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EMBROIDERY TIPS & TRICKS: Placement with Precision

Wednesday, 8 April, 2026 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Free

There’s a Moment Every Embroiderer Knows:

You’ve chosen the perfect design. The garment is ready. You line everything up as carefully as you can… and then it happens:

The design lands skew. Too high. Too low. Pulled toward a seam. Or halfway through, something shifts – and now it’s permanently off!

And no matter how neat the stitching is… that placement is all you see.

It’s frustrating. Not because you lack skill, but because no one really shows you how to think about placement.

So much of embroidery focuses on the machine, the thread, the stabilizer… yet the real difference between “almost right” and “absolutely right” often comes down to where – and how – the design is placed before the first stitch even begins.

This workshop is designed to change that.

What Makes This Workshop Different

You will discover why placement works – or doesn’t – and how to get it right with confidence.

After this 3-hour session, you’ll start seeing garments differently. Seams, curves and construction details will no longer catch you out – they’ll guide your decisions.

And we won’t avoid the tricky situations.

The moments where things go wrong are exactly where the real learning happens!

What You’ll Explore

You’ll learn how to:

  • Place designs accurately on a wide variety of items, from garments to more challenging shapes.
  • Align embroidery so it sits straight, balanced, and visually correct.
  • Work around seams, curves, and construction features that often pull designs off track.
  • Understand how placement directly affects tension, distortion, and thread behaviour.
  • Re-hoop and continue a design when the hoop has been removed—without losing your position.
  • Recover from mistakes and bring a project back on track instead of starting over.

And as a key part of the workshop:

You’ll see how embroidery software can be used to preview and position your design before stitching begins, giving you clarity, control, and far fewer surprises.

The Results?

You stop:
second-guessing.
hoping it lines up.

You start:
placing designs with intention – and finishing them with confidence.

And even when something shifts or goes wrong, you’ll know exactly how to respond.

FAQ

What do I need to bring?
  • One to two hoops (either small & medium, or medium & large)
  • A T-shirt or shirt
  • Stabilizer (tear-away or cut-away)
  • You do not need to bring your machine.

Details

Date:
Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
Time:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Sewing Instructor:
Louis Pretorius
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Website:
https://events.berninaoverberg.co.za/machine-embroidery-tips-tricks/

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