Machines and thread
Stitches per minute, explained
Home embroidery machines commonly top out somewhere between about 400 and 1,000 spm and commercial multi-needle heads often go higher, but many embroiderers sew below the maximum. Slowing down helps with metallic thread, caps, dense fills and small lettering. Embrizo estimates sew time at 700 stitches a minute plus time for each color change and trim, and the production calculator works out pieces per hour at your own speed.
