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How to Adjust Your Embroidery Design

How to Adjust Your Embroidery Design

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June 17, 2025

Design Adjustments

Alter and adjust your design with a handy collection of tools.

  • Align and resize
  • Group elements in the hoop
  • Change elements' layout order
  • Change colors to a different thread range
  • See a realistic preview of the design with LifeView
  • Watch the design stitch out in the Design Player

 

 

 

Go to Design Catalog and search for your designs. Click Send to mySewnet Enable Device to send the design to your computer’s software.

  
In the Hoop Selection pop-up, choose the 360mm x 260mm hoop with Orientation: Natural. Click OK.
Move the design to the top-right corner of the hoop.
Duplicate the design using the Duplicate button in the top menu or by right-clicking the design and selecting Duplicate.

Click the triangle icon on the left side to mirror the duplicated design horizontally.
Move the duplicated design to the top-left corner.
Select both designs in the Filmstrip by holding down Ctrl or Shift while clicking them.
You will see a pink flower icon next to these elements, indicating they are part of the library subscription and require an active subscription to stitch.
Click Alignment > Vertical Alignment > Align Top to line up the two design parts perfectly at the top of the hoop.
Click Group to group the selected designs, allowing you to edit them together.

Notice the grouped design appears combined in the Filmstrip.
Duplicate the grouped design again.
Rotate the new duplicate by clicking the Rotate 45 degrees icon four times to reach 180 degrees.

Place this rotated design below the first group.
Click Alignment > Horizontal Alignment > Align Center to perfectly align the square shape.

Use Combine All to merge all the designs into one complete design in the hoop.
Click Center in Hoop.
Go to library.mysewnet.com and search for the center design 100430020. Click Upload to Cloud to add it to your cloud folder.
Insert the center design using the File menu.
Note: Use Open to start a new design in a new window. Use Insert to add a design to your current canvas.
Click Center in Hoop again to perfectly position the new design in the center.
Use Combine All again to merge the center design with the rest.
Click ColorSort to combine duplicate thread colors, unless they overlap.
You now have a finished combined design.
 

Tips:

  • Filmstrip: You can change the order of design elements by dragging them within the Filmstrip to adjust layout and stitch order.

  • LifeView: Click LifeView to preview your embroidery design realistically without a background. You can rotate, position, see glow-in-the-dark or solar active thread effects, record a demo video, or save an image/video to share designs with others who don’t have embroidery software.

  • Design Player: Use this to watch the stitch-out process. Each click on Fast Forward doubles the playback speed.
 To save your design, click File > Save As to save a .vp4 file that remains fully editable.
To save in other formats, use Export.
Since you used subscription library designs, only the .evp3 format is available for export. This format requires an active subscription to stitch.
In the Export pop-up, you can also change settings under Optimize for Sewing via the Configure button.

 

BONUS PROJECT Tote Bag!

Tote Bag Materials:

  • 28x28 cm black fabric (embroidery background) or larger for easier hooping
  • 22x28 cm marble fabric
  • 40x16 cm triangle fabric
  • 40x42 cm plain fabric (side of the tote bag)
  • 2 pieces of 70x10 cm fabric for handles
  • 2 pieces of 37x42 cm fabric for lining
  • Embroidery thread in your chosen colors
  • Sewing thread matching fabrics
  • Tear-away stabilizer

Embroider:

  1. Mark the center on the plain black fabric. Hoop it with stabilizer and embroider the design.

  2. Cut the fabric to 28x28 cm.

 

Sewing Instructions:

  1. Use ⅜” (1cm) seam allowances throughout.

  2. Sew the marble fabric to the top of the embroidered piece. Press seam open.

  3. Sew the triangle fabric to the side of the combined piece. Press seam open.

  4. Place the front (right sides together) with the back fabric. Sew the sides and bottom seams.

  5. Trim corners (3cm) to reduce bulk.

  6. Fold and press the top opening (5cm).

  7. Sew the lining sides and bottom, leaving a 4” (10cm) opening at the bottom for turning. Press seams open.

  8. Trim corners (3cm) on lining.

  9. Sew handles right sides together on long edges. Turn and press.

  10. Pin handles 2⅜” (6cm) from center on each side to the seam allowance of the bag opening.

  11. Add lining inside the bag and sew layers together.

  12. Turn bag right side out and topstitch around the opening twice—once close to edge and once 3.5cm down—securing handles in place.

  13. Sew the lining opening closed.

Done!

 

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