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Notes from the workbench.

Shorter pieces: what we learned from real stitch-outs, format oddities we hit, and product changes.

• October 20, 2026 · 5 min

  Why a fixed 1.5 mm cut allowance is the wrong default

  A fixed 1.5 mm cut-file offset ignores satin width, fabric pull-in, placement care and tips. For a 4 mm satin on woven the balanced allowance is 0.5 to 0.8 mm.

• September 29, 2026 · 5 min

  What 225 real embroidery files taught us about PES, DST and VP3

  Parsing 225 real-world PES, DST, JEF, VP3, XXX and PCS files: the PEC block every PES shares, DST trims as three jumps, VP3 without jumps, XXX's 12.4 mm trap, and more.

• September 8, 2026 · 4 min

  Launch notes: what Appliqué Maker does, what it doesn't, and what we still need to measure

  What the tool generates, what we validated digitally, what we have not stitched yet, and what is on the roadmap: blanket and E-stitch, translations, no FCM.