EMBROIDERY GLOSSARY (M-Pe)

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Machine Language:

The codes and formats used by different machine manufacturers within the embroidery industry. Common formats include Barudan, Brother, Fortran, Happy, Marco, Meistergram, Melco, Pfaff, Stellar, Tajima, Toyota, Ultramatic and ZSK. Most digitizing systems can save designs in these languages so the computer disk can be read by the embroidery machine.

Marking:

Marking goods serves as an aid in positioning the frame and referencing the needle start points.

Modular:

Machine system where many separate stitching heads, or configurations of heads, are controlled by a central computer.

Monogram:

Embroidered design composed of one or more letters, usually the initials of a name.

Moss Stitch:

Chenille-type stitch. Also see Chenille.

Motif:

An appliqué. A single embroidered design.

Needle:

Small, slender piece of steel with a hole for thread and a point for stitching fabric. A machine needle differs from a handwork needle; the machine needle’s eye is found at its pointed end. Machine embroidery needles come with sharp points for piercing heavy, tightly woven fabrics; ball points, which glide between the fibers of knits; and a variety of specialty points, such as wedge points, which are used for leather.

Network:

1) To link embroidery machines via a central computer and disk-drive system.

2) A group of machines linked via a central computer.

Nippers:

See Thread Clippers.

Pad Printing:

Pad printing utilizes a flexible silicone rubber transfer pad that picks up a film of ink from a photo-etched printing plate and transfers it to an item. Pad printing is usually used for 3-D items.

Paper Tape:

One punching format that uses a continuous reel of paper or Mylar tape containing X-Y coordinate information in binary, Fortran or other numeric codes to control pantograph movement. It’s becoming less favored and replaced by computer disks.

Patches:

Made from twill fabric, patches have a merrowed edge and an adhesive back. Most embroidery shops don’t own a merrowing machine, so making patches from scratch isn’t an option, nor is it cost effective. One can still, however, supply them for the customer. Companies that specialize in making patches are plentiful, and the prices are much better than the average embroidery shop can manage. For the small odd jobs, though, blank patches are available in many shapes, colors and sizes.

Pattern:

An outline of a garment on paper. It usually embodies all the pieces necessary to cut a complete garment from material.

Pencil Rub:

A low-cost way of producing a “sample” of an embroidery design. Consists of a piece of tracing paper placed over a sewout and rubbed lightly with a pencil to produce an impression of the embroidery.

Petit Point:

Using a grid, like those used in cross-stitch, petit point is a single-angle stitch repeated in the same place until the desired fullness is achieved. Usually very stitch intensive.