Step by step to create your own embroidery pattern for beginners in 2021 | Embroidery pattern designing 2021

 
Embroidery pattern designing 2021
Embroidery pattern designing 2021

Step by step to create your own embroidery pattern for beginners in 2021

Building inspiration

Unless you are creating from an existing image (such as your pet photos), the first step to creating custom decorative patterns is getting some inspiration!

You will find it easy to think of and come up with a practical pattern if you have an idea of ​​what a beautiful pattern looks like. With this, there are thousands, if not millions, of inspiring patterns on the internet.

Embroidery pattern designing 2021
Embroidery pattern designing 2021

You can find them on sites like Pinterest (a leading source), Etsy, Instagram and Behance by searching for "embellishment + site name patterns" on Google. For example, if you want to find Broderie Anglaise embroidery patterns on Pinterest, just type “Broderie Anglaise embroidery Pinterest patterns” on Google.

Take the time to find patterns that fit your taste or project and save them to your desktop or print them out.

Drawing or doing doodling

With your motivation patterns at hand, now is the time to get to work. It’s best to start with a simple drawing pad to put your original design down. Take a pencil and some coloring materials and draw your own patterns.

You can also create doodles and upgrade them as you go when you are not in the drawing. Feel free to draw several designs and choose the ones that look best in the end. Remember to include all the colors you want in your pattern in this section as you will need when you get to the software section.

Background embroidery
Background embroidery

 Cut out your designs

To make it easier and faster later, it is best If you take a pair of scissors and cut out your paper texture, leaving very little blood on the edges. This can save you time separating the pattern behind the software if you paint a colorful or uneven background. Cut out a decorative pattern and set it aside.

You can repeat these last three steps if you have more than one design that you can work on so you can download them all at once.

Scan the design

Stiped pattern background
Stiped pattern background


Grab the cutting patterns and apply them to the scanner. It is recommended that you use the highest quality image when capturing the design so that all details, such as colors and lines, are properly captured. You can also use the scanning app on your smartphone, such as Camscanner if you do not have access to the actual scanner. Save the scanned image to a folder that you can track later.

Convert your embroidered patterns into a digital sewing format

Embroidered composition with roses
Embroidered composition with roses


With computer-generated designs, now is the time to convert them into useful vector images that can be used for embroidery projects. Converting them into vector images means that they can be printed in any size including large print formats such as posters and sheets when transferring them to your embroidery machine.

You can use any of the embroidered software mentioned earlier or use Adobe Illustrator if you are familiar with it.

Open your installed software or vector design and upload the saved images to be converted. Depending on the software you choose, find an option that allows you to convert the uploaded image into a vector file.

Custom embroidered software makes it easy to use the wizard menu from uploaded drawings to embroidered patterns for use.

Embroidery seamless pattern
Embroidery seamless pattern


Once you have turned the image into an embroidered image, you can now proceed and save it in the way your sewing machine approaches. Any software listed above can save the pattern in all formats out there depending on the machine you will use to print the pattern on the canvas.

For example, if you are using a child lock machine to make embellishments, be sure to save the computer-generated pattern to “. pes ”or“. dst ”format. Even Adobe illustrator has a choice of the most popular drawing formats. 

For your guidance, here is the breakdown of some of the most popular formats you can use depending on the machine you use:

Embroidery pattern designing 2021
Embroidery pattern designing 2021


 DST- Tajima

 EXP- Melco and Bernina

PES and DST- Babylock

 JEF- Janome

 PCS- Pfaff

PEC- Babylock, Brother and Deco

W SEW- Elna, Janome and Kenmore

 XXX. Artist

Machines ART- Bernina Grade C and D embroidered machines

 CSD- Husky gram, Singer and poetry machines

HUS- Husqvarna machinery embroidered

You can always check the user manual of your embroidery machine to find out which file formats are acceptable before saving your digital patterns.

 Sewing your patterns

Knitting pattern
Knitting pattern


The final step basically involves transferring your completed patterns to a USB stick and inserting them into your embroidery machine. Follow the sewing and embroidering instructions for your specific machine to turn your designs into real life T-shirts, posters and more!

You can also convert your design into PDF or Vector images and upload them to Pinterest for sale or to promote other designers.

How Do I Create a PDF Embroidery Pattern?

Embroidery pattern designing 2021
Embroidery pattern designing 2021


It is very easy to convert your digital embroidery patterns into pdf after you convert them with embroidered software or Adobe illustrator. To do this, you can go to the file and save it to the software and look for the pdf in the file type box. This is the same box you are using to create embroidered files for the type of machine you are using.

Also, some software has independent “save in pdf” options in the file menu, so check it out and use it. Be sure to keep your embroidered patterns in a memorable folder or external USB disk. Saving your decorative pattern as pdf allows you to sell them online as digital products or open them in any browser or pdf reader.

How Do You Transfer Decorative Patterns?

Embroidery pattern designing 2021
Embroidery pattern designing 2021


There are two ways you can transfer your embroidered patterns to the fabric.

  • The first and easiest way is to apply them to a computer and then use an electric sewing machine to print an embroidery pattern on any fabric.
  • The second method is traditional and is made by hand using a standard sewing machine and paper made of a special pattern.



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