Machine embroidery is becoming increasingly popular. It is more durablethan other customization methods for textiles and it adds a whole newartistic dimension to the design. What makes it so beautiful, also addsa new layer of complexity to the machine embroidery design creationprocess. In this brief introduction we will learn a few basicessentials on how to create machine embroidery designs using the OpenSource vector graphic software Inkscape along with the Ink/Stitchextension.## Links Ink/Stitch InkscapeLicensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/about this event: https://pretalx.c3voc.de/lgm25-upstream-2025/talk/2052117469/