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Machine embroidery is a term that can be used to describe two different actions. The first is using a sewing machine to "manually" create (either freehand or with built-in stitches) a design on a piece of fabric or other similar item. The second is to use a specially designed embroidery or sewing-embroidery machine to automatically create a design from a pre-made pattern that is input into the machine. Most embroidery machines used by professionals and hobbyists today are driven by computers that read digitized embroidery files created by special software.

With the advent of computerized machine embroidery, the main use of manual machine embroidery is in fiber art and quilting projects. While some still use this type of embroidery to embellish garments, with the ease and decreasing cost of computerized embroidery machine, it is rapidly falling out of favor. Many quilters and fabric artists now use a process called "thread drawing" (or thread painting) to create embellishments on items.

These are the basic steps for creating embroidery with a computerized embroidery machine.

• create a digitized embroidery design file
• edit the design and/or combine with other designs (optional)
• load the final design file into the embroidery machine
• stabilize the cap and place it in the machine
• start and monitor the embroidery machine

Embroidering the Design

Finally, the embroidery machine is started and monitored. For commercial machines, this process is a lot more automated than for the home embroiderer. For most designs, there is more than one color, and often additional processing for appliqués, foam, and other special effects. Since home machines only have one needle, every color change requires the user to cut the thread and change the color manually. In addition, most designs will have a few or many jumps that need to be cut. Depending on the quality and size of the design, stitching out a design file can require a few minutes or an hour or more.

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Bridal Party Tees customers can select any clothing item on the site from underwear, to yoga pants, to shirts. They can then, through the use on an interactive design tool, add text and clipart to their products in real-time. They also have the ability to save their designs in the “community gallery” for purchase at a later date or purchase by someone else.