. I need to make a couple of crib sheets for my great grandson and everytime I get fabric from Joanns I end up ruining it trying to straighten it. By the time I get it straight It's too narrow. so far I'm 3 to 0 on my trys. I dont know how to straighten the fabric without trimming it, trimming it makes it too narrow. Joanns rips the fabric instead of cutting it and thats the problem, plus when I wash it it shrinks 3 inches. So now I have a 40 inch piece of fabriic when I need a 45 inch or the least 42. At 7.99 a yard I'm getting madder by the minute. I am not buying from them anymore. i want to embroidery his name on it if I ever get it done. I'm totally confused after reading all the instructions just to thread it is 18 steps. A bit much I think.
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i bought a new brother pe500 i was just testing it but i dont know y needle is breaking.
I'm not familiar with that model sewing or embroidery machine, and I'm not sure why your needle would break. Maybe try a different brand, and make sure it is inserted properly, with the flat side of the needle shank faced away from you when inserting.
Also, needle size. You may be using the wrong size needle for your fabric....a thinner needle should be used for fine fabrics and a heavier needle for bulky fabrics.
you can buy dvd of over 70,000 PES FILES EMBROIDERY MACHINE DESIGNS on ebay for £12.00
Do you use white for bobbin thread & colored for your top thread,Nobody telling us the DETAILS ??? OR using same color for project on top & bobbin? How do you put on two colors of thread for a project?
It didn't stop so u could change color it stopped so you could cut the fabric.
But if it works for u keep doing it! Just know there's easier ways!
This seems backwards to me. Why not just tack the red fabric down, trim it (or trim it before hand using the template), and then let it stitch down and then embroider the inside motif?
Thank you for the tutorial. I'm a little new at embroidery, I understood all you did except when you picked your files..You went to fast and didn't explain what buttons you were pressing..you lost me.
Sorry about that! :) Generally with an applique design there are two files, one is the die line which is the outline of the design for placement of the applique, and the other is youf design file for stitching out the design. Thanks for visiting us, I hope this helped.
I think you should learn to properly applique with an embroidery machine before you post a tutorial. This is a very clumsy and awkward way to do it.
You only need to hoop the blue background fabric, stitch out the placement line, which shows you where to lay a small piece of red fabric, then let it do the tack down stitch. Then take the hoop off the machine and trim the red fabric right around the tack down stitch, put the hoop back on machine and do the final satin stitch and any embroidery.