File prep → Stitching on the Tajima embroidery machine
- Illustrator File Creation on YOUR COMPUTER
- Illustrator File Prep on EMBROIDERY COMPUTER
- Material Prep
- Fabric Stabilizer
- Hooping Fabric
- Let’s Move to the Machine!
- BUTTON A. → Import
- BUTTON B. → Thread Color Selection
- BUTTON D. → Trace & Stitch
- BUTTON C. → Stitch correction
- (come back to this if something goes wrong)
Welcome to Tajima Embroidery!
This page will get you the basics to get started. If you need any help with this machine or aren't sure ASK A STEAM TEAM MEMBER.
We would rather help you do it right than fix a broken machine ;)
Illustrator File Creation on YOUR COMPUTER
Illustrator File Prep on EMBROIDERY COMPUTER
Material Prep
Fabric Stabilizer
Since the machine is about to do a million stitches in one spot, our fabric can easily stretch or warp to make the end product look funky (in a bad way).
For fabrics that have ANY AMOUNT of stretch or are thin you need stabilizer.
There are different types of stabilizer for different projects.
Fabric stabilizer will be chosen and applied to fabric before hooping fabric.
Hooping Fabric
Fabric tension is necessary for machine embroidery stitching. Without tension the fabric will not lay flat and your embroidery stitches will make the fabric get pulled down into the machine causing all sorts of issues.
Let’s Move to the Machine!
BUTTON A. → Import
BUTTON B. → Thread Color Selection
BUTTON D. → Trace & Stitch
BUTTON C. → Stitch correction
(come back to this if something goes wrong)
