What is Embroidery Digitizing? When you're into embroidery and needlecraft you may have come across Embroidery Digitizing. Embroidery digitizing it the process of converting artwork into a stitch file that can be read by an embroidery machine and then sewn into fabric. How do we go about embroidery digitizing? Pathing, or mapping, refers to the sequence of stitches in the design, from start to