How to Use Inkscape & Ink/Stitch to Design Custom Embroidery Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- In today’s video we will show you how we use the free and open source software Inkscape and Ink/Stitch to create custom machine embroidery digitized designs on a Mac. UPDATE: Follow this link to check out our video on the latest version of Ink/Stitch released May 2023 that includes how to update to v3.0.0 and a review of some of the features: • Beginners Guide to Ink...
Installing Inkscape & Ink/Stitch in 2022: • How to Install Inkscap...
If your interested in our other Ink/Stitch videos, here is a link our playlist: • How to Use Inkscape & ...
Steps covered in this video:
* How to download and install Inkscape and Ink/Stitch
* Make a template
* Basic tools/design in Inkscape
* Converting Inkscape into Ink/Stitch
* Creating a PES file to upload to USB stick/Thumb drive for use on most Brother Sewing and Embroidery Machines.
Be sure to check out our other machine embroidery projects using our Brother SE1900!
Project Anonymous Machine Embroidery Playlist:
• Embroidery Machine
- Making Custom Embroidered T-Shirts with a Brother SE1900:
• Making Custom Embroide...
- Designing and Making a Custom Applique Snowman using a Brother SE1900:
• Designing and Making a...
- Embroidery Must Haves:
• Embroidery Must Haves
- Making a Custom Patch On the Brother SE1900: • Making a Custom Patch ...
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Inkscape Open Source Vector Graphics Editor Link:
inkscape.org
Ink/Stitch Extension for designing machine embroidery patterns:
inkstitch.org
Music:
Manhattan - Dyalla
Everything Is Gonna Be Just Fine - Jeremy Blake
Sunny Travel - Nico Staf
0:00 Intro
0:25 Downloading Inkscape
2:00 Downloading Ink/Stitch
3:45 Add’l Steps for Catalina/Big Sur OS ONLY
4:48 Restart and Test Downloads
6:00 Design a Template
7:54 Importing into Inkscape
8:50 Adding Layers/Using Tools
11:00 Convert SVG to PES
12:34 Export and Save PES File
13:07 Embroidering - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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UPDATE: Follow this link to check out our video on the latest version of Ink/Stitch released May 2023 that includes how to update to v3.0.0 and a review of some of the features: th-cam.com/video/wc9AtYD4lZk/w-d-xo.html
Installing Inkscape & Ink/Stitch in 2022: th-cam.com/video/CkqyaNlMq_A/w-d-xo.html
If your interested in our other Ink/Stitch videos, here is a link our playlist: th-cam.com/video/mPaGwjwpzWc/w-d-xo.html
Really nice to see dad and daughter together :-)
Thanks for watching!
It's refreshing to see a Dad and Daughter project, let's learn together. It's a great idea and very refreshing. in regards to the training, clear and concise. I was looking for embroidery files for a friend of mine as to how to make one, or export one that they could use when I came across this one. it answered all my questions. I'm not an Inkscape user (more Vcarve and Lightburn) for my cnc router and laser. you have to limit your software expertise so you can use one or two very well, and just export what is needed for your machine. lastly, I actually took an .svg file from my Vcarve software, and imported it to Inkscape, no work done to it, went straight to InkStich and made an .pes file. perfect. Thank you. have fun, embrace, as they are not young for long.
We appreciate your comment, time certainly goes quickly. Thanks for watching!
When uploading an image to Inkscape try edit trace bitmap>update>apply it should automatically trace nodes around your image so you don’t have to do it manually
Thanks for watching! We’ve actually covered trace bitmap in a video (th-cam.com/video/OcnK0KRFEdE/w-d-xo.html). But thanks for the tip 😄
I am getting started with embroidery and found your channel. It's been so helpful, but most importantly, it has been a delight to watch you guys doing it together! One day I wish to have a daughter and be able to do fun stuff with her like you two! Sending you guys good energy :)
It's impossible not to like! You two are amazing together.
Thank you so much for the nice comment! 😀
The collaboration warms my heart💜
Helpful. Thank you. Love the complementary energy from father and daughter.
