Embroidery Digitising Services for Embroiderers Worldwide
Digitising here happens through my business, Veronica and Me Designs. And if you are searching from outside New Zealand, yes, this is also called embroidery digitizing.
I turn logos and artwork into production-ready embroidery files for embroidery businesses and professional embroiderers all over the world. Anyone can make a design look good on a computer screen. What matters is how it actually stitches on fabric, and that is the part I obsess over.
What Is Embroidery Digitising?
Embroidery machines cannot read a picture. Digitising is the process of turning artwork into a stitch file that tells the machine exactly where, how and in what order to stitch. It is a skill, not a button press. Give the same logo to two digitisers and you will get two files that stitch out completely differently. I have seen the proof more times than I can count.
A well digitised file means fewer thread breaks, cleaner small text and a design that behaves itself run after run. A poor one costs you time, thread, garments and occasionally your sanity.
Who I Work With
Embroidery Businesses
Reliable production files and sensible turnaround times, from someone who runs production herself.
Professional Embroiderers
A digitiser who understands real stitching, not just software.
Home Embroiderers
A special project deserves better than an auto-convert. If you have been burned by a cheap auto-digitised file before, you are in good company here.
Files arrive digitally, in whatever format your machine speaks, so it does not matter where in the world you stitch. Plenty of my regulars have never been within ten thousand kilometres of my studio.
How Ordering Works
- Order online. Ordering happens through the Veronica and Me Designs website, with pricing right there on the page. No mystery invoices.
- The form does the remembering. It asks for your artwork, the finished stitch size and the fabric it will be stitched on, which is everything I need to get started.
- I digitise your design. Every file is built by hand with the fabric, size and stitch flow in mind.
- Test and delivery. Your file is stitched out and checked before it is sent, in whichever machine format you need.
- Backed after delivery. If the file is not stitching properly on your machine, talk to me and I will put it right.
Why Work With Me
I Stitch What I Digitise
I run embroidery machines every week, support the people who buy them and run my own embroidery production. When I choose a stitch angle or an underlay, it is because I have watched what happens on real fabric when you get it wrong.
Built by Hand, Not Auto-Converted
Auto-digitising is the reason so many embroiderers have trust issues. Every design I send out was digitised by me, on purpose, one decision at a time.
Clear Communication
Plain language and honest timeframes. And if I think embroidery is the wrong technique for your artwork, I will tell you before you spend a cent.
Frequently Asked Questions
What machine formats can you supply?
All the common home and commercial formats, including PES, DST, EMB, EXP, JEF and VP3. If your machine speaks something more unusual, just ask.
How long does digitising take?
Most simple designs and logos are completed within 24 to 48 hours. More complicated designs can take longer. In a hurry? Ask. Rush jobs can often be arranged and it never hurts to check.
What information do you need with my order?
Your artwork, the finished stitch size, and the fabric or garment it will be stitched on. Those details change how a design should be built, every time. A logo digitised for a cap at sixty millimetres is a different beast from the same logo on polar fleece at two hundred. The order form on the website asks for all of this, so you do not have to remember it.
Do you test stitch the designs?
Yes. A design that only works on screen is not finished. Files are stitched out and checked before they go anywhere.
What if the design does not stitch well on my machine?
Get in touch. If a file is not stitching properly, I will fix it. That is part of the service, and I would rather sort a file than know it is out there somewhere, stitching badly. If you have changed your mind about the design itself, that is a new job rather than a repair, and I will always be upfront about which is which.
Where are you based and does it matter?
Auckland, New Zealand, working with embroiderers worldwide. The time zone turns out to be surprisingly handy: send your design at the end of your day and it is often ready when you wake up.
Get Your Design Digitised
Pricing and ordering live on the Veronica and Me Designs website, so you can send your design through whenever it suits. And if your artwork is a photo of a sketch on a serviette, do not worry. It will not be my first.