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Hi everyone! I'm known for doing over the top, extravagant embroidery for my costumes. However, for the first year and a half, I did all of it on a one needle, starter home embroidery machine. I would like to give some tips, tricks, and explanations on how to get started in machine embroidery, from which machine to buy (and what features to look for in every budget), to what needle to use, and what stabilizer to buy. I used a Baby Lock Pathfinder to demonstrate this, as I no longer have my first machine and this is the currently available equivalent to that machine, in both price and function.

The machine I demonstrated with is a Baby Lock Pathfinder and you can see details about it at: www.babylock.com/machines/single-needle-embroidery…

I am in fact a Baby Lock Ambassador and these are the machines I use:
‪@babylocksewing‬

Embroidery Machine: Venture: babylock.com/machines/multi-needle-embroidery/vent…
Sewing Machine: Soprano: babylock.com/machines/sewing/soprano
Serger: Victory: babylock.com/machines/serger/victory
Digitizing Software: Palette 11:​ babylock.com/accessories/software/palette-11-embro…

Sewstine's printable guide to machine embroidery:
docs.google.com/document/d/1iYu_WpF5JXuexPiIcO9jlz…

Videos I mentioned:
Video on embroidering large areas with multiple hoops:    • How to make an Embroidered Court Suit - Pa...  
Video on digitizing machine embroidery:    • Introduction to Digitizing Historical Embr...  

The stabilizers I mentioned are:
Cheaper Tearaway for simple projects: amzn.to/3aqWslz
H2O Dissolvable stabilizer: amzn.to/3syhmVO
Baby Lock stabilizer - tear away: babylock.com/accessories/stabilizers/tear-away-sof…
Baby Lock dissolvable stabilizer: babylock.com/accessories/stabilizers/dissolve-away…

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Blog: www.Sewstine.com/​
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Instagram: www.instagram.com/sewstine/​​
Other site: www.sewstineart.com/​

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