In this educational Embroidery Hub episode, Willy teaches you the key differences between digitizing for caps and flats. Not only will he tell you the difference, but he’ll also show you exactly how to digitize for each item and embroider them so you can see how they come out. So if you’re ready to take your digitizing to the next level, make sure you don’t miss a single minute of this episode.
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Timestamps
1:09 - Differences between digitizing for flats and caps
1:49 - Digitizing for a flat garment
5:10 - Setting up the EM-1010 and the flat garment
6:01 - Embroidering the flat garment
6:25 - Embroidering the cap
7:30 - Digitizing for the cap
9:07 - Embroidering the cap with the correct design
9:25 - Final product
10:15 - Tips for flat and cap digitizing
Digitizing the design to embroider on flats is pretty simple. Just auto digitize the design and set the design height to 2.5 inches. Then, use the shaping tool to make sure the design embroiders from the top down and from the outside to the center. This is the opposite of how you would set the embroidery sequence for cap embroidery. Now, choose a flat garment like a sweater or polo shirt, hoop it, put it in the embroidery machine, and press Start. The final product should have no issues.
Next, set up the machine for cap embroidery. Hoop and insert the cap into the machine and embroider the flat design onto the cap. You will see registration issues and puckering on the cap.
To digitize a design for cap embroidery, use the shaping tool in Chroma to make the machine embroider the design from the bottom up and from the center out. When you embroider another cap with this edited design, there should be no issues.
Most of the time, if you want to use the same design on a cap and a flat, ask your digitizer to digitize the design for a cap only. A design digitized for a cap can be used on a flat but not vice versa.
Otherwise, it’s best to let the digitizer know where exactly you’re planning on putting the design so they can create separate files.
It’s always better to get two versions of the design for flats and caps if they are going to be different sizes, as stretching or shrinking the design usually doesn’t lead to great results.
Finally, always test the design on any scrap garment or cap before embroidering it on a client’s garment just to make sure it’s exactly like you want it to be.