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#2051
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,536
Lil,
LOVE the towel.
I am TRYING to work on a design but had 3 mess ups yesterday
with it so I gave up.
Yesterday I tried not hooping the fabric, and just holding it in place
until there was some stitches that didn't work.
Next I tried using a Aileen' "tacky glue stick" that didn't hope the fabric
in place either.
Last I tried a basting stitch, still didn't like results.
Today I am going to try doing it the "correct" way which is hooping
the fabric with stabilizer. Sometimes I don't like hooping the fabric
because if not careful it will distort, or stretch the fabric wrong and
when the design is finished it doesn't look as good.
Will post pics IF it turns out right.
LOVE the towel.
I am TRYING to work on a design but had 3 mess ups yesterday
with it so I gave up.
Yesterday I tried not hooping the fabric, and just holding it in place
until there was some stitches that didn't work.
Next I tried using a Aileen' "tacky glue stick" that didn't hope the fabric
in place either.
Last I tried a basting stitch, still didn't like results.
Today I am going to try doing it the "correct" way which is hooping
the fabric with stabilizer. Sometimes I don't like hooping the fabric
because if not careful it will distort, or stretch the fabric wrong and
when the design is finished it doesn't look as good.
Will post pics IF it turns out right.
#2052
Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 5
I hope someone can help me with a problem. I have a Singer Futura and I need to insert a message with my design, but cannot find any information at Singer help or u-tube. Can anyone give me any info. to do this?
#2053
Lil,
LOVE the towel.
I am TRYING to work on a design but had 3 mess ups yesterday
with it so I gave up.
Yesterday I tried not hooping the fabric, and just holding it in place
until there was some stitches that didn't work.
Next I tried using a Aileen' "tacky glue stick" that didn't hope the fabric
in place either.
Last I tried a basting stitch, still didn't like results.
Today I am going to try doing it the "correct" way which is hooping
the fabric with stabilizer. Sometimes I don't like hooping the fabric
because if not careful it will distort, or stretch the fabric wrong and
when the design is finished it doesn't look as good.
Will post pics IF it turns out right.
LOVE the towel.
I am TRYING to work on a design but had 3 mess ups yesterday
with it so I gave up.
Yesterday I tried not hooping the fabric, and just holding it in place
until there was some stitches that didn't work.
Next I tried using a Aileen' "tacky glue stick" that didn't hope the fabric
in place either.
Last I tried a basting stitch, still didn't like results.
Today I am going to try doing it the "correct" way which is hooping
the fabric with stabilizer. Sometimes I don't like hooping the fabric
because if not careful it will distort, or stretch the fabric wrong and
when the design is finished it doesn't look as good.
Will post pics IF it turns out right.
#2054
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,536
Yes it made sense to me.
No I haven't the 505 spray and pins method yet.
Since my fabric was just 100% cotton I decided to just hoop
fabric with the stabilizer and it worked the way it should.
With that being said I did use a new (to me) kind of tear away
stabilizer that I got from Joann's, it is a Pellon not exactly sure
what the item number is but it looks like perforated paper or a
holey stabilizer.
The design I did was from the watercolor birds on Emb. Library
which has 63,789 stitches, and on my machine it took 113 min.
to stitch out (not counting the thread change time).
I will post pictures later of my actual design that I stitched.
No I haven't the 505 spray and pins method yet.
Since my fabric was just 100% cotton I decided to just hoop
fabric with the stabilizer and it worked the way it should.
With that being said I did use a new (to me) kind of tear away
stabilizer that I got from Joann's, it is a Pellon not exactly sure
what the item number is but it looks like perforated paper or a
holey stabilizer.
The design I did was from the watercolor birds on Emb. Library
which has 63,789 stitches, and on my machine it took 113 min.
to stitch out (not counting the thread change time).
I will post pictures later of my actual design that I stitched.
#2055
Louise that is a beautiful design (went to the link). The perforated paper you speak of I have also and it works well with dense to medium dense designs. Its much easier to remove since it is perforated and find it easy to manage. Thank you to all for your comments on the towel. I was supposed to do another one differently today but as always housework came first with little time later. Will post it though when its done.
