Embroidery patch maker

A patch is a sequence, not a picture

A patch stitched on twill is made in four steps the machine must run in order: a placement line stitched on the stabiliser alone to show where to lay the fabric, a machine stop to lay the twill, a tack-down line that holds it, then the design and the satin border that covers the cut edge. Broderly generates this full sequence with the stop in the right place and the border last; on a multi-head, the stop is noted on the machine sheet.

1. Drop the logo (or start from text alone). Pick the shape: rounded rectangle, circle or oval, shield, hexagon, diamond, or an outline that follows the logo.
2. Width, height, border. 5 to 10 cm in one click; the satin border is 3 mm by default, its colour and width adjustable; the stitched background is optional (useless on coloured twill).
3. Text top and bottom, arched and curved, in any font.
4. Export the machine file and, for plotter or laser cutting, the cut line as SVG or DXF.

The settings that matter

• Satin border: 2.5 to 3.5 mm wide, density 0.35 to 0.4 mm, zigzag underlay. Too narrow, it doesn't cover the cut edge; too wide, it ripples.
• Tack-down: a running stitch 1 mm inside the border, later covered.
• Background: stitched if the twill isn't the right colour, otherwise left to the fabric (fewer stitches, softer patch).
• Text: 6 mm minimum in satin, arched at the top, curved at the bottom, never touching the border (2 mm margin).

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Updated 2026-09-24.