Amazing! Thank you so much for all the help from A to Z, you two are great!
Great stuff, thank you both!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
I enjoy watching father and daughter doing this videos. Great job and team work!
Thank you! Glad you enjoy them!
This video was so helpful. The verbal details and illustrations were well understood and easy to follow. The both if you are a great team. Thank again!
Finally, the video I've been looking for. Thank you so much!
Thank you for the nice comment!
You guys are great at explaining the creation, conversion, and digitizing process, step-by-step, that's required to embroider an image/logo. It's amazing that folk will charge upwards of $30-$40 to do this. I wish you and your daughter success. More vids please.
Thank you for watching and the nice comment! There is a learning process with digitizing yourself but it definitely will save money :)
Thanks for this! I spent ages yesterday trying to get started by watching all the official tutorials and getting confused, and you guys explain what I need to do in like 4 minutes
Thanks for watching!
Lol, that's why I'm here! The official tutorials are so frustrating.
this is literally the best video I could ever find this was so much help thank you so much! I could cryyyyyyyyyyy
Loved this tutorial! Thanks for making this! I was about to throw in the towel and stumbled across this. You two are my heroes
Glad you liked the video and found it helpful! Thanks for watching!
I found y'all's channel because of Inkscape/Inkstitch and the trouble I was having trying to figure things out from the official tutorials.
I haven't watched all of your tutorials yet but just this one and the one about Bitmap Tracing have helped me to create my first embroidery design and I'm looking forward to making more of them. So thank you very much for the tutorials.
You’re very welcome, thanks for watching!
Seems like one of those things with a learning curve. Been there with vinyl cutting. Thanks for making it look easy, time to get cracking at it...
Aaaa!!! this makes me so happy!!! I've been searching for a nice program to make custom embroidery patterns for making plushies and for the longest time I've only seen programs that cost an arm and a leg.. Thank you so much!! Three years of wanting to make a plush can finally come to fruition :,)
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you thank you THANK YOU! I had all but given up trying to learn Ink Stitch but y'all helped me finally embroider one of my designs! Not to sound dramatic but this really is life changing for me -- from the bottom of my heart, thank you and please continue doing what y'all are doing it's honestly helping people like myself
Thank you so much for the comment! So glad we could help!
Thank you so much for this video! When I first opened Inkscape, I was more than intimidated... Now I feel like I at least know the basics to get myself going with my new embroidery machine.
I'll have to follow more of your videos to see what else y'all are up to!
So glad it was helpful, thanks for watching!
This was great & informative. Your daughter is beautiful! You two make a great pair! This is such lovely father/daughter bonding! ☺️
Thanks for watching!
This video is exactly what I have been searching for. You guys are awesome!
Thank you so much for watching!
So sweet I watched this video and it gave me a great interest to follow you both, and see in 10 or 15 years where your daughter has landed up, I imagine something in the graphic industry, it is great to see you both get along and the young girl is saving all the experience you are giving. Keep going guys good work
Thank you so much!
Thank you! This really saved me a ton of time!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
I had no idea WHAT I was doing before this, now I feel like I can kinda do it! Thanks so much!
I'm so happy our videos could help you get used to this software! Thanks for watching!
Great job, I really like how you make it simple and interesting to learn inkstitch. Very simple video but great content I’m actually going to follow this and try it myself. Cheers I will watch part 2 shortly
Glad you enjoyed it!
No Idea what I'm watching but its really cool and left me feeling happy.
Very helpful. thank you!
We're happy you found the video helpful! Thanks for watching 😊
Hi, I'm a Korean who just bought a brother se1900 and realised the programme pe-design 11 doesn't work on mac haha, but I found these helpful tutorial videos. Thank you so much :)
Thank you for watching! Happy you're finding our videos helpful :)
Thank you guys this helped me alot
Of course! I’m happy it could help!
brilliant tutorial guys. Couldn't have asked for more!!!
Thank you! Glad you liked the video!
