5/31/2023 0 Comments Shuttie brother shoes hous![]() I also had to tape the lace part of the shoe away from the embroidery area, so it didn’t cause any mayhem. Here’s me trying to maneuver things correctly. Setting Up the Machineįirst, place the hoop in the machine, making sure you don’t hit the base of your shoe with the machine. Since I wanted no chance of movement with my shoe, I also added painter’s tape around the sides of the shoe tongue to make sure it would stay still during the embroidery process. The inside of the shoe will be adhered to the stabilizer, while the outer part of the shoe will be facing up. Next, float the shoe over the stabilizer with the center of the marked shoe on the center of the marked stabilizer. Mark the center of the stabilizer with a pencil. Run the tip of a sharp pin around the edge of the stabilizer to score the adhesive backing. Make sure the shiny, sticker side of the stabilizer is facing up, and the paper side is facing down. How to Hoop a Shoe for Embroideryįirst, hoop a piece of sticky, self-adhesive tear-away stabilizer. The chalk was faint but wiped away easily after the embroidery process. I used a chalk wheel to mark the center of my design, but you could also use a water-soluble fabric pen instead. You can print out a template from embroidery software to help guide location or eyeball it! Then, mark where on the shoe you want the center of your design. So, you’ll need to remove the laces and pull the tongue of the shoe out as far as you can get it.īefore you waste time setting up the next steps, do a practice run to see if the tongue is long enough to get underneath the presser foot but still clear the head of the machine and needle clamp screw. It’s impossible to embroider on a shoe with the laces still in. How to Machine Embroider a Shoe: Step-By-Step 1. If you plan to embroider a very dense design on a thin, unstable shoe tongue, you may need to switch to a sticky cut-away stabilizer for the best results. I tried with temporary fabric adhesive spray on regular stabilizer, but this did not give enough stability. To do this, I used a self-adhesive stabilizer and secured the tongue with painter’s tape. Embroidery design (see my list of free embroidery designs if you need inspiration!)īecause shoes are difficult to hoop and may slip around while embroidering, the shoes must be floated in a very secure, stable manner.Marking supplies: I used a chalk wheel.Needle: I used a 75/11 embroidery needle, but you may need to size up if your shoes are very thick.Thread: 100% polyester embroidery machine thread.Sticky, self-adhesive tear-away stabilizer.Embroidery machine (I used my Brother SE1900) and hoop.There’s some flexibility here, of course, but this combination of supplies worked well for me! Here’s what I used to embroider on my shoes. My husband’s big, practically monster-sized shoes were no problem, though! Shoe Embroidery Supplies So, you might have difficulty embroidering on kids’ or small adult shoes. I also tried to fit several of my daughters’ shoes into my hoop under my machine, and I had no luck. The shoes need to be lace-up to allow you to pull the tongue out far. (Especially the Converse high tops!) However, the shoes in my closet that I wanted to embroider were Vans, so that’s what I used! It just took a bit more fancy maneuvering to accommodate the shorter tongue. Thus, you’ll only be able to embroider the tongue of the shoe.Ĭonverse shoes usually have a longer tongue and thus will be easier to embroider. With a single-needle home embroidery machine, you must remember that anything you embroider has to be hooped flat on the base of your machine, and you need to keep any bulky parts of the shoe away from the machine head and needle clamp. If you’re hand embroidering, you have more choice in the type of shoes you can embroider and the part of the shoe that can be embroidered.Įven with multi-needle embroidery machines, you’ll have more options than you will with a single-needle embroidery machine. ![]() What kinds of shoes can you embroider? What locations? How to Machine Embroider a Shoe: Step-By-Step.What kinds of shoes can you embroider? What locations?.
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