Embroidering a picture of your FACE (SHOCKINGLY real!)

We’re back again for the finale of our photo digitizing series! In this episode, we’ll give you step-by-step instructions on how to easily digitize your vector art and embroider it onto a pillowcase. The final results will blow your mind! If you want to create this fantastic piece of embroidered art for yourself, don’t skip a single minute of this video!



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Timestamps

0:00 – Intro

0:19 – Watch Part 1

1:00 – Digitizing the Eyes

4:05 – Convert to Satin Stitch

7:43 – Tracing the Outline

9:20 – Filling in the Shirt

10:35 – Changing the Colors

11:38 – Applying Trims

12:10 – Checking Your Work and Making Edits

13:52 – Saving as a DST

14:17 – Materials You’ll Need

18:25 – Final Results



In part one of our photo digitizing series, Willy showed you how to turn a selfie into vectorized art using the ToonApp and then upload it into the Chroma software. In this episode, Willy is back again to show you the essentials of digitizing vector art for embroidery and to finally reveal what the finished product looks like.

The first thing you need to do is finish digitizing the design. Make sure to apply trims, check over your work, and make any edits you need. Then save the finished design as a DST file and put it on your USB.

Now let’s go over what you’ll need to complete this project:

Pillow
Pillowcase
Mighty Hoop
Cutaway stabilizer

Take the pillow out of the pillowcase and hoop the case. Then insert the hooped pillowcase into the machine and insert the stabilizer between the fabric and the machine. Once you do that, transfer the design from your USB to the machine. Go to the screen, select the E hoop, choose your colors, and set the speed to 1,000 spm. Next, lock the machine, trace the design, and press Start. Once the embroidery is done, put the pillow back in the embroidered case. And there you have it! You can now create photorealistic embroidery for friends, family, or customers!
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