embroidery digitizing is not necessarily easy, however. it is actually a rather complex process. for starters, it uses three different types of stitches: running, satin, and fill. these three types of stitches help ensure that the design is transferred from print to picture in the smoothest fashion possible. transferring a picture to a
tajima dst format a sewing machine can read and duplicate is the hardest part, however.
most commercial embroiderers would rather do this which gives them more time for embroidering and marketing their products. the hobbyist may feel that this is the way to go too if they only need an occasional design
digitization .
none the less, it doesn’t take a genius to see that formal education in the embroidery industry needs a booster shot. i don’t have exact numbers, but the
embroidery digitizer teaching himself is staggering. even more frightening are the individuals and businesses jumping into digitizing without a good feel for what it’s all about.