TIPS & TECHNIQUES Seeing red This issue we’re looking at redwork. It’s a style that first became popular during the late 1800s, explains Paul MacNamee of Embroidery Training, taking its name from Turkey Red, “one of the first truly colourfast dyes for cotton”. Traditionally stitched as simple outline designs on white household linens, its timeless style remains popular to this day. “With Wilcom EmbroideryStudio 2026, this traditional embroidery style has been brought firmly into the modern era,” says Paul, who as well as being an authorised Wilcom reseller and trainer also copresents Madeira training courses and partners with the official HappyJapan agent to support customers across the Midlands and north-west of the UK. “The new Redwork Tool automatically calculates an intelligent, continuous stitch path, dramatically reducing unnecessary trims while ensuring no section of line work is stitched more than twice.” This creates a clean, even result that would be time-consuming to achieve consistently by manual digitising, he says. “The Redwork Tool is ideal for intricate line-based designs where manually creating an efficient stitch path can be extremely complex.” Paul MacNamee of Embroidery Training has developed a guide to creating production-ready redwork embroidery It intelligently calculates the optimum route with minimal trims, and Paul says that once you are familiar with the tools and workflow, “a design of this type can typically be digitised in around 15 minutes or less”.. www.embroiderytraining.co.uk TOP TIP: When stitching intricate linework, using a finer thread and needle can make a noticeable difference. For this project, I paired Madeira Polyneon No. 75 with a size 60 needle for the black outline, helping to keep the fine details crisp and well defined. Redwork embroidery is a timeless style that can be easily achieved with Wilcom’s new Redwork Tool www.images-magazine.com 60 images OCTOBER 2026
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