Help with embroidery
#21
Trying my new old Designer 1. Having fun for the most part. But I'm trying to do this design, have tried three times, and it puckers and the outlining is not right! What am I doing wrong? Background is cotton, used cutaway stabilizer which I sprayed down with basting adhesive. Thought I had it hooped right. Anyone out there with this particular design on their Designer 1? Help!
#22
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This one looks much better!! My suggestion is to iron a lightweight fusible interfacing on your fabric (assuming you will not "see and use" the back of this) before you start. I have better luck when I have enough or more than enough stabilizer. I hoop the heaviest weight one I can, after fusing the interfacing, then I baste my fabric onto the stabilizer (do not hoop because I am too heavy handed and I torque the fabric!) and then I float another piece of stabilizer under my hoop. I have embroidered some extremely dense designs ( like Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit set ) onto quilting cotton and have not had ANY" puckering........Good luck!!
#23
RE: Help with embroidery
The best advice I have gotten is to hoop the stabilizer, and then pin or spray baste the fabric to the stabilizer. This has worked for me with all types of stabilizers.
I also use the fix button to outline the embroidery area. If you can slow down the stitching some it may help also.
Phyllis
I also use the fix button to outline the embroidery area. If you can slow down the stitching some it may help also.
Phyllis
#24
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I have this pattern and have use it..I found out with this dense stitches..u need a heavier material..if u have made sure the hoop it tight..and all else is right..too many stitches like this pulls the fabric on light fabric..I used a heavy cotton and denim ..it worked ok then..
#25
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All of the designs on this quilt top are dense. In addition to a very heavy fusible stabilizer, I used a lightweight fusible interfacing on these designs. There was a long period of time when I didn't do any and, when I went back to finish sewing enough blocks for this quilt top, I forgot to include the lightweight interfacing and I had some trouble with the stitching not meeting where it should have. I had to figure out what the problem was and decided it was because I forgot or neglected to add that interfacing. Once I started using it again, I had no more problems. When I was preparing to make the quilt top, I pulled all the stabilizer/interfacing off all the way up to the design and then cut it off close to the stitching. Whenever I get around to quilting this top, I will probably do free motion meandering within each block, up to the designs, which should make them really stand out.
As has been said already in this thread, you need to stabilize very well and not stretch your fabric when you hoop. Tear-away stabilizer is a 'no-no' for dense designs.
All of the designs on this quilt top are dense. In addition to a very heavy fusible stabilizer, I used a lightweight fusible interfacing on these designs. There was a long period of time when I didn't do any and, when I went back to finish sewing enough blocks for this quilt top, I forgot to include the lightweight interfacing and I had some trouble with the stitching not meeting where it should have. I had to figure out what the problem was and decided it was because I forgot or neglected to add that interfacing. Once I started using it again, I had no more problems. When I was preparing to make the quilt top, I pulled all the stabilizer/interfacing off all the way up to the design and then cut it off close to the stitching. Whenever I get around to quilting this top, I will probably do free motion meandering within each block, up to the designs, which should make them really stand out.
As has been said already in this thread, you need to stabilize very well and not stretch your fabric when you hoop. Tear-away stabilizer is a 'no-no' for dense designs.
#26
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agree with the density of the fabric
Starch the fabric heavily. don't stretch it when you hoop it and float another piece of stabilizer under the hoop.
My personal thought is that this design may be too dense for quilting cotton. You can probably get it to stitch out without puckers but it will be like having a piece of cement in the middle of your fabric. Less dense designs work best on lighter weight fabric, denser designs work well on heavier ones. In one of the first classes I had with my embroidery machine, the instructor told us that selecting a design with appropriate density for the project was one of the most important things to learn.
My personal thought is that this design may be too dense for quilting cotton. You can probably get it to stitch out without puckers but it will be like having a piece of cement in the middle of your fabric. Less dense designs work best on lighter weight fabric, denser designs work well on heavier ones. In one of the first classes I had with my embroidery machine, the instructor told us that selecting a design with appropriate density for the project was one of the most important things to learn.
#27
I would try it with 2 pieces of stabilizer. If the stabilizer has a grain I put one pieces with the grain going up and down and the other piece with the grain going sideways. If this doesn't work I figure that it is probably a "design" problem and you either have to live with the puckers or throw out the design. I usually throw out the design.
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