Am I doomed to hand-sewing?

I have a home-sewing machine, not industrial. Does a stitch pattern/setting exist for machine-sewing my studded mesh? I've scoured this sub and youtube to no avail. I tried using the embroidery plate and using the widest straight-stitch setting but after swapping needles, feet, jigs, and tension I just keep ending up with a birdsnest of bottom thread. To me that seems like I should have been able to fix it by top/bottom tension but I'm stumped.

Thoughts?