Hoopline

Create a design, digitize it, and send the .PES to Artspira for your Brother PE900

1Your design

Start from

Drag items on the Design view to move them. Letters stitch cleanly at 6 mm tall or more.

Hoop Design width (mm)

Turn sideways to fit the hoop (rotate 90°)

Number of colors

Leave the background unstitched

Stitch order is top to bottom. The thread names match what the PE900 shows on screen. Tick "skip" for any color you want the fabric to show through.

Stitch settings (optional, the defaults work for most designs)

Fill direction Density

Smallest detail kept Underlay stitches (steadier on knits and towels) Overlap touching colors slightly (stops gaps)

Saves the design to your phone's Files, ready for Artspira.

Create your design here, or tap Use a picture to bring in a PNG from Canva.
Tap Stitches to check how it will sew, and look over the thread list.
Tap Send to Artspira.
In Artspira: My Creations → + → Import External Files → pick the .PES file → send it to the PE900.
Thread the colors in the order listed under step 3. The machine shows the same names.
First time with a new design: stitch it once on scrap fabric with the same stabilizer.

Keep letters at least 6 mm tall. Bold fonts hold up best; script fonts need to be bigger.
Flat colors and bold shapes digitize best. Photos, gradients and shadows do not.
Keep everything inside the dashed line. That's the area the machine can sew.
Use as few colors as the design needs. Each one is a thread change.
From Canva: Share → Download → PNG, with "Transparent background" ticked if you have Canva Pro.