Here’s a free design where you can test your embroidery machine tension for satin, fill and running stitches. It’s more useful than the typical I or H tension tests that only show you how satin stitches will look.
Clicking the button above will download the free file to your computer.
Can’t find it? Try Control+J on your keyboard to see your recently downloaded files, or Cmd+J on a Mac.
If you do a lot of in-the-hoop machine embroidery, you’ll appreciate the running stitch tests of this design. It will help you adjust your machine tension and get tight seams.
Suggestions on how this design works can be found in the video below.