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Centering a Design |
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You want to embroider a design on the front of a t-shirt, sweatshirt or towel. You carefully center the design. But once it is stitched, it doesn't look centered. What went wrong? Be sure that the design is centered within the embroidery field by checking it in your software. Most embroidery software will allow you to easily center a design. Now take a good look at the design. Is it symmetrical? If so, then centering is easy. The center of the design belongs in the center of the sweatshirt, t-shirt or towel. |
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If the design is asymmetrical, decide if the visual center is the same as the measured center. Huh? The little Westie appears to be centered in the picture at left, but look again. There is more space to the right than to the left. The visual center of the dog is her right eye. The design needs to be shifted to the left to appear centered. Take a good look at your design and decide where the visual center is. That is the point to center on your sweatshirt. |
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Not sure where the visual center is? Print a template at actual size. Trim the paper to the size of your hoop. Pin it to your garment and look. Once you find the placement that "looks right", hoop the sweatshirt around the paper template. Remove the paper and embroider the design. Look for Template Tearaway in one of the ads below and you won't even need pins! Next issue: asking for help from Mary Jane Allen of Perfect Little Stitches |
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