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We have an embroidery machine! It's a Brother SE400.
We have an embroidery machine!
 
[[File:Brother_SE400.jpg|thumb|Brother SE400]]
== manual ==
[https://download.brother.com/welcome/doch000184/885v31_v32_v33_om04en.pdf Download the manual].
 
== tips ==
Make sure the fabric is very tensed (Brother actually recommends to use a stabilizer product).
You may want to loose the upper thread (setting it on 2 seems to work well).


== making images ==
== making images ==


In order to embroider, you need to obtain a .pes file. This is a proprietary file format used by Brother machines. It's a vector format that includes individual stitches, thread colors, etc etc.
In order to embroider, you need to obtain a .pes file. This is a proprietary file format used by Brother machines. It's a vector format that includes individual stitches, thread colors, etc etc.  


We've been using [http://sandscomputing.com/products-shop/sewart-embroidery-digitizer/ SewArt], which costs money, but has a 30-day free trial. The trial has enough features to do this, to the point where I'm not sure anyone will buy it. It's windows-only, but you can download free windows 10 [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO/ isos] or [https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/ virtual machine images] nowadays.
We've been using [http://sandscomputing.com/products-shop/sewart-embroidery-digitizer/ SewArt], which costs money, but has a 30-day free trial. The trial has enough features to do this, to the point where I'm not sure anyone will buy it. It's windows-only, but you can download free windows 10 [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO/ isos] or [https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/ virtual machine images] nowadays.


To import images with SewArt, File > Open a normal image file. Tools > Resize to make it fit the embroidery size (supposedly 4" by 4" ~= 100m by 100m, but I think it's a little smaller than that). Then Tools > Convert to stitches to create stitch information. There's a lot of options here, but probably what you want is "Auto-sew Image" in the top right, then "Set Transparent Color" to avoid stitching a whole background. Finally Save As to generate the .pes file.
To import images, File > Open a normal image file. Tools > Resize to make it fit the embroidery size (supposedly 4" by 4" ~= 100m by 100m, but I think it's a little smaller than that). Then Tools > Convert to stitches to create stitch information. There's a lot of options here, but probably what you want is "Auto-sew Image" in the top right, then "Set Transparent Color" to avoid stitching a whole background. Finally Save As to generate the .pes file.
 
A couple of alternative projects have bubbled up for working with pes files on linux and the ilk.
<ul>
<li>[https://github.com/MaxKellermann/svg2pes/commits/master svg2pes] A svg to pes work in progress
<li>[http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/pesconvert.git;a=summary pesconvert]. A torvalds project to convert pes to thumbnail images
</ul>
The torvalds project and some rumination on the pes format is described on his [http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2010/01/embroidery-gaah.html blogspot]


== putting images on the machine ==
== putting images on the machine ==
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== example files ==
== example files ==
(We can't upload .pes files to this wiki so these are .dat files, change the extension from .pes.dat to .pes to use them)
 
<gallery>
TODO
File:cat.png|[[File:cat.pes.dat|pes file]]
File:cat_embroidery.png|<-----
</gallery>
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