A fascinating topic, with questions and answers that always have eyes rolling and, generations later, embroidery digitizing still manages to leave many scratching their heads. You have to admit that it is fascinating that, with so much new technology and many claiming to produce embroidery instantly, the secrets to good embroidery remain elusive! Enter my favorite exclamation: “It’s relative!” This can aptly precede most answers to digitizing-related questions.

If you’ve enjoyed just about any form of embroidery education, you’ll probably be familiar with thoughts like:

Didn’t he just say these stitches should be angled this way? Suddenly they’re supposed to go another way?

I don’t get it! A minute ago I heard that such a satin column must have diagonal underlay!

I’m ready to pull my hair out, I’ve tried this 10 ways, and nothing works!

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