#2056
Stabilizer question....no more puckering
Stabilizer question....please advise.
i am a newbie to embroidery and practicing with different fabrics and designs. Recently, I practiced on a piece of sample medium weight fabric that Joanne's sells - it's shiny on the back side and looks like linen on the front. The design has over 97,000 stitches. This is my third embroidery ever on my Horizon 12000.
After watching multiple videos, I decided to spray baste medium weight cut away stabilizer to the shiny side of fabric and hooped it securely. No puckering when in hoop. When I removed the hoop it had some puckering. Want to redo this design and now I am thinking that maybe I need two layers of stabilizer and use the baste stitch mode before starting the actual design.
Your thoughts? Thanks.
i am a newbie to embroidery and practicing with different fabrics and designs. Recently, I practiced on a piece of sample medium weight fabric that Joanne's sells - it's shiny on the back side and looks like linen on the front. The design has over 97,000 stitches. This is my third embroidery ever on my Horizon 12000.
After watching multiple videos, I decided to spray baste medium weight cut away stabilizer to the shiny side of fabric and hooped it securely. No puckering when in hoop. When I removed the hoop it had some puckering. Want to redo this design and now I am thinking that maybe I need two layers of stabilizer and use the baste stitch mode before starting the actual design.
Your thoughts? Thanks.
#2057
Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 6
I have the Bernina 440QE with embroidery module. Still learning.....
#2058
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Coastal Georgia
Posts: 1,508
The type stabilizer is what determines the outcome of your hooped project. Also the type fabric you use also determines the outcome of the project.
I use to think you just put the fabric in the hoop and have a go at it. DOES NOT WORK!
I took some classes earlier this year locally and found that there are just as many thicknesses of stablizers from water soluable to not as there are fabrics to use in the hoop and if you don't use the right size weight for each project it will not yield good results.
Many projects just using a back tear away stabilizer is not enough. You also need to put a water soluable one on top.
I use to think you just put the fabric in the hoop and have a go at it. DOES NOT WORK!
I took some classes earlier this year locally and found that there are just as many thicknesses of stablizers from water soluable to not as there are fabrics to use in the hoop and if you don't use the right size weight for each project it will not yield good results.
Many projects just using a back tear away stabilizer is not enough. You also need to put a water soluable one on top.
#2059
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Coastal Georgia
Posts: 1,508
Although I have not yet needed the 505 (and I do have it) when taking classes we did do just what you mention here.... hooped stabilizer and pinned fabric on top of it and it works well.
#2060
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Coastal Georgia
Posts: 1,508
Stabilizer question....please advise.
i am a newbie to embroidery and practicing with different fabrics and designs. Recently, I practiced on a piece of sample medium weight fabric that Joanne's sells - it's shiny on the back side and looks like linen on the front. The design has over 97,000 stitches. This is my third embroidery ever on my Horizon 12000.
After watching multiple videos, I decided to spray baste medium weight cut away stabilizer to the shiny side of fabric and hooped it securely. No puckering when in hoop. When I removed the hoop it had some puckering. Want to redo this design and now I am thinking that maybe I need two layers of stabilizer and use the baste stitch mode before starting the actual design.
Your thoughts? Thanks.
i am a newbie to embroidery and practicing with different fabrics and designs. Recently, I practiced on a piece of sample medium weight fabric that Joanne's sells - it's shiny on the back side and looks like linen on the front. The design has over 97,000 stitches. This is my third embroidery ever on my Horizon 12000.
After watching multiple videos, I decided to spray baste medium weight cut away stabilizer to the shiny side of fabric and hooped it securely. No puckering when in hoop. When I removed the hoop it had some puckering. Want to redo this design and now I am thinking that maybe I need two layers of stabilizer and use the baste stitch mode before starting the actual design.
Your thoughts? Thanks.
As I mentioned in an earlier message the type stabilizer one uses depends on the type fabric one uses. There are different thicknesses of stablizers just like there are different thicknesses and textures of fabric. Check out emlibrary . com I think it is and they have info about what type stabilizer to use with various types of fabrics.
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