Thank you for making this video John. I feel like I get stepped all over and taken advantage of because I have a hard time saying no and turning people away. It hurts even more when they don't want to pay and they know you put a lot of work into what you did for them.
OK - here’s the deal... I’ve been a journeyman builder, mechanic and woodworker, lumber sawyer and farm operator for decades. This is absolutely one of the coolest “hands on” lessons I’ve ever seen on any subject. The possibilities with Hatch, together with John’s training, are just fantastic. Anyone entering embroidery without John’s training is making a huge mistake! I’m shocked that John’s training wasn’t recommended by my machine sales people. Looking forward to buying Hatch Digitizer through John and taking all of his lessons! *Also, John, the beard looks great brother! Are you in San Jose or in Peninsula up North?
Wow! I‘m always amazed, at how you do the digitizing at racing horse speed You: Let me quickly do this - straightcurvestraightcurvestraightcurvecurvestraight - done. About 55 nodes. Me: Wait a second... um...where do I start...straight...curve...straight...ah, no, dang,...should have been curve, backspace, all right...curve, straight,..um...curve?....(hours later), almost done. About 5555 nodes. 🙈 Guess, it comes with practice 😂😂😂
John, the manual stitches between overlapping perpendicular satin stitches is brilliant. However, why didn't you consider it necessary to add some manual stitches beneath the overlap between the bottom of the "DA" letters and the frog's left leg? I would have thought there would have been at least one pull gap there.
How do you move the start/stop points? I use the Bernina software which is also made by Parent company of Hatch and your tips and tricks have been amazing!
I notice you're digitizing the frog from right to left. But the rule of thumb is inside out correct? How do you know to make that kind of decision in a design to move away from the cap rule of thumb?
Correct, if you are digitizing for caps. That design was specifically for golf shirts, I would adjust if it was going on a finished cap. Most home embroiderers don’t have a tubular machine.
Hatch by Wilcom, we are an official reseller and provide great support and education. Take our free Challenge and give it a try :) www.digitizingmadeeasy.com/embroidery-digitizing-challenge/
It was/is great software, I did the original training series for it many years ago. As its been discontinued, if you ever get to the point that it no longer supports current operating systems then Hatch would be good move.
I had made a few suggestions to Wilcom like 1. Show the number of trims on the main screen for easy monitoring instead of switching to the design tab. 2. Enable panning while press+hold the mouse wheel and drag like we do in other visual/graphic software. Hope the next update has them and more. Having additional features is nice, but so is improving on the efficiency.
Have you found yourself in this situation with friends or family? Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video. You’re THE BEST
Thanks for the kind words :)
Great lesson
Thank you for making this video John. I feel like I get stepped all over and taken advantage of because I have a hard time saying no and turning people away. It hurts even more when they don't want to pay and they know you put a lot of work into what you did for them.
Thank you John, another reaaly good lesson.
Thank you so much for this tutorial.
You are most welcome :)
OK - here’s the deal... I’ve been a journeyman builder, mechanic and woodworker, lumber sawyer and farm operator for decades. This is absolutely one of the coolest “hands on” lessons I’ve ever seen on any subject. The possibilities with Hatch, together with John’s training, are just fantastic. Anyone entering embroidery without John’s training is making a huge mistake! I’m shocked that John’s training wasn’t recommended by my machine sales people. Looking forward to buying Hatch Digitizer through John and taking all of his lessons! *Also, John, the beard looks great brother! Are you in San Jose or in Peninsula up North?
Nice beard John....☺️
Thanks, never stays long. Jennifer’s not a big fan :)
Wow!
I‘m always amazed, at how you do the digitizing at racing horse speed
You: Let me quickly do this - straightcurvestraightcurvestraightcurvecurvestraight - done. About 55 nodes.
Me: Wait a second... um...where do I start...straight...curve...straight...ah, no, dang,...should have been curve, backspace, all right...curve, straight,..um...curve?....(hours later), almost done. About 5555 nodes. 🙈
Guess, it comes with practice 😂😂😂
37 years an counting, that’s the key... practice and more practice :)
Great Video, as always you inspire me!
Thanks for the kind words :)
John, the manual stitches between overlapping perpendicular satin stitches is brilliant. However, why didn't you consider it necessary to add some manual stitches beneath the overlap between the bottom of the "DA" letters and the frog's left leg? I would have thought there would have been at least one pull gap there.
It a “manual insurance policy” I adapted in the old Schiffli days, just habit now :)
How do you move the start/stop points? I use the Bernina software which is also made by Parent company of Hatch and your tips and tricks have been amazing!
I believe you select the object and hit the “h” key to edit.
John when you created the R you change the first part of the R to a straight point. How did you do that?
Select the object, hit the “H” key, select the node and hit the space bar to toggle between straight and curve :)
Is there a “rule of thumb” as to how many manual stitches to lay down in the separation points?
Depending on the size I usually manually space about .5-.7mm. Really just an insurance policy I’ve been using for many years.
how did you save your work from the software to the machine? that's an important part you left out
File/export design/choose your format.
I hace a baby Lock machine and need aprogram to embroider and alarge hoop where can i buy it thank You blessings
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I notice you're digitizing the frog from right to left. But the rule of thumb is inside out correct? How do you know to make that kind of decision in a design to move away from the cap rule of thumb?
Correct, if you are digitizing for caps. That design was specifically for golf shirts, I would adjust if it was going on a finished cap. Most home embroiderers don’t have a tubular machine.
Good video.....bad hair day
Lol... you made my day... hairs not much better :)
What software are you using?
Hatch by Wilcom, we are an official reseller and provide great support and education. Take our free Challenge and give it a try :) www.digitizingmadeeasy.com/embroidery-digitizing-challenge/
Thanks for the video! I have Wicolm but have been looking for this service..... hopes it helps.
Seems like you have better customer interest
Family first... some of our customers have been with us for decades now and have become like family :)
I have Masterworks 2 I paid alot of money for it wish I could afford your software
It was/is great software, I did the original training series for it many years ago. As its been discontinued, if you ever get to the point that it no longer supports current operating systems then Hatch would be good move.
Why can't they just make the stitch settings follow the last selection instead of reverting to the Outline default? This is really annoying.
Agreed... Like most issues/quirks I’ve found in all programs I’ve learned to adapt and find work arounds.
I had made a few suggestions to Wilcom like
1. Show the number of trims on the main screen for easy monitoring instead of switching to the design tab.
2. Enable panning while press+hold the mouse wheel and drag like we do in other visual/graphic software.
Hope the next update has them and more. Having additional features is nice, but so is improving on the efficiency.