Embroidery means embellishing a piece of cloth with some designs sewn on it using threads. It can be a shirt, bag, cap, shoes or any piece of cloth. These patterns change the look of any fabric and make it beautiful. These patterns can be hand-made or machine-made.
Embroidery plays a vital role in the production of garments. It decorates garments and helps in carrying the information of brands to customers in advertisements. Embroidery quality depends upon the type of garment, thread, and other factors. Our ancestors have done embroidery in all cultures by hand. They prepared beautiful apparels by using their hands, but the process was slower and required hard work. It worked on a small scale, so for professional purposes, machine embroidery is best. Machine embroidery has solved our problem of preparing a large number of apparels and in less time. It allows us to do quality work on a large scale. It is only possible with machine embroidery to add long-lasting logos and designs to clothes. Machine embroidery is ideal for dresses, but we can efficiently design accessories without spending much time and money. Now it is possible to get custom orders ready in minimum time. It’s become more accessible for companies to get custom-made uniforms with embroidered logos for their staff, which is nowadays an intelligent way of doing the advertisement of your brand.
Machine Embroidery
In machine embroidery, we use specialist embroidery machines to create designs or logos on clothes. These designs can be logos of your brand or your favorite movie scenes or characters. Machine embroidery is not limited to apparel or clothes but embellishes your shoes, bags, and much more. So now advertising your brand has become much more straightforward, thanks to the machine embroidery revolution, making people’s lives much more manageable and colorful.
Types of Machine Embroidery
There are two types of machine embroidery: Free motion and computerized embroidery.
Free Motion Embroidery
In this type, a hand sewing machine is used to create the designs. A person has to complete the design manually and use different machine settings, which are done manually, so it takes more time and effort and cannot be done on a large scale.
Computerized Embroidery
Machines, not humans, are the ones who control computerized embroidery. In this type, we use large commercial machines to do our job. So machines work and create designs according to the pre-programmed digital embroidery patterns. It is much quicker and easy and does not require labor to change the setting manually. These embroidery machines are controlled by computers and create designs on clothes on a large scale. Due to these computerized embroidery machines, it is only possible that today we can deliver bulk orders without much effort. These embroidery machines work according to the input we provide without making mistakes and preventing us from hassles. Our MCT high technology sewing machines need the best quality threads and the rest of the work they do for us.
Embroidery Digitizing
Embroidery digitizing means converting artwork to embroidery design files. These files have been created by using many embroidery software with a series of commands for embroidery machines. Embroidery machines create designs while following the commands.
Best Threads for Machine Embroidery
There are various types of threads in the market that can be used for sewing, but few are recommended for machine embroidery. Whether you are going for free-motion embroidery or computerized embroidery, the choice of thread is the most important thing. Embroidery thread will make your design look more attractive and long-lasting. Here are few types of yarns that are best for machine embroidery. Polyester, rayon, and cotton are the most commonly used threads in everyday embroideries. But silk thread, glow in the dark line, and metallic thread is also used in some embroideries.
Rayon Thread
Rayon embroidery thread is the most commonly used thread in machine embroidery. It has an attractive look and sheen and much softer, which makes it a favourite to people. It gives a glowing look to embroidered patterns and makes your apparel gorgeous. It does look beautiful and strong, and durable, which makes it safer to use for embroidery. However, sometimes its sheds colour while washing, which is making it less popular now.
Polyester Thread
A polyester thread is replacing the rayon embroidery thread due to its more advantages. It has a beautiful lustre and sheen, which looks pleasant to the eyes. A large number of colours in a polyester thread makes it more common to use. It is much more robust and easier to use in machine embroidery as it does not bleed and shrink. It is best for sports uniforms and kits as it does not get fade with washing.
Cotton Embroidery Thread
Cotton embroidery thread is a less common thread in embroidery. They lack elasticity which makes them break easily, so not ideal for embroidery, which requires strong thread. Cotton threads are also not shiny like polyester and rayon threads, as these are made from natural fibers. However, it is great to use when you want to give a natural finish to your embroidery. Cotton threads are available in many thicker and thinner varieties. Another disadvantage of cotton thread is that they fade quickly in the sun and also shrink while washing.
Silk Embroidery Thread
Silk thread is also made of natural fibers like cotton thread. But it is much stronger and shiny than cotton thread. It is much expensive to use in simple embroidery. But it gives lustrous looks to your apparel when embroidered with silk thread.
Why Should We Use Machine Embroidery?
Printing, hand embroidery, and many other techniques have been used to embellish clothes for centuries. Today, machine embroidery has taken over all of these techniques. It has many benefits which is making it more popular day by day.
It Gives Uniformity To Designs
Machine embroidery is best for you if you have orders in bulk. Whether to embroider your logo design on polo shirts for the staff or uniform for a sports team, machine embroidery will create the same design on all pieces. There is no chance of losing uniformity at any level during the process, which is not possible in hand embroidery. QUICKER
Than Hand Embroidery
The machine takes little time to embroider a pattern than manual work. So it is ideal for large orders to finish on time without causing many efforts.
Error-Free Designs
As the machine works with uniformity, so there are no chances of mistakes in designs. While working with hands, there are more chances to design patterns or choose the colours and threads every time. While in machine embroidery, everything is systematic, so you get error-free designs.
Economical
It is understandable that the larger the order, the more it costs you. But this is not the same in machine embroidery. Even you get a discount on large orders in most cases.
CONCLUSION
Embroidery has become a part of fashion today. Traditionally an artist designs and traces the logo on carbon paper, then trace it on the garment, and after that, he starts embroidery. It causes much time and effort; hence becomes too expensive to affront large orders. In contrast, machine embroidery is more accessible and economical. In this process, a skilled digitizer designed an embroidery software to provide input to embroidery machines, and the rest of the work will be done by machine. The process is quick and straightforward. It is the reason that today, people are getting embroidered apparel and other accessories at a lesser price.