Terribly unhappy with embroidery work done for me (pics)
#61
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I have a Melco embroidery machine, this job looks bad to me. If you decide to take the stitches out be very careful because it is very easy to make a hole. I do believe it could be done over in the same area. However it will weaken the fabric.
#63
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I have an Embroidery machine and It looks like as the others said they did not use the right stablizer, but I can also tell you that taking all that out will be quite a chore and I always leave a hole somewhere no matter how careful I am. I would take it back tell them you are unhappy and see what they suggest. Unfortunalty machine embroidery is not a forgiving thing. It really doesn't look as bad as you think and you may be able to quilt it and it look ok. So sorry they did not do a good job for you
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I don't know much about embroidery, but I do know that it needs to be stabalized and it doesn't look like they did that. I would march myself right back there and ask them what they are going to do about it--and if they guarantee that they won't make it worse. At least I would demand part of my money back. just my thoughts, we shouldn't have to pay for poor quality work. good luck, so sorry this happened.
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Originally Posted by wvdek
I don't understand.
You PAID the shop to do the embroiderey and they screwed it up and you are not going to let them know?
Now you are going to try and do some more stitching around it to flatten it?
What if when you do that you are still not happy with it?
Please, go back to the shop, show them the problem, tell them it is not acceptable, ask what can be done to make it right.
By not doing anything and trying to correct it yourself, you are not helping the next person who goes in and gets some embroidery done. The shop needs to know so they can correct it and if they cannot correct it, they need to refund your money.
You PAID the shop to do the embroiderey and they screwed it up and you are not going to let them know?
Now you are going to try and do some more stitching around it to flatten it?
What if when you do that you are still not happy with it?
Please, go back to the shop, show them the problem, tell them it is not acceptable, ask what can be done to make it right.
By not doing anything and trying to correct it yourself, you are not helping the next person who goes in and gets some embroidery done. The shop needs to know so they can correct it and if they cannot correct it, they need to refund your money.
Also if you don't go back to the shop, they may not be aware that they made such an error? I would go in politely, and explain to them how unsatisfied you are and just how important the embroidery is to the project. It is worth your while to go in and to not show you displeasure, but to show your discouragement and sadness!
TreeFrog
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Taking it out will be a mess. You might put a hole in it and the fabric will be weaker, take it from one who knows, behind the top stitches are many smaller ones to fill in. I looked at it closely and it does look like a very small stipple will help and honestly you might not see the wrinkles after that. They either needed many layers of stabilizer or heavier stabilizer. It looks like they used no stabilizer although you said there was one in back. That is a terrible job for a company to do for money. I'd ask for my money back and then go stipple it.
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Oh yeah, one more thing. Be careful ironing it. I would iron on the back. 1. not to flatten the lettering and 2. not to melt the thread. Don't go on a cotton setting. Most embroidery thread is polyester or rayon.
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I would take a strip only of the same material and have them re-do the embroidering for free making sure this time they stabilize the fabric. Then take a piece of batting and cover the strip with the embroidery and applique the new strip over it. It will looked raised but will cover what looks like is impossible to fix otherwise. I don't think a raised embroidered strip will look unplanned it stands out anyway. Next time you want to embroider something on a quilt just take the fabric piece you want embroidered. And then use it as planned. The person at the shop might have had a hard time positioning the whole quilt top although it shouldn't be a problem for anyone with experience embroidering.
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