You guys are so cute! I am thrilled that inkscape has such an extension! Things seam easy when you explain. They must be. I've been working out my Inkscape muscles for the Cricut and I think I am ready. I hope this extention works for Pfaff. My new machine is on it's way, hooray!
We're excited for you!
I love you guys. Thanks for your videos
great video ive been researching how to do this for a long time and you got right to the point
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much, I was struggling to use the program. I am about to make my 1st embroiry.
Thanks for watching! Good luck on your embroidery project!
This was tremendously helpful! Thank you!!
So glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
I had to have a tech assistant download ink space for me. I have some corrupt files somewhere on my computer, that’s why I called them and it wasn’t because of Inkscape but I forgot about the corrupt files 😆 I’m trying to make it work. I’ve watch this video 2 times. I think I’m getting it. Maybe I’ll have something like a bunny in 2 weeks. You guys are an awesomely helpful clear and really cute duo helping me. Thank you.
Thanks for watching! Glad you find our videos helpful!
Thank you very much. Your tutorial is excellent.
Thanks for watching!
Merci, vous êtes les meilleurs !
You are very very informativ, thank you so much !
Helpful *and* adorable. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, such a complete tutorial!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! Really helped me as a beginner!
So happy this tutorial could help you! Thanks for watching!
Thanks this helped a bunch!
Happy it helped! Thanks for watching!
Thank you the most accurate video I have found thank you guys sooo much
Thank you so much!
Thank you guys so much this is going to help big time, imt thinking of getting the Brother se600. Wish me luck!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you so much this was super helpful!
Glad you found the video helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!
Happy we could help! Thank you so much for watching the video 😊
this is so helpful, thank you guys!
Glad it could help you! Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
This helped alot!! I was stressing lol
Thanks for watching!
I'm very excited that you are showing inkscape and ink stitch. My problem is, you make it look so easy, but I'm new to both and I have trouble following all your steps.......I watch over and over, but some of your steps you go so quickly..........
Thank you for your feedback. Please let us know if there’s a specific issue you are having, and we will try to help
Thanks for this tutorial
Thanks for watching!
Wow super Tip !
Thank you from Norway🥰
You're welcome! Thanks for watching :)
wow... I loved this video!!!! many thanks ...
Thanks for commenting! We’re happy you liked the video!
Thank you so mush for the test
Thanks for watching!
Thank you, this helped me…
So glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Amazing
Thank you!
thanks guys
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
thnx so much for this vid. not sure if you'll see this but is there anyway to plan the stitch path to save thread from jumping all over the workspace?
Thanks for watching! You can organize by color and objects by stacking objects in the order you want them to stitch out (inkstitch>edit>restacking…) you can also program jump stitch cutting within your design, but that feature doesn’t seem to work with our machine (brother SE1900), those settings also found in the ink stitch >edit. Hope this helps!
Oh i'm at work and I want to try this. Thank you...I tell ya but work seems to be getting in they way of me learning and doing >LOL
These Inkscape videos have been a lifesaver! I am curious though, where are you getting your designs to start? Is there something that I can download from Inkstitch's website or are you getting them through another website? Thank you so much for the help now and in the future!
We typically create our own designs in Inkscape or draw them using Procreate, then import them. Sometimes we will also utilize copyright free images/clipart. Thanks for watching!
Great team, thanks
Thanks for watching!
cool duo, thumbs up
Thanks!
excellent video
Thank you!
Finally an easy and well explained video, thank u :)
This is an incredible tutorial, thank you!! Have just had a play around on Ink Stitch and really had no clue! Until your video! I want to use my image of a font, for a clothing label. I'm hoping PES file will work well on a Semco Ipink embroidery machine. Thank you!
Glad you liked the video, thanks for watching! Good luck with embroidering!
@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo thank you for replying! I hate to ask, I'm having trouble tracing, I've traced out my logo with the nodes, but when I hide the Import pic, there is no tracing? I've gone into prefences and changed node preferences to show outline but nothing is showing, what am I doing wrong? Many thanks!
