EmbroideryStudio 2026 Has Arrived!
The most powerful version of EmbroideryStudio yet, designed for speed, accuracy, and artistic freedom.
The ultimate embroidery software and tools for professional digitizers, embroidery shops, industry educators, apparel decorators, and hobbyists.
Wilcom is the trusted choice for embroidery precision and creativity!
2026 New Release
From speed to creativity, these are the top 10 reasons that you will love Wilcom's new EmbroideryStudio 2026.
Multi Blend
The first tool of its kind in the embroidery world. Blend layers, colors, and textures in real time with EmbroideryStudio 2026.
Continue Digitizing
Hotly anticipated and now available in the new EmbroideryStudio 2026, continue digitizing any closed object with ease.
What’s new in
EmbroideryStudio 2026
EmbroideryStudio 2026 introduces faster tools, richer color control, and smarter digitizing workflows.
Boost creativity and production speed with an industry-first Multi Blend Tool, Redwork Automation, Precision Grids, Advanced Snap-to-Objects Controls, Streamlined One-Click Design Exports, Continue Digitizing, and more.
EmbroideryStudio 2026
Designing
Decorating
Editing
Lettering
EmbroideryStudio 2026 introduces smarter tools that boost creativity and efficiency.
It includes the industry-first Multi Blend tool for multi-layer stitch and color blending, Redwork, streamlined exports, precision grids, Continued Digitizing, and many new advanced digitizing controls.
EmbroideryStudio 2026 is designed for speed, accuracy, and artistic freedom. Try it today!
Add-on Products
Elements
Embroidery
Connect
WilcomWorkspace
Truesizer
Estimator
WilcomWorkspace is a cloud-based embroidery platform that brings Wilcom’s precision and reliability to your browser.
View, edit, convert, and manage embroidery designs from any device, no downloads or installations required.
Perfect for production teams, digitizers, and decorators, Workspace makes it easy to collaborate, preview stitches, prepare files for machine output, and streamline everyday workflows.
Automation
Wilcom Automation is a complete embroidery automation framework that brings Wilcom’s industry-leading stitch technology into your websites, applications, and business systems.
Through a suite of powerful APIs, you can automate design creation, lettering, file conversion, on-screen previews, and production-ready output generation, all without manual digitizing steps.
Built for decorators, eCommerce platforms, enterprise apparel solutions, and large-scale production environments, Wilcom Automation improves accuracy, speeds up fulfillment, and enables fully customized customer experiences at scale.
Hatch Embroidery
Hatch Embroidery is an intuitive, feature-rich embroidery software suite designed for hobbyists and home-based creators who want professional results without the complexity.
Whether you’re personalizing gifts, crafting custom designs, or exploring detailed digitizing, Hatch Embroidery gives you the freedom to create with ease.
Powered by Wilcom’s world-leading stitch engine, it delivers smart tools, beautiful rendering, and creative flexibility, helping you turn ideas into polished, stitch-perfect projects every time.
Compatible with all major embroidery machine brands including
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Wilcom Today
Presence in over
120 countries
Products in over
14 languages
395,000+ users
worldwide
Our Growth
Continuous feature innovation
New product
development
A passion for
embroidery
1979
Wilcom is founded
Wilcom's founders shared a vision for automating the embroidery industry that has changed the way people create and produce embroidered goods.
1980
Wilcom's first system is sold
Wilcom's first embroidery system was sold to Lion Bros for a bargain price of $120,000. At the time is was predicted only ten embroidery design systems will be needed to meet the global demand of embroidery designs.
1983
First desktop design system
The Wilcom CED was the world's first desktop embroidery design system that pioneered the way for PC-based embroidery digitizing.
1985
The Stitch Process is invented
Wilcom's patent stitch process revolutionized the industry. For the first time a digitizer could resize an embroidery design without having to redigitize the entire design again.
1991
Introducing Wilcom ES
Wilcom ES, the second generation of Wilcom digitizing software, is released. While DOS based, the Wilcom engineers had the foresight to design a Windows-like graphical user interface before Windows even existed.
1996
The all-in-one .EMB
The release of Wilcom's Sirus generation software introduced the all-in-one object-based Wilcom .EMB file that allowed, for the first time, an embroidery designer to store their objects, stitches and artwork in a single editable file. A game changer!
2008
Our Corel partnership begins
DecoStudio was the first Wilcom product release to include our industry-changing integration of CorelDRAW and began our long and close strategic relationship with Corel.
2016
Hatch Embroidery is released
Hatch Embroidery version 1 was released in 2016 and quickly became the number one choice for home-hobby embroiderers. Today Hatch is used in hundreds of countries and has sparked a new generation of passionate embroiderers.
2019
Wilcom-Dahao Partnership
Wilcom formed a strategic partnership with Dahao, the world's number one manufacturer of embroidery controllers that power hundreds of embroidery machine brands around the world.
2020
EmbroideryConnect
Wilcom's WiFi-powered EmbroideryConnect is released allowing users to seamlessly send designs from EmbroideryStudio to any USB-powered embroidery machine wirelessly.
2021
WilcomWorkspace
Wilcom releases WilcomWorkspace, an online suite of embroidery tools to help production, customer service and sales teams view, resize, recolor and generate accurate stitch estimates for embroidery designs.
2023
Dongle free solution
Wilcom offers dongle-free access across all four product levels, with flexible purchase options available through a subscription model for the premium product.
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