Embroidery · Dyeing correction / Real case
Making the final circle—not the greige circle.
A real correction process for embroidery that appeared round before dyeing but distorted after the base fabric completed finishing.
The visible failure
The embroidery looked circular on the greige fabric, but the motif became visibly oval after dyeing and finishing. The issue was not simply a bad drawing: warp and weft changed by different amounts while the dense embroidery restricted the base fabric locally.
Measure the final state
Instead of judging only the embroidery-off-machine sample, the team measured the washed and finished result. Horizontal and vertical change were recorded separately so the correction was based on the final fabric rather than intuition.
Pre-compensate the artwork
The source circle was deliberately scaled by different ratios in the two directions. That pre-distortion was designed to be cancelled by the known finishing behaviour, allowing the finished motif—not the unfinished motif—to approach a true circle.
Change one variable per round
Pattern ratio, setting width, overfeed and fabric tension were not changed together. Each sample round isolated one adjustment, making it possible to identify which change improved the finished geometry.
Turn the correction into a route
The final route combined artwork compensation, stable edge handling, relaxed mounting and post-finishing measurement. The useful output was not only one corrected sample, but a documented method for similar repeat orders.