Quick Start
Drop your SVG on the page (or Choose SVG ).
Check the size. If the page warns, fit it to your hoop.
Press Create stitches . Play shows the sewing; fewer trims is better.
Not right? On the Thread sheet, pick Fill or Satin , use Types for single shapes, or Order across colors to sew shapes of any color in your order, then Regenerate .
Download the file, or Send to machine .
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The thread colors you keep on hand. With Match to: My threads , the Thread sheet shows the
closest one for each color in the design. Saved in this browser only — use Export to keep a copy or to move it to another computer.
Brand Madeira Polyneon , Candle Polyester or New brothread + a number fills in the color for you.
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CSV columns: brand, number, name, color (#RRGGBB) — or R, G, B columns instead of color.
Artwork
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Drop an SVG anywhere on the page. Flat colors only: strokes 1–7 mm sew as satin, fills as tatami.
Letters and shapes you want sewn solid must have a fill — an outline alone is not sewn (outlines under 0.1 mm are skipped). For lettering: fill the letters and remove the outline before exporting.
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Shape
Preset size
Width in
Height in
Border Satin Merrow edge
Border color
Background fill
Fill color
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Size
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Width and height stay in proportion; artwork is never stretched.
SVG pixels per inch
Stitching
Fill angle °
Pull comp mm
Satin underlay 1 None Center Edge Single zigzag Double zigzag
Satin underlay 2 None Center Edge Single zigzag Double zigzag
At this size the satin is thin, so a center run is used as its underlay.
Underlay density Light Normal Heavy
Merrow edges use their own underlay; these settings apply to satin.
Hoop (W×H mm)
Ignore white shapes
Under shapes on top Auto Fill under Cut out
Strokes Single run Satin Merrow edge
Border width mm
Sewing order Left to right Right to left Center, right, left (hats) Center, left, right Left, right, center Right, left, center Shortest travel
Narrow fills Satin columns Tatami fill
No trims on jumps
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DST (Tajima) PES (Brother / Babylock) JEF (Janome) EXP (Melco) XXX (Singer)
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it sends designs from this page straight to your S1501-type embroidery machine and checks every stitch.
Design
Machine speed (spm)
Thread sheet
Match to Nothing My threads Madeira Polyneon Candle Polyester New brothread
My threads…
Order across colors
any color, any order
Click a color in the preview to find it here. Satin sews each stroke of that color as a satin column (letters,
swashes); other shapes get a satin band along the outside edge (a number in the width box makes every piece a band that
wide); Fill sews it as tatami; Auto follows the settings above.
The arrows set the sewing order. Default order
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Drop an SVG here or click to choose a file
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Your artwork — no stitches yet. Create stitches
175 × 305 mm field 194 × 213 mm field 5 × 7 in hoop 5.5 × 5.5 in hoop 4 × 4 in hoop Keep size
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thread 0.20 mm
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