Sorry for the delayed reply. Try highlighting it and selecting a color to see if it appears.
@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo no worries at all, have watched a few more vids and that does look to be the issue, thank you!
@@Arecipetoshare hi. Sorry to interrupt your conversation, but can I downloaded inkdcape in apple tablet or do I need to buy a laptop? Thank you
thanks so much
Thanks for watching!
Great info! Helped me understand this program, will def watch other videos ! I have a question tho, where the corners meet, there some gaps how can one avoid this ? Or does it not show up once you stitch out the design
Great question, we’ve learned since posting this video, that if you round your corners, it will stitch a much more consistent satin edge. Hope this helps!
Thank you very much! Where can I see how many meters of thread will be used in the embroidery file?
Hi! To see the meters of thread, you can go to Extensions-Ink/Stitch-Visualize and Export-PDF Export. We have a video coming in the next few weeks if you need any more information 😊 Thanks for watching!
@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo спасибо большое!!💕 thanks a lot 😊
Getting the hang of it it’s tuff but I’m sticking with it
You guys explain it well but the installation is kinda tricky
Thanks for watching! There is an update in Ink/Stitch since this video, which makes it easier to install the software (We have an updated tutorial: th-cam.com/video/CkqyaNlMq_A/w-d-xo.html).
thanks for your help, your time, your efforts and your work building the channel, please in next videos speak slower, cause some of us can't understand so faster, cause our first language is'nt English.
Thank you twize for your strength and your work studying and helping us.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We’ll try our best to improve in future videos 😁
@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo :)
Thanks a lot!!!!
Helpful! One question, is the traced outline always necessary for the design? If you wanted just the bunny without the black lines around it would that be possible?
The tracing (black lines) does not need to be included in your embroidery. It is however necessary to define your full shape. Once you are complete with your tracing, and filled it with color, you can select the object and hit “shift” and the “X” in the far left of your color palette. Hope this helps!
Hello grate video thanks for sharing but do you have any videos for windows I don’t have a Mac
Hi, we only use Mac computers in our videos, but I think everything is relatively similar in Inkscape even if you use a different operating system. Thanks for watching!
I am 1000th subscriber. :D
Thank you!
Such an AMAZING video!! just one thing... I cant seem to select Params, its just grey? any suggestions? I've selected the design and I'm on the correct layer
By the sound of it, our guess would be Inkstitch is not properly installed on your computer. If you’re running a Mac with Catalina or Big Sur, be sure to run the commands in terminal that are listed out on the Inkstitch website. Hope this helps!
Great video! Is there a 2022 updated version?
Thanks for watching! Ink/Stitch has released a new update for 2022 (v2.1.2) as well as Inkscape (v1.2). We don’t have a new tutorial for these updates yet though.
hi, thanks for your video, very informative and helpful ! do you know by any chance if the followings functions are available in inkspace (they come from the bernina software) : globe effect, 3D effect, fluffy letters effect, distortion effect (seen on the bernina B880), trapunto effect, color wheel/shuffling, being able to remove any jump stitch, being able to group the colors so you don't have to change the bobbins as much, being able to choose the direction and form of the stitches inside a design and so on ? Thanks a lot !
Hello there, thanks for watching! Of the effects you mentioned, there are only a few that Inkstitch has natively (ability to program cutting jump stitches (though this doesn't work with our machine, Brother SE1900), grouping of colors, and direction of stitch). Grouping of colors is actually more of a manual process of organizing your design, but it does the trick... direction of stitch is adjustable by degree of stitch angle in params. This is very rudimentary embroidery software, and does not have all the effects that you could find in paid embroidery software. Hope this helps!
Awesome video ! Thank you for sharing it, just one problem, I’m not able to see the tool on the right side how do I add it ?
Which tool were you looking for? In this video we used “layers” and “fill and stroke” (both you can find in the top menu) hope this helps!
Thank you for the video. New to embroidery and would love to learn how to digitalization of a pic. I am having a hard time though don’t know if I did something wrong. I downloaded the latest version of both Inkscape / ink stitch but when I use the paeans button it doesn’t work not even an error message pops up. What am I doing wrong?
You can try deleting and reinstalling it, but unfortunately we’re really not sure. Thanks for watching!
verry nice :D
great video, just one quick question. when i go to preview the design look sfine but the black border for the rabbit seems skiiny how can i do the satin sticth like you
Hi! If you want to make the border around the bunny bigger, you can click the “Object” menu at the top of the Inkscape window, then select “Fill and Stroke”. A new tab should appear at the right where you can select “Stroke Style”, from there you can increase the width. Hope this helps!
Can I just upload an SVG file and skip some of the step or do I have to convert the png in to SVG within Inkscape for it to work?
Your videos are so helpful! I am just trying to do my first design. It is only two colors...black and white. All the areas stitched out fine except for the very largest area. It did the underlay, but not the final top stitching. I used autofill, so nothing different for each layer. Any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong?
Hmm, that’s a strange one… when you select just that problem object (vs the whole design) in params, is there any difference? Are the params settings different?
@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo I finally figured it out! I used the break apart command and then it worked. Thanks for what you do!
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Thank you so much for this helpful video! One question, What format does my image need to be in in order to export to inkscape? I keep trying and it is giving me an error message.
I’m glad our videos could help you! We’ve been able to import .png’s and .jpg’s, but you can find other formats that you can import and export on the Ink/Stitch website: inkstitch.org/docs/file-formats/. Hope this helps!
Qiuestion: can u just use the fill to do the stitching and do without the outline or does the outline have to be there
Hi, the outline doesn’t have to be there. You can get rid of it in Inkscape by holding down SHIFT and clicking the X at the far left of the color palette. Hope this helps!
What is the setting you have set for the pen setting at 8:53? When I try to do it it keeps creating weird fill patterns!
If you are using the bezier tool, you can remove fill settings by selecting the red X on the color palette. I hope this can help. Thanks for watching!
Very helpful video, however my options on the Params are only open to Autofill, autofill underlay, and Fill. Am I just missing an update or did I do something wrong in the path?
Depending on what kind of objects (paths) you selected in params, the options will change… (i.e. if there are no stroke paths selected, params will not bring up those options). Hope this helps!
Does anybody know if you can change a PDF file into a PES file for a baby lock sewing machine?
I noticed on the list they had for a brother machine but I didn’t notice any baby lock on the ink stitch list for saving files.
Will this software also make or convert files in to a Jef file as well? I have a Janome Memory Craft E 400 and its only uses Jef files.
Yes it does! Thanks for watching!
Hey guys!! Appreciate all the hep from your channel! I have 1 random question.. I have an already digitized file I opened in inkstitch and wanted to make it a bit bigger for a hat so increased it from 4 inches to 4.75 inches. Well it keeps the same stitch out, correct? so the density needs increased quite a bit right. So I open params and its a running stitch so I want to change the zig zag stitch from .4 to maybe .3 or .2 to increase the density? Does that make sense or sound correct? If so, when I do that the stitch out/density doesn't change at all. Am I doing it all wrong? or need to change something? I cannot figure it out at all. I would greatly appreciate any help you could give. Thanks again guys!!
Thanks for watching! No, if you increase the size of the .svg file and reexport as a .pes, the stitch density should readjust itself to give your same param settings. Hope this helps!
Is there a difference in user extensions and regular extensions folders? When I open mine it is full of contents unlike yours? Any help with this is greatly appreciated!
Our user extensions folder only has ink stitch in it… If you see differences between ours and yours, keep in mind we were using an older version of ink stitch in this video, all of our other extension options are default. Hope this answers your question!
Is the needle going to the far top right after the preview normal? I think it might be messing with how large the embroidery is because my sewing machine should be able to work a 10cmx10cm area, and my design is about 9x4, but it says that the pattern is too large.
Do you have any layers or remnants that are possibly being picked up that is causing the issue? Other than that we can't be sure what the issue is. Thanks